Solutions Architect

Job Description

<p>Experience: 15+ years in solution design; 3-5+ years as architect on cloud-native platforms</p><p>Role Purpose: Own end-to-end solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure, cost-effective designs aligned to business goals and enterprise standards</p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Translate business and non-functional requirements into target architecture (app, data, integration, security)</li><li>Produce HLD/LLD, sequence diagrams, data models, API/interface specs, Integration contracts</li><li>Define reference architectures and guardrails for frontend, backend, APIs, data, and CI/CD/DevSecOps</li><li>Architect for reliability/observability (SLOs, tracing, logging, alerting), performance, and resiliency (DR/BCP)</li><li>Lead cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift), and service mesh</li><li>, GitOps, automated testing, security-by-design (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, secrets, KMS)</li><li>Review designs, code, pipelines, and SAST/DAST results; drive remediation and performance tuning</li><li>Partner with product/PMO on build-vs-buy, cost models, and scalability/capacity planning</li><li>Align with Enterprise Architecture, ensure compliance, and support audits/risk assessments</li><li>Lead PoCs/spikes and coach squads on architecture patterns and NFR implementation</li><li>Required Skills:</li><li>Knowledge in commercetools , cloud (AWS), containers/K8s/OpenShift, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka)</li><li>Strong knowledge of microservices, REST/GraphQL, messaging, caching/CDN, and databases (RDBMS/NoSQL)</li><li>Proficiency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), security (OAuth2, SAML, TLS), and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/APM)</li><li>Solid understanding of networking, performance engineering, and cost optimization</li><li>Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex designs for diverse stakeholders</li><li>Preferred Qualifications:</li><li>Certifications: AWS SA Pro/Azure Architect Expert, TOGAF, CKA/CKAD, Security certs (e.g., CCSP)</li><li>Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI, GDPR) and FinOps</li><li>Success Metrics (KPIs):</li><li>SLO/SLA attainment, performance benchmarks, security issue closure time, cost vs. design budget</li><li>Defect escape rate (architecture-related), reusability/adoption of reference components, time-to-market gains</li></ul><p></p>