Solution & APP Architect

Overview

Solution & App Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Define
• target-state application architecture
• for platform capabilities and onboarded smart solutions (web, mobile, backend services).
• Establish
• cloud-agnostic app patterns
• : microservices, modular monolith, event-driven workflows, and API-first design.
• Specify
• application NFRs
• (availability, scalability, performance, resiliency, observability, localization) and acceptance criteria.
• Define
• identity and authorization patterns
• (Entra/OIDC, RBAC, token scopes, service-to-service auth).
• Ensure consistent
• API and event design
• (OpenAPI/AsyncAPI, versioning, idempotency, rate limits, backward compatibility).
• Drive
• secure application architecture
• (OWASP, secure storage, secrets handling, encryption, input validation, threat modeling).
• Define
• data access patterns and caching strategies
• , aligned with platform data governance and multi-tenant boundaries.
• Provide
• architecture assurance
• through design reviews, ADRs, and implementation checkpoints with vendors.
• Define
• deployment and release patterns
• (blue/green, canary, feature flags) aligned with GitOps and CI/CD.
• Support
• operational readiness
• : logging/metrics/tracing, runbooks, SLOs, incident readiness, and handover to operations.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong
• application architecture skills
• across frontend/mobile, backend services, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in
• API design, integration patterns, and event-driven architectures
• .
• Ability to translate
• business workflows into robust application services and user journeys
• .
• Proven
• security-by-design and performance/resiliency engineering
• capability.
• Strong
• documentation and decision-making discipline
• (ADRs, diagrams, reference implementations).

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in

Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity

• ; Master’s degree highly preferred.
• **7+ years**
• in solution/application architecture or senior engineering roles delivering enterprise platforms.
• Experience with
• Kubernetes-based deployments and cloud-native patterns
• , with emphasis on portability/cloud-agnostic choices.
• Hands-on background with
• modern web/mobile architectures and scalable backend frameworks
• .
• Experience integrating with
• IAM, API gateways, observability stacks, and CI/CD tooling
• in regulated environments.
• Familiarity with
• architecture frameworks and quality practices
• (TOGAF concepts, DDD, clean architecture, 12-factor apps).

Preferred Tools

• **API & Integration:**
• OpenAPI/AsyncAPI, Postman, API gateways (Azure APIM / Apigee / Kong)
• **Delivery & Deployment:**
• GitHub/Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, feature flags (PostHog/LaunchDarkly-style)
• **Observability & Security:**
• OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace/Datadog, SAST/DAST tooling, OWASP dependency scanning

Soft Skills

• Strong facilitation for
• design workshops and cross-vendor alignment
• Clear
• communication with product and engineering stakeholders
• Pragmatic
• prioritization and decision-making
• under delivery constraints
• Ownership and
• accountability for architecture quality and outcomes
• Mentoring mindset and ability to
• uplift vendor and internal engineering teams