Associate Solution Architect***

This will be a 1-year contract position based in One North. Responsibilities • Assist in the design of end-to-end solution architectures for enterprise applications, platforms and integrations. • Business, operational and non-functional requirements translation into practical technical designs and solution options. • Responsible for architecture artefacts, including solution design documents, architecture decision records, context and component diagrams, data flows, sequence diagrams and integration specifications. • Review technologies, frameworks and design patterns based on security, scalability, reliability, maintainability, interoperability, operational complexity and cost. • Pinpoint assumptions, constraints, dependencies, technical risks and trade-offs • Present recommendations for review by senior architects. • Support design integration solutions using APIs, GraphQL, messaging, file transfer and event-driven architecture patterns. • Assist in the designs of cloud solution and service selection across Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform. • Identify architecture gaps, technical debt, lifecycle risks and modernization opportunities by examining existing systems. • Assist in the designs of AI-enabled solution involving model APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, enterprise knowledge sources and agentic workflows. • Participate in proof-of-concept exercises and evaluate feasibility, security, output quality, reliability, supportability and estimated cost. • Collaborate closely with security, infrastructure, data and engineering teams to ensure solutions follow security-by-design, data-protection and operational standards. • Contribute to architecture and technical design reviews • Assist in verifying that implementation remains aligned with approved designs. • Responsible for relevant architecture repositories, system landscape information, reusable patterns and technical standards. • Participate in internal knowledge sharing • Keep abreast with developments in application, integration, cloud, data and AI architecture. Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. • 3 years of relevant experience in software development, cloud engineering, systems integration, platform engineering or technical consulting. • Experience in: • Contributing to the design or delivery of at least one production application, platform, cloud solution or system integration. • C#, Java, Python, JavaScript or TypeScript, with the ability to understand code-level design considerations. • Software architecture principles, APIs, distributed systems, data flows and enterprise integration patterns. • Microsoft Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform. • Microservices, containerisation, Docker, Kubernetes and DevOps practices. • Producing clear architecture diagrams, sequence flows, data models, decision records and technical specifications. • Cybersecurity principles, including identity and access management, data protection, encryption and secure-by-design practices. • Generative AI application concepts, including model APIs, prompts, embeddings, vector search, RAG, tool calling and AI agents. • AI risks such as hallucination, prompt injection, sensitive-data exposure, insecure tool access and excessive model consumption. • Architecture principles, quality attributes, trade-off analysis and architecture governance practices. Advantageous to have (experience in): • Cloud, architecture or AI certifications. • ITIL or service-management practices. • Managed AI services such as Azure AI Foundry/Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock or Google Vertex AI. • AI orchestration frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, LangChain, LangGraph or LlamaIndex. • API management, event streaming, CI/CD, infrastructure as code or architecture review forums. • Architecture methods or notations such as TOGAF, ArchiMate or cloud adoption frameworks. Ethos Search Associates Pte. Ltd. EA License No: 13C6655 EA Reg No: R1988580 Jacky Chong