Solution Architect

Our client is seeking a Solution Architect to lead their design and implementation of scalable, secure, and cloud-native solutions for loyalty and personalization platforms. This rolebines technical leadership, innovation, and collaboration across multiple teams.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture:
Design & Implementation

Maintain and evolve solution architecture for loyalty and personalization platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise and domain standards.

Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, cloud-native designs using Microsoft Azure, event-driven patterns, and API-first principles.

Define and document integration patterns, system interactions, and data flow diagrams.

Develop and review architectural deliverables, including solution blueprints and high-level design documents (HLFDs).

Ensure code quality through design reviews, reusable patterns, and performance optimization.

Assess trade-offs between architecture options considering scalability, performance, cost, and maintainability.

Provide architectural input during discovery phases, proposals, and project charters.

Support estimation, dependency mapping, and technical feasibility assessments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Collaborate with product owners, delivery leads, developers, Dev Ops, data, and security teams to ensure a shared architectural vision.

Partner with internal and external architects to align integration andernance strategies.

Act as a technical authority in stakeholder discussions, translating business needs into solution architectures.

Advise on process improvements and support change management efforts.

Innovation & Strategic Influence

Evaluate vendor platforms and define transition strategies toward in-house, cloud-native capabilities.

Lead or participate in vendor evaluations and proof-of-concepts (POCs) for modernization opportunities.

Research and assess emerging technologies (AI, personalization engines, headless loyalty solutions) to support future platform evolution.

Coach and mentor technical leads and developers on architectural principles and best practices.

Driveernance around reusability, scalability, observability, and technical debt management.

Define and enforce standards for API design, data contracts, security, identity, and deployment.

Ensure non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as high availability, performance, andpliance are incorporated into all designs.

Must-Have Qualifications

8+ years of experience in backend application development (Node.js, JavaScript), systems integration, and solution architecture in cloud-native environments.

5+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services (Cosmos DB, Service Bus, Blob Storage, Event Grid, Application Gateway, App Services, Azure Functions, API Management, ACR, Key Vault).

3+ years designing and optimizing non-relational databases (preferably Cosmos DB).

5+ years working with microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture.

Strong knowledge of security best practices in cloud and application design.

Experience with Docker, containerization, and Kubernetes.

4+ years of experience in frontend development (Next.js, JavaScript).

Proven ability to architect for scalability, resilience, and flexibility in ambiguous environments.

Good to Have

Experience influencing multiple delivery teams without direct authority.

Ability to simplifyplex technical concepts and balance short-term needs with long-term scalability.

Experience in Agile/Scrum and SAFe environments.

Familiarity with loyalty platforms and personalized offer systems.

Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform), and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ARO).

Preferred Qualifications

Microsoft Certified:
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (strongly preferred).

Bachelor’s degree inputer Science, Engineering, or related field.

TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.

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