Solution Architecture Manager

Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

• 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 (using tools like Draw.io, Lucidchart)
• Component and container-level views using the C4 model
• Behavioral modeling via UML (sequence, class, activity diagrams)
• 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, GraphQL, gRPC)

• Messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ, 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 (e.g., AI/ML services, edge computing, low-code platforms) and assess relevance to business and architecture strategy.

Required Qualifications

• 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 years 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 DevSecOps.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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., ArchiMate, 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 GitOps workflows