Solution Architecture Manager

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We are looking for an experienced and technically strong Manager of Solution Architects to lead the design of scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions in a cloud-native ecosystem. This role combines technical leadership, strategic foresight, and hands-on solutioning to drive technology transformation across the enterprise. You will lead a high-caliber team focused on modern software architecture, cloud platforms, and robust integration patterns, ensuring solutions are aligned with business goals and future-ready.

As a thought leader, you’ll guide the architectural direction across cloud-native platforms, microservices, serverless, Dev Ops, and CI/CD pipelines—ensuring our technology stack remains cutting-edge and business-aligned.

• Lead, mentor, and scale a team of Solution Architects who design systems across multiple business domains and technology stacks.
• Drive strategic technical decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability, maintainability, and innovation.
• Architect and guide the implementation of cloud-native solutions (AWS, OCI, or GCP), including compute, storage, networking, identity, and security services.
• Own the creation and maintenance of architecture documentation, including system diagrams (Draw.io, Lucidchart), component and container-level views using the C4 model, behavioral modeling via UML (sequence, class, activity diagrams), and business process flows using BPMN.
• Define and standardize software development patterns including microservices, event-driven and service mesh architectures, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), hexagonal/clean architecture, serverless and containerized solutions, event sourcing, CQRS, and saga patterns.
• Apply deep knowledge of integration patterns such as synchronous and asynchronous APIs (REST, Graph
  
  QL, gRPC), messaging (Kafka, Rabbit
  
  MQ, SQS/SNS), API gateways and service orchestration/choreography.
• Promote scalable and reliable design principles using performance engineering, high availability, fault tolerance, and observability best practices.
• Lead architectural governance through design reviews, reference architecture creation, and technology evaluations.
• Define and execute disaster recovery and business continuity strategies with clear documentation, RTO/RPO planning, and resilient cloud architectures.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders—engineering, product, security, and business leaders—to align on strategic roadmaps and ensure architectural consistency.
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies (AI/ML services, edge computing, low-code platforms) and assess relevance to business and architecture strategy.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience in software and solution architecture, with at least 1 year in a leadership or management role.
• Deep hands-on expertise in one or more cloud platforms: AWS, OCI, or GCP.
• Solid background in software engineering, with coding experience in modern languages such as Java, JavaScript, PHP, or Ruby.
• Strong experience in enterprise integration, distributed systems, and API-first development.
• Proven ability to think strategically and architect for scalability, resilience, and cost-efficiency.
• Deep understanding of software engineering practices, including CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and Dev Sec Ops .
• Strong familiarity with disaster recovery and high availability strategies (multi-region architectures, backups, failover design).
• Proven experience designing and deploying scalable systems using modern architecture patterns.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to bridge business and technical teams.

• Cloud certifications: AWS/OCI/GCP Architect-level.
• Exposure to data architecture and modern data platforms (e.g., data lakes, real-time streaming, data mesh).
• Strong documentation skills using Draw.io, Lucidchart, or similar diagramming tools; C4 model, UML, and BPMN; experience with architecture modeling tools or platforms (e.g., Archi Mate, Sparx Enterprise Architect).
• Familiarity with security by design and zero-trust architecture.
• Experience in high-growth, agile environments and digital transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) and Git Ops workflows.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia