Senior Solution Architect - remote from Europe - Deadline 12/11/26

▪ Design and develop comprehensive business and technical architectures for digital solutions to meet business needs, defining measurable non-functional requirements. ▪ Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements. ▪ Evaluate and select appropriate technologies and frameworks. ▪ Create and maintain key architectural artifacts, including Solution Context diagrams, C4 model views, API contracts, data models, threat models, and deployment diagrams. ▪ Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and reliable. ▪ Guide development teams during implementation phases. ▪ Conduct architecture and code reviews to ensure adherence to enterprise standards and secure coding guidelines (e.g. Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)) throughout the implementation lifecycle. ▪ Identify and mitigate potential risks and technical challenges. ▪ Assess and incorporate emerging technologies. ▪ Provide technical leadership and support to development teams and other stakeholders. ▪ Define integration patterns (e.g. event-driven, Enterprise Integration Patterns (EIP)), data flows, and API standards (OpenAPI/AsyncAPI) to ensure coherent and scalable system interactions. ▪ Incorporate observability (logging, metrics, tracing) and resiliency patterns (e.g., circuit breakers, retries) into solution designs to ensure system reliability and maintainability. ▪ Support the development of security architectures, including identity management, secrets handling, encryption, and conduct threat modelling (e.g. STRIDE) to identify and mitigate risks. SPECIFIC EXPERTISE AND TECHNOLOGIES ▪ Proficiency in systems and software architecture design. ▪ Knowledge of cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, OVH) and ability to design architectures that leverage native services to minimise custom development. ▪ Knowledge of enterprise applications and middleware. ▪ Knowledge of microservices architecture and API management (e.g., REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI) to design modular and reusable solutions. ▪ Understanding of database management systems and data modelling. ▪ Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) to ensure continuous integration and reliable deployments. ▪ Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, etc. ▪ Knowledge of cybersecurity principles and standards (e.g., ISO 27001, OWASP, Zero Trust) to ensure secure solution design. ▪ Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. ▪ Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols. ▪ Knowledge of observability and monitoring practices (e.g., logging, tracing, metrics) to ensure system reliability and resilience. ▪ Knowledge of architecture governance and documentation practices (e.g., decision records, C4 diagrams, architecture reviews). ▪ Proven experience with AXON server, KAFKA, Elastic Search ▪ Proven experience with an API Gateway - WSO2 API, Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Gateway, Google Cloud Apigee. ▪ In depth knowledge of CSDR SKILLS ▪ Capacity to collaborate across teams and communicate architectural concepts. ▪ Skill in simplifying technical architectures into business-relevant language. ▪ Competence in anticipating future needs and designing scalable solutions. ▪ Talent for working across teams to ensure integrated outcomes. ▪ Ability to engage stakeholders to gather requirements and secure buy-in. ▪ Capacity to adjust architectures to reflect emerging technologies. Deadline 12/11/26 Delivery mode: Remote from EU Countries Level: Senior/Expert, more than 15 years of IT Experience Must be an EU national – due to the nature of tasks the candidate will be required to access sensitive data.