Solutions Architect

Role overview

Architecture and stakeholder work

• Conduct discovery sessions and workshops with business and technical stakeholders; evaluate architecture options and trade-offs.
• Develop high-level and detailed designs across cloud infrastructure, networking, security, applications, data platforms, DevOps, and modernization.
• Prepare technical documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation approaches, and technology roadmaps.

Presales and delivery

• Support RFP/RFI responses, proposals, PoCs, technical presentations, solution estimations, SOW development, demonstrations, and client discussions.
• Provide architectural leadership through opportunity and delivery lifecycles to support implementation, integration, security, resilience, operational efficiency, and business value.
• Contribute to migration, modernization, digital transformation, cloud-native, AI, and Generative AI initiatives; create reusable architectures and mentor colleagues.

Technical qualifications

• Bring strong solution architecture skills and proven experience designing scalable, secure, highly available, resilient enterprise solutions.
• Have advanced AWS services and cloud architecture knowledge, including the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Understand cloud networking, security, IAM, integration, observability, enterprise architecture, software development, and systems integration.
• Have experience designing and delivering AI/ML and Generative AI solutions and working on enterprise migration, modernization, and transformation programs.

Business and communication qualifications

• Bring consulting, business-process analysis, presales, and cloud economics knowledge, including TCO, cost optimization, and ROI.
• Communicate complex technical concepts as business outcomes; demonstrate strong presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluent written and spoken Arabic and English are mandatory.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, is required.
• Experience with enterprise or government clients in Saudi Arabia or the GCC is highly desirable.

Additional qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional or AWS Certified AI Practitioner certifications are preferred.
• The role calls for on-site work in Riyadh, cross-functional collaboration, and managing multiple consulting engagements.

Workplace

• On-site working in Riyadh.