Associate Senior Solutions Engineer

The Associate Senior Solutions Engineer leads and manages complex solution implementation projects, mentors junior engineers, and drives innovation in integration and optimization. This role shapes organizational best practices, influences technical strategies, and leads cross-functional teams to deliver transformative solutions aligned with strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage the translation of business requirements into functional and technical specifications, ensuring clarity and alignment with organizational objectives.
• Design and review secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions, applying best practices in application integration and data modelling.
• Review solution designs for adherence to organizational and regulatory security standards, embedding security controls throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead Agile delivery teams through onboarding, configuration, and integration activities, selecting and applying appropriate Agile methodologies.
• Manage the integration of applications and data flows, leveraging cloud platforms and standard interoperability approaches to optimize performance.
• Promote configuration management and continuous improvement, troubleshooting issues and supporting adoption of new technologies and practices.
• Support the design, assessment, and strengthening of enterprise IT service delivery models, ensuring alignment with business objectives and institutional priorities.
• Develop and refine delivery governance frameworks, performance metrics, and reporting structures to improve predictability, transparency, and accountability.
• Support portfolio level visibility of services, initiatives, and delivery risks across multiple ITS stakeholders.
• Advise on the practical application of digital transformation initiatives, including automation, AI enabled services, and modernization of delivery practices.
• Support the identification, prioritization, and transition of innovative solutions from proof of concept to sustainable operational services.
• Contribute to enterprise wide service modernization efforts while ensuring architectural consistency and scalability.
• Support alignment of service delivery initiatives with enterprise architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps.
• Facilitate architectural reviews and ensure service and solution designs adhere to security, resilience, and governance requirements.
• Translate high level architectural direction into actionable guidance for delivery teams and stakeholders.
• Build trust and manage expectations with internal customers, fostering collaborative relationships across business and IT teams.
• Apply analytical reasoning to evaluate solution effectiveness, optimize business decisions, and drive operational value.
• Champion innovation by producing creative solutions and mentoring others in problem-solving and technical insight.

Requirements

• Master’s degree with 8 years of experience or a Bachelors degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Routinely leads complex projects and integrates work of other (often multidisciplinary) professional staff and contributes to strategy, analysis and policy formulation.
• Identifies and evaluates overall systemic issues and analyzes complex issues.
• Collaborates and partners with internal stakeholders on matters of strategic importance for the area of focus, may interact with external stakeholders to support department objectives.
• Provides guidance, coaching, and training to more junior staff within the job area, serving as a subject matter expert resource for other professionals.
• Requires comprehensive and in-depth expertise either in a broad area of specialization or in a narrowly specialized field.
• Recommended Certifications: SAFe for Architects (ARCH), Certified Solutions Architect (AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI), TOGAF (optional for architecture alignment)

Skills

• Complex Project Leadership
• Strategic Analysis
• Policy Formulation Support
• Systemic Issue Evaluation
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Technical Strategy Development
• Solution Implementation
• Coaching and Mentoring
• Subject Matter Expertise
• Integration Optimization
• Cross-Functional Team Management
• SAFe for Architects
• Certified Solutions Architect
• TOGAF
• Cloud Architecture
• Innovation Management

Languages

English