Lead Architect

Join us at Orange Business!

We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.

Every day you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent sustainable global solutions no matter where our customers operate. With over 30000 employees across Asia the Americas Africa and Europe we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.

We are looking for a visionary Lead Architect with over 15 years of experience to join our Integration delivery this role you will be a strategic leader responsible for designing and delivering complex large-scale integration cloud-native environments. You will drive the architectural vision for our clients ensuring high-performance secure and cost-optimized digital transformations.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy & Leadership: Define and drive the end-to-end architectural roadmap for digital integration application modernization and cloud-native adoption.

Cloud & Application Modernization: Lead the migration of monolithic legacy applications to microservices-based containerised (Docker/Kubernetes) architectures on major cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).

AI / ML Solution Engineering: Design and implement AI-based solutions including Generative AI patterns (RAG agent workflows) vector databases and prompt engineering and enhance business processes.

Design the end-to-end ML lifecycle (MLOps) covering data ingestion model training deployment and automated retraining workflows.

Build AI-enabled applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) vector databases and prompt engineering

FinOps & Cost Governance: Establish and oversee FinOps frameworks to optimize cloud spend ensuring that architectural decisions align with financial efficiency and business value.

Application & SaaS Integration: Design of robust API-led and event-driven integration frameworks using tools like MuleSoft Apigee Tibco or Kafka.

SaaS integration strategies for major platforms (Salesforce Workday SAP ServiceNow) using iPaaS and Unified APIs.

Enforce best practices for multi-tenant SaaS architecture including OAuth 2.0 and secure identity management.

Stakeholder Management: Serve as a trusted advisor to C-suite executives translating complex technical requirements into strategic business outcomes.

Mentorship & Governance: Establish architectural standards and mentor a high-performing team of architects and engineers.

Experience: Minimum 15 years in IT with at least 8 years in a Lead/Principal Architect role focused on Digital Integration and Cloud.

Cloud Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with Cloud Architecture (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS) and multi-cloud strategies.

Modernization Depth: Proven track record in Application Modernization including refactoring legacy systems into microservices and serverless architectures.

AI/ML Skills: Practical experience in delivering production-grade AI-enabled solutions with knowledge of LLMs vector databases and AI-native data integration.

FinOps Proficiency: Strong understanding of FinOps principles including cost modeling forecasting and resource optimization.

Bachelors/Masters Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related Engineering field.

You bring a can-do attitude tackle challenges head-on and challenge the status quo with new and innovative ideas.

Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.
Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).
Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.
Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.
Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits diversity & inclusion initiatives CSR and employee connect events.
Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program Change Maker Awards.