Technology & Innovation (R&D) Solution Architect

About Convatec

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions with leading positions in Advanced Wound Care Ostomy Care Continence Care and Infusion Care. With more than 10000 colleagues we provide our products and services in around 90 countries united by a promise to be forever caring. Our solutions provide a range of benefits from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatecs revenues in 2024 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC). To learn more please visit

Key responsibilities:

• Lead solution architecture for Technology & Innovation (R&D) initiatives spanning custom development infrastructure hosting environments cloud platforms on-premise systems database transitions and enterprise integrations.

• Design and document high-quality solution design artefacts for a wide range of technology solutions from infrastructure modernization to custom application builds.

• Architect cloud-based and hybrid hosting environments (Azure preferred) including servers networks load balancing security controls and performance optimization.

• Support server moves application re-hosting OS upgrades lifecycle transitions and re-platforming activities.

• Evaluate and design on-premise architecture for solutions that require local hosting regulatory compliance or low-latency demands.

• Lead database migration strategies including SQL Oracle MySQL NoSQL and legacy database modernisation.

• Provide architectural guidance on integration patterns such as API-led connectivity microservices ESB event-driven architectures middleware and GraphQL.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure solutions are delivered according to architectural standards and security-by-design principles.

• Identify technology gaps risks and improvement opportunities across existing environments.

• Lead or support technology pilots hackathons emerging-technology experiments and rapid prototyping for the Technology & Innovation (R&D) organisation.

• Act as Technical Design Authority (TDA) for assigned Technology & Innovation (R&D) projects.

• Ensure alignment with Convatecs privacy security regulatory and operational frameworks.

• Work with platform providers hosting partners and system integrators to understand product roadmaps patterns and best practices.

• Contribute to the future-state architecture vision for Technology & Innovation (R&D) and broader enterprise technology domains.

Note: Role based in Hyderabad India

Key requirements

• Broad solution architecture experience covering infrastructure platforms cloud integration and custom software development.

• Regulations and standards like HIPPA etc

• Experience with on-premise hosting data centre operations server migration planning load balancing failover backup/DR and hybrid environments.

• Strong background in custom-built software including solution design application architecture and modern development frameworks.

• Experience with database migrations optimisations and cross-platform transitions (SQL Server Oracle MySQL Postgres MongoDB etc.).

• Knowledge of enterprise integration including REST APIs SOAP GraphQL messaging queues ESB middleware event streaming.

• Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD pipelines infrastructure-as-code and application modernisation patterns.

• Experience writing HLA/HLD documentation that guides engineering teams through delivery.

• Strong communicator comfortable working with PMs BAs engineering leads infrastructure

• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and conducting POCs.

Technical competencies

• Strong understanding of architecture modelling standards such as C4 ArchiMate and system context modelling.

• Knowledge of Windows Server Linux containerisation virtualisation (VMware Hyper-V Azure VM) and networking fundamentals.

• Familiarity with scripting (PowerShell Bash Python) to support automation and troubleshooting.

• Strong understanding of IT governance compliance security frameworks and operational standards.

• Good understanding of SDLC practices (Agile DevOps Waterfall) and the ability to work across them.

At Convatec were pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. If youre ready to make a real impact apply today and help us bring our Forever Caring promise to life.

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