Solution Architect – Operational Digital Twin

Overview

Job Description

Solution Architect

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support the Product Manager in defining and maintaining the end-to-end solution architecture for the Operational Digital Twin across discovery, PoC, implementation, and post-implementation support phases.
• Assist in translating business and use-case requirements into logical and physical architectures, including application, integration, data, and infrastructure views.
• Help guide the design of key platform components (web and GIS applications, APIs, data services, analytics/AI components) and ensure that they are cohesive, reusable, and aligned with agreed architecture principles and patterns.
• Support the Integration Lead, Programmers, and other technical resources in defining and implementing integration approaches between the Digital Twin and enterprise/operational systems (e.g., EAM/CMMS, ERP, BIM, SCADA/IoT, GIS, data platforms).
• Assist in defining and validating non-functional requirements (performance, availability, scalability, security, resilience) and in coordinating related design and testing activities with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams.
• Help prepare and maintain architecture documentation, interface specifications, and design decision records, and support design reviews and technical governance with Parsons and client stakeholders.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution.
• Experience contributing to solution design or architecture for large-scale digital, platform, or integration-heavy solutions, preferably in infrastructure, utilities, or urban environments.
• Working knowledge of multi-tier and cloud-based architectures, APIs and integrations, data platforms, and web/GIS applications.
• Basic understanding of enterprise and operational systems such as EAM/CMMS, ERP, BIM, SCADA/IoT platforms, GIS, and data warehouses/lakes, and how they interact within an enterprise landscape.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and to common architectural patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven integration, API-led connectivity).
• Experience working within multidisciplinary, multinational teams across multiple time zones.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and coordination skills, with some experience in structured project or delivery environments (e.g., PMI, PRINCE2, Agile/Hybrid).
• Exposure to testing, acceptance, or go-live activities for complex or integrated solutions.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate architectural options and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Fluency in spoken and written English; Arabic language skills are a strong advantage.

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

• Prior work with national infrastructure owners, transport authorities, utilities, or public works organisations.
• Experience working on Digital Twin, smart city, or large-scale geospatial programmes.
• Familiarity with security and data-governance considerations in solution architecture, and experience collaborating with cybersecurity and data-governance teams.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, containerisation, and DevOps practices for deploying and operating complex platforms.
• Professional certifications in architecture or cloud technologies (e.g., TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect).
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