Senior Solutions Architect

Summary of Role

The Senior Solutions Architect is responsible for designing and governing end-to-end technology solutions across application, integration, and data domains within a complex enterprise environment. This role ensures that architecture aligns with business strategy, drives scalability and innovation, and supports delivery teams in implementing robust, secure, and future-ready solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end solution architecture design across applications, integrations, and data platforms.
• Define and govern API-led and event-driven integration architectures in alignment with enterprise standards.
• Design and implement cloud-based solutions (primarily Azure or equivalent platforms).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between business requirements and technical solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance across multiple agile delivery teams, ensuring consistency and best practices.
• Develop and maintain architecture artefacts, including diagrams, standards, and design documentation.
• Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements such as scalability, performance, security, and resilience.
• Drive data architecture alignment, supporting both operational and analytical use cases.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and data-driven platforms, to enhance solution capabilities.
• Support governance processes, including architecture reviews and design approvals.

Qualification

• 5–10 years' experience in solution or technical architecture within complex enterprise environments.
• Proven experience in:
• End-to-end solution design across application, integration, and data domains
• Designing and governing API-led and event-driven integrations
• Implementing cloud-based architectures (Azure or equivalent)
• Working within agile delivery environments supporting multiple teams
• Experience in data platforms, analytics, or AI-enabled solutions is advantageous.
• Exposure to agricultural or industrial domains is beneficial but not required.

Technical Skills

• Solution and application architecture design
• Integration architecture and API design principles
• Cloud platforms (Azure or equivalent)
• Data architecture (operational and analytical systems)
• Event-driven architecture and messaging patterns
• Security architecture and non-functional requirements design
• Architectural modelling (e.g., UML, ArchiMate) and documentation techniques
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices