Solutions Architect

Role: Lead Solution Architect / Technical Lead

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Experience: 15+ years of IT experience

Work Mode: Hybrid

Start Date: 31 October 2026

Duration: 6 months (+ extendable)

Role Summary:

We are looking for a senior Lead Solution Architect / Technical Lead to define and drive end-to-end architecture for large, transversal IT initiatives. The role requires a strong combination of enterprise/solution architecture and hands-on engineering experience across mainframe, modern application stacks, cloud, APIs, integration, and data technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Own the definition and realization of end-to-end architecture solutions covering functional, non-functional, security and resilience requirements.

- Lead architecture from inception through deployment, working with Requirement Owners, Domain Architects, IT engineers and application authorities.

- Act as the bridge between Enterprise Architecture and engineering teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and domain target architecture.

- Drive architecture decisions across complex systems, functions, locations and organizations.

- Contribute to solution patterns, reusable building blocks, reference architectures and software-engineering practices.

- Contribute to domain target architectures and technology roadmaps.

- Provide pragmatic architectural recommendations while also being able to deep-dive into implementation challenges.

- Minimum 15 years of IT industry experience.

- Proven Lead Solution Architect experience on large-scale transformation programs, ideally €10M+ initiatives.

- Experience designing and deploying critical transactional systems in large, complex organizations.

- Strong experience in either Java or Windows/.NET development stacks.

- Good knowledge of Azure Cloud, APIs, integration mechanisms and data technologies.

- Strong architecture and systems-analysis skills across multiple technology domains.

- Ability to work autonomously and translate complex problems into pragmatic, actionable solutions.

- Strong hands-on engineering/delivery background rather than purely governance-focused architecture experience.

Strong Advantages:

- Financial Services / Capital Markets experience and understanding of the regulatory environment.

- Azure/private-cloud architecture experience.

- Event-driven architecture and Kafka. xlxgzvr

- Experience creating reference architectures, architecture positioning papers and technology roadmaps.

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