Solution Architect

About your key responsibilities and impact:

• Analyzing technology architecture gaps and translating them into opportunities;
• Defining processes for compliance, vitality, exceptions, communications, and change management;
• Establishing architecture principles to guide technology decisions;
• Designing governance for both business and IT needs;
• Identifying and defining business expectations and requirements;
• Developing architecture frameworks, models, and blueprints for solution design and deployment;
• Overseeing quality management of multiple projects or teams;
• Researching current and future technology trends to address stakeholder concerns.

Essential professional experience:

• 5+ years in an engineering role, demonstrating leadership and successful project delivery.

System Analysis & Design:

• Deep understanding of microservices and monolithic architectures – advantages, challenges, and use cases;
• Ability to design event-driven and resilient systems;
• Familiarity with architectural patterns and limitations;
• Knowledge of resilience patterns (e.g., circuit breaker, rate-limiter);
• Strong grasp of message delivery guarantees and the CAP theorem;
• Skilled in requirements gathering and documentation (functional/non-functional);
• Proficient in UML (Class, Sequence, and Use Case diagrams).

Database Management:

• Expertise in database concepts: schemas, relationships, normalization;
• Advanced SQL skills — complex queries, stored procedures, and functions;
• Understanding of relational vs non-relational databases;
• Knowledge of ACID principles, transaction isolation, and concurrency;
• Experience in performance tuning and query optimization;
• Awareness of database security practices (encryption, access control, SQL injection).

Networking & Security:

• Strong understanding of networking (TCP, UDP, IP, addressing, subnetting);
• Familiar with the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, availability) and secure communication (SSL/TLS);
• Basic cryptography knowledge (algorithms, key management, PKI);
• Experience with VPNs, firewalls, NAT, and PAT;
• Understanding of authentication vs authorization, IAM, SSO, MFA, LDAP, and Active Directory.

Cloud Computing & DevOps:

• Knowledge of cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS);
• Experience with scalability, virtualization, and elasticity;
• Proficient in containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes);
• Skilled in CI/CD tools (GitLab, Ansible, Terraform);
• Familiar with AWS, Azure, GCP cloud services;
• Ability to design scalable, resilient cloud systems;
• Understanding of cloud storage models (object, block, file) and basic FinOps;

Software Development Lifecycle:

• Familiar with SDLC methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps;
• Proficient in Git for version control;
• Adhere to clean, maintainable code practices;
• Experience in setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins);
• Knowledge of testing types (unit, integration, system, UAT) and automation frameworks.

Problem-Solving & Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills;
• Creative, innovative problem solver;
• Decisive with an ability to choose optimal solutions;
• Excellent time management and adaptability;
• Effective communicator and team collaborator;
• Skilled in conflict resolution in dynamic environments.