Senior Solution Architect Position

We are seeking a seasoned solution architect to spearhead the design and implementation of innovative technology solutions. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive the creation of architectural solution artifacts that align with our strategic objectives.

• This is a highly skilled senior role requiring industry-leading architecture and design expertise, particularly in cloud-based platform/product design, service management, and product lifecycle management.

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for:

1. Driving the successful delivery of cloud, network, and platform technology investment efforts.
2. Providing guidance on complex production designs, applications, or system problems.
3. Designing scalable, secure, and resilient M365 solutions, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, and Security & Compliance features.
4. Architecting hybrid and cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure cloud services, including networking, compute, storage, and security.
5. Designing security frameworks leveraging Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Intune, and Conditional Access policies.
6. Working closely with security, networking, and operations teams to design integrated and compliant solutions.
7. Managing stakeholders, sponsors, engineering, and operations teams across the organization to drive development of IT products, services, and solutions.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Translating business needs into technical requirements and formulating solutions while identifying gaps, strategic impacts, financial impacts, and the risk profile in the technical solution or offering.
• Developing and maintaining solution architecture documents and other artifacts to guide design creation and implementations.
• Staying abreast of industry trends and new technology offerings, performing in-depth research analysis, and maintaining collaborative partnerships with internal IT teams and business customers along with external technology vendors and service providers.
• Presenting subject matter to program/project teams, governance forums, and other audiences as needed.

To qualify for this role, you must possess:

• A creative and self-starter mindset with strong analytical and quantitative skills to operate without direct supervision on multiple complex projects and tasks, and their shifting priorities in parallel.
• Effective listening skills and display openness to other people's ideas and thoughts.
• Ability to deal efficiently with escalations, conflicts, and difficult situations/people under pressure.
• Strong influencing skills to collaborate effectively and efficiently across the organization.
• English language skills - excellent written and verbal communication.
• Flexibility to work out of regular office hours to cater to the global organization needs.

We are interested in candidates with a deep and broad networking background, who bring in experience working in large enterprise environments, performing senior architecture or solution design roles. The ideal candidate will have technical and all-round experience in being part of a fast-paced team that is enabling the realization of strategic intent by solutioning and building modern network landscapes.

• History of working credibly with senior stakeholders
• Strong verbal and written skills including strong cross-cultural communication and the ability to draft effective communications
• Ability to work with people in a variety of cultures, countries, and time zones
• Demonstrate excellent technical & architecture skills in the context of cloud-based platform/product design, service management, and product lifecycle management
• Demonstrate ability to rapidly learn new and emerging technologies and developing a vision of their suitability and role as a new product within a platform & product landscape
• Experience with AI-powered IT operations (AIOps) for proactive issue detection, automated troubleshooting, and anomaly detection
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture, policies, and supporting network and security technologies
• Strong ability to document processes, procedures, and network designs clearly and accurately for distribution to internal teams and customers