Solutions Architect

The Solutions Architect will define and oversee the technical architecture for digital solutions supporting country teams, including the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) and Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) platforms. The role involves translating business needs into sustainable technical designs, providing architectural leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality digital products aligned with enterprise architecture standards and strategic priorities.

Responsibilities

• Define solution architecture, integration patterns, and low- and high-level designs for CPF, CPIA, and related ITSCE Country Solutions products, ensuring alignment with business, enterprise, security, and operational requirements.
• Partner with product owners, country teams, OPCS, and IT delivery teams to translate business priorities into feasible solution options, implementation guidance, and technical decisions.
• Assess trade-offs, dependencies, risks, non-functional requirements, and total cost of ownership to support secure, scalable, and sustainable technology solutions.
• Collaborate with platform, security, infrastructure, and operations teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, technology roadmaps, and operational requirements.
• Prepare architecture diagrams, technical presentations, decision records, recommendations, and solution walkthroughs to support alignment, governance, and informed decision-making.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, including design reviews, implementation guidance, code reviews, and mentoring of engineering teams.
• Promote reuse, standardization, interoperability, security-by-design, maintainability, and the responsible adoption of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities.
• Support Agile and SAFe delivery practices by participating in planning, design discussions, technical reviews, and continuous improvement activities.

Requirements

• Master's degree in business, STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), computer science, or a related field, with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant solution architecture, software engineering, or related experience.
• Strong solution architecture expertise across enterprise architecture, distributed systems, integration design, scalability, resilience, security, maintainability, and supportability.
• Hands-on experience designing and developing IT solutions using .NET/C#, ASP.NET Core, JavaScript/TypeScript SPA frameworks such as Angular or React, Python, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Azure PaaS services (including App Service, Functions, Service Bus, Storage), Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, or comparable AWS services.
• Experience designing secure and scalable LLM-based features and Generative AI integrations, including prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool/function calling, agentic workflows, model evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI controls using technologies such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Agent Framework, Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Search, or related services.
• Practical understanding of enterprise security, data protection, identity management, compliance, reliability, observability, and operational support.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both business and technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, review implementations, and improve engineering quality, maintainability, and delivery discipline.
• Good understanding of Agile delivery and SAFe practices, with experience producing architecture documentation, technical diagrams, and decision records.
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification and/or SAFe certification is considered a strong advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to perform advanced-level research and analysis and oversee complex technical initiatives with limited supervision.
• Passion for innovation and staying current with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing priorities, and take ownership of deliverables and outcomes.
• Proficiency in English.

Skills

• Solution Architecture leadership
• Enterprise Architecture
• Distributed system design
• Integration Design and Implementation
• Scalable Architecture Design
• Resiliency engineering
• Security Architecture
• Maintainability Engineering
• Supportability Engineering
• .NET development
• C# Programming
• .NET Core
• JavaScript Development
• TypeScript
• Angular Framework
• React framework
• Python Programming
• PostgreSQL
• SQL Server
• Azure PaaS Services
• Azure App Service
• Azure Cloud Functions
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure Storage
• Azure AI Foundry
• Azure AI Search
• AWS Services
• LLM-based Feature Design
• Generative AI Integration
• Prompt Orchestration
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Tool Calling
• Function Calling
• Agentic Workflows
• Model evaluation
• AI Monitoring
• Responsible AI Controls
• LangChain
• LangGraph
• Semantic Kernel
• Agent Framework
• Enterprise Security Design
• Data Protection
• Identity Management
• Compliance Management
• Reliability Engineering
• Observability
• Operational Support
• Technical Communication
• Technical Facilitation
• Technical Presentations
• Mentoring Engineers
• Engineering Quality Improvement
• Agile Development
• SAFe Practices
• Architecture Documentation
• Technical Diagramming
• Decision Records
• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• SAFe certification
• Advanced Research
• Technical Analysis
• Technical Initiative Oversight
• Innovation Management

Languages

English