Senior Solution Architect or Technical Lead

Act as a technical authority for strategic opportunities. Lead complex multi-domain ICT and Cybersecurity solution architecture govern design quality across the architecture team and mentor Architects and addition lead and manage site and service delivery for AISS — owning delivery quality site execution and service performance across projects. Operates as a peer to the existing Senior Solution Architect sharing design-authority strategic-bid and delivery-leadership load.

Roles & Responsibilities

Strategic Solution Architecture

• Design enterprise ICT and cybersecurity solutions for strategic and multi-domain opportunities.
• Lead HLD creation for the most complex bids.
• Conduct technical workshops with customer architecture and security teams.

Design Governance

• Conduct design reviews for HLDs produced by TL2 / TL3 architects.
• Enforce architecture standards and design consistency.
• Approve BOQ validations performed by TL3 architects on strategic bids (Architects validate/approve BOQs; Solution Engineers prepare them).

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor Architects and Engineers against the competency matrix.
• Maintain design-review checklists and HLD templates.

Strategic Presales Support

• Support strategic bids as the named technical authority.
• Conduct executive-level customer presentations.

Site Delivery Assurance

• Lead and manage site and service delivery for AISS — own project transition site execution and service performance for strategic projects.
• Arbitrate design-vs-delivery technical disputes.

Candidate RequirementsExperience

• 10 years in ICT / Network & Security solution design with 4 years architecting enterprise multi-domain solutions in a System Integrator or OEM environment.
• Eucation
• Bachelor's in Engineering / Computer Science / IT (Master's preferred).
• Mandatory Certifications
• Expert-tier (CCIE or HCIE) OR CISSP; plus an architecture method (TOGAF Certified preferred) — per framework Part 5.2.
• Technical Skills
• Authority-level network & security architecture; advanced datacenter & cloud architecture; HLD authority; BOQ validation & sizing logic; OEM technical engagement (Cisco Fortinet Huawei Palo Alto or equivalent).
• Domain Knowledge
• Enterprise networking perimeter & internal security segmentation / zero-trust secure datacenter & cloud designs; Qatar market / NCSA-QCSF awareness preferred.
• Behavioural
• Executive-level customer presence; design governance discipline; mentoring ability; able to operate as design authority under bid pressure.

Required Skills:

ICT Network solution design Security solution design Enterprise solution architecture Multi-domain solution architecture System Integration OEM environment Bachelors in Engineering Bachelors in Computer Science Bachelors in IT Masters degree CCIE HCIE CISSP Architecture method TOGAF Network architecture Security architecture Datacenter architecture Cloud architecture High-Level Design (HLD) BOQ validation Sizing logic OEM technical engagement Cisco Fortinet Huawei Palo Alto Enterprise networking Perimeter security Internal security Segmentation Zero-trust Secure datacenter Secure cloud designs Qatar market awareness NCSA-QCSF awareness Executive-level presentation Design governance Mentoring Design authority