SystemsSolution Architect

Title:

TheLead System/Solution Architectis a senior technology leader responsible for defining the architectural vision and technical direction for enterprisescale digital platforms. This role combines strategic foresight deep handson architecture and technical leadership across application platforms lowcode/nocode ecosystems cloud infrastructure data platforms AI/ML and cybersecurity.

The successful candidate will serve as the technical lead and architect partnering with business stakeholders customers and project teams to define the overall solution architecture provide technical guidance and ensure the successful delivery of robust secure and forwardthinking digital solutions (including releases enhancements and impact across the enterprise).

This role is ideal for a technologist who can shape futurestate architectures establish enterprise guardrails and still remain close to delivery and execution.

**Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance**

Key Responsibilities

Technology Vision & Enterprise Architecture

• Define and evolve the targetstate architecture for modern digital platforms spanning custom development lowcode/nocode solutions cloud services data platforms AI/ML and security.
• Establish productagnostic architectural principles reference architectures and design patterns aligned with enterprise strategy security posture and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate emerging technologies including AIassisted development automation platforms and composable architectures based on measurable business outcomes.

Technical Leadership & Governance

• Act as the senior technical authority for complex initiatives providing architectural leadership and governance across multiple teams and programs.
• Mentor system platform and solution architects raising architectural maturity and engineering discipline across the organization.
• Lead architectural decisionmaking tradeoff analysis and technical risk management for missioncritical systems.

Solution Design & Delivery

• Serve as the technical lead and architect for major initiatives partnering with business stakeholders customers and delivery teams throughout the lifecycle.
• Define overall solution architectures and guide engineering teams through design build release and enhancement cycles.
• Ensure solutions are scalable resilient secure and aligned with enterprise operating and support models.

LowCode / NoCode Platform Enablement

• Define architectural patterns and governance models for effective use of lowcode/nocode platforms alongside traditional software engineering.
• Ensure lowcode/nocode solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability security maintainability and integration.
• Balance speedtovalue with longterm architectural integrity and operational sustainability.

Data AI & Cloud Architecture

• Architect platforms that leverage data analytics and AI/ML to drive automation insight and intelligent decisionmaking.
• Define cloudnative and hybrid architectures that emphasize resilience performance security and cost transparency.
• Guide responsible AI adoption including considerations for data quality model lifecycle management explainability and governance.

Cybersecurity & Risk by Design

• Embed security principles into all architecture decisions following securitybydesign and privacybydesign approaches.
• Partner closely with cybersecurity risk and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise security standards and regulatory requirements.
• Address identity access management data protection threat modeling and secure integration patterns across platforms.

Integration & Ecosystem Architecture

• Lead the design of complex integrations across enterprise systems lowcode platforms data sources and external services.
• Define API eventdriven and integration strategies that enable loose coupling extensibility and system resilience.
• Ensure interoperability data consistency and reliability across the digital ecosystem.

Stakeholder Engagement & Advisory

• Act as a trusted technical advisor to business and IT leadership shaping technology roadmaps investment decisions and delivery approaches.
• Translate complex technical concepts risks and tradeoffs into clear actionable guidance for nontechnical stakeholders.
• Collaborate across security legal compliance infrastructure operations and engineering to ensure cohesive delivery.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 10 years of experience in architecture application platforms or enterprise technology delivery.
• 5 years operating in a senior or principal architect role leading largescale complex solutions.
• Proven experience designing scalable resilient secure enterprise platforms.
• Strong executive communication influence and storytelling skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in a relevant technical field.
• Experience working in Agile DevOps or productcentric delivery environments.
• Demonstrated experience across custom development lowcode/nocode platforms cloud data AI/ML and cybersecurity.
• Track record of influencing architecture across multiple programs or portfolios.

Nice to Have

• Experience architecting AIenabled datadriven or intelligent automation platforms.
• Experience establishing enterprise guardrails for lowcode/nocode adoption.
• Background in APIled eventdriven or microservicesbased architectures.

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