Solution Architect

Job Description

Solution Architect Job Details

Detailed Responsibilities and Deliverables:

• Translate business objectives into solution designs
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers.
• Promote best practices in coding, design, and DevOps.
• Mentorship and leadership
• Evaluate vendor proposals and recommend best-value options.
• Collaborate with product owners, enterprise architects, security teams, and SMEs to embed design principles.
• Vendor and stakeholder engagement
• Design solutions that meet privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with security teams on threat modeling and secure architecture.
• Security and compliance
• Promote patterns and practices that ensure flexibility and robustness.
• Identify gaps in existing code, components, and infrastructure.
• Contribute to strategic and tactical technology plans.
• Drive technology adoption and governance
• Verify that solutions are built and documented correctly.
• Mitigate risks to business processes and solution success.
• Advise on tools, environments, and technical priorities.
• Ensure implementation integrity
• Define system components, interfaces, technologies, and standards.
• Address non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability).
• Support design reviews, quality assurance, and transition to production, including hands-on coding and assisting developers when needed.
• Prototype new technology solutions when required.
• Design and guide solution architecture
• Participate in requirements definition and create proof-of-concept plans.
• Assess technical and operational readiness for scalable delivery.

Solutions Architect - Mandatory Skills

• 12+ years of progressive experience in solution and systems architecture with strong cloud expertise.
• Experience with large-scale, complex systems, modern applications, and legacy system integration.
• Expert knowledge of Azure and/or AWS services (Azure DevOps, App Services, SQL Managed Instance; AWS EC2, CloudFormation).
• Strong development skills in C#, .NET Core, JavaScript.
• Experience with Power Apps & MS Dynamics 365.
• Proficiency in microservices, Kubernetes, containers, messaging solutions.
• Database design experience (SQL and NoSQL: SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, CosmosDB).
• Familiarity with DevOps and Agile engineering practices.
• Degree in Computer Science or STEM (or equivalent experience).
• Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF, or equivalent. 

Solutions Architect - Assignment Length

12 Months

Solutions Architect -  Assignment Location

Richmond, BC - 3 days in office