Senior Group Technical Architect

Job Summary

System Architect – Job Description

Role Summary
 We are looking for an experienced System Architect to design and govern scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable enterprise solutions. The architect will translate business and system requirements into architecture designs and provide technical direction to development, infrastructure, cloud, integration, and engineering teams. System Architects commonly own architectural blueprints, integration approaches, technology evaluation, and architectural standards.

Key Responsibilities
Define end-to-end system architecture covering applications, APIs, databases, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and integration.
Develop architecture diagrams, solution designs, interface specifications, and technical documentation.
Translate business and functional requirements into appropriate technical architecture.
Define integration approaches between applications, services, databases, and external systems.
Evaluate technologies and conduct technical assessments or proof-of-concepts where required.
Ensure architecture addresses scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.
Establish architectural standards, design principles, and engineering best practices.
Review technical designs produced by development and engineering teams.
Provide technical leadership throughout design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and modernization.
Analyze legacy/current-state architecture and define target-state architecture and migration approaches.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, Solution Architects, developers, DevOps, infrastructure, security, and QA teams.
Identify architectural risks, dependencies, constraints, and technical debt.
Maintain architecture documentation and technology roadmaps.

Key Responsibilities

System Architect – Job Description

Role Summary
 We are looking for an experienced System Architect to design and govern scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable enterprise solutions. The architect will translate business and system requirements into architecture designs and provide technical direction to development, infrastructure, cloud, integration, and engineering teams. System Architects commonly own architectural blueprints, integration approaches, technology evaluation, and architectural standards.

Key Responsibilities
Define end-to-end system architecture covering applications, APIs, databases, infrastructure, cloud, networking, and integration.
Develop architecture diagrams, solution designs, interface specifications, and technical documentation.
Translate business and functional requirements into appropriate technical architecture.
Define integration approaches between applications, services, databases, and external systems.
Evaluate technologies and conduct technical assessments or proof-of-concepts where required.
Ensure architecture addresses scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, and security.
Establish architectural standards, design principles, and engineering best practices.
Review technical designs produced by development and engineering teams.
Provide technical leadership throughout design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and modernization.
Analyze legacy/current-state architecture and define target-state architecture and migration approaches.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, Solution Architects, developers, DevOps, infrastructure, security, and QA teams.
Identify architectural risks, dependencies, constraints, and technical debt.
Maintain architecture documentation and technology roadmaps.

Skill Requirements

Required Technical Skills

For the kind of application modernization and cloud-migration programs you typically work with, I would recommend specifying:

System and Solution Architecture
Microservices and distributed architecture
REST APIs / integration architecture
Java / .NET / Python architecture knowledge
Azure / AWS cloud architecture
Containers and Kubernetes
SQL / NoSQL database concepts
CI/CD and DevOps architecture
Identity, authentication and security concepts
High availability and disaster recovery
Performance and scalability design
Architecture/design patterns
Legacy application modernization
Architecture documentation using UML / component / deployment diagrams
Exposure to architectural frameworks such as TOGAF is beneficial.

Experience & Qualification
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related discipline.
For a senior System Architect opening, I would suggest 12+ years of overall IT experience with several years in architecture/technical-design responsibilities. This is a hiring recommendation rather than a fixed industry requirement.
Strong experience designing enterprise-scale applications and integrated systems.
Excellent problem-solving, technical leadership, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

Other Requirements

Required Technical Skills

For the kind of application modernization and cloud-migration programs you typically work with, I would recommend specifying:

System and Solution Architecture
Microservices and distributed architecture
REST APIs / integration architecture
Java / .NET / Python architecture knowledge
Azure / AWS cloud architecture
Containers and Kubernetes
SQL / NoSQL database concepts
CI/CD and DevOps architecture
Identity, authentication and security concepts
High availability and disaster recovery
Performance and scalability design
Architecture/design patterns
Legacy application modernization
Architecture documentation using UML / component / deployment diagrams
Exposure to architectural frameworks such as TOGAF is beneficial.

Experience & Qualification
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or a related discipline.
For a senior System Architect opening, I would suggest 12+ years of overall IT experience with several years in architecture/technical-design responsibilities. This is a hiring recommendation rather than a fixed industry requirement.
Strong experience designing enterprise-scale applications and integrated systems.
Excellent problem-solving, technical leadership, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.