Senior Solution Architect (JD#11369)

Job Summary Our client in a well established industry is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to be responsible for the end to end architecture of their enterprise systems in their digital transformation journey. Mandatory Skill-set • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline; • Has 12 years of experience in solution architecture, software engineering, technology delivery and technical leadership; • Proven track record in designing and delivering complex, large-scale and mission-critical software solutions; • Strong experience in defining architecture principles, engineering standards, technology governance and best practices; • Demonstrated ability to make and communicate architecture decisions covering scalability, performance, security, resilience, integration and maintainability; • Strong hands-on knowledge of modern software architecture, including cloud-native solutions, microservices, APIs, distributed systems and modern application development; • Strong understanding of Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD and modern software engineering practices; • Experience working across public cloud, private cloud and/or on-premises technology environments; • Experience building reusable engineering frameworks, common services, development platforms and software accelerators; • Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and lead technology experimentation, innovation and R&D initiatives; • Proven experience mentoring senior engineers and architects, developing technical capabilities and driving engineering maturity across teams; • Strong understanding of security architecture, technical risk management and secure software engineering practices; • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work well with cross-organizational teams; • Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate architecture methods, concepts, standards and policies. Desired Skill-set • Cloud Security; • Cloud certifications; • PMP / ITIL / TOGAF. Responsibilities • Provides technical leadership and establishing the direction for the IT architecture, standards, design and implementation; • Translate business requirements, including application resiliency requirements, into application architectural specifications; • Evaluate and recommend the use of leading edge technologies and methods, considering their practicality, technical limitations and criticality; • Create, evaluate and implement high-level plans and design proposals for IT solutions; • Design the architecture blueprint of the organisation's architecture set-up using multiple models; • Manage technical project delivery - perform code reviews and ensure performance tuning and scalability; • Document all solution architecture design and analysis work; • Collaborate with vendor development team to resolve technical challenges; • Analyze and determine performance tuning and scalability improvements of code and queries; • Provide architecture and technical support during production incidents; • Mentoring technical staff and raising the collective technical competencies; • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and digital trends. Should you be interested in this career opportunity, please send in your updated resume to apply@sciente.com at the earliest. When you apply, you voluntarily consent to the disclosure, collection and use of your personal data for employment/recruitment and related purposes in accordance with the SCIENTE Group Privacy Policy, a copy of which is published at SCIENTE’s website (https://www.sciente.com/privacy-policy). Confidentiality is assured, and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for interviews. EA License No. 07C5639