Senior Solutions Architect

About the role

In this role you will shape strategic enterprise solutions end-to-end – from discovery and assessment through design and delivery – across diverse technologies and complex client environments. You will collaborate closely with architects and technical leaders, guide architectural decisions on projects of any size, and directly influence SoftServe’s architecture standards and competence development, ensuring scalable, robust solutions that drive meaningful business impact.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and translate requirements into actionable, scalable technology strategies and solution designs that improve alignment with customer needs and reduce delivery risks
• Design and document end-to-end solution architectures, covering infrastructure, security, integration, and scalability aspects, while working closely with enterprise stakeholders to ensure adherence to organizational standards and customer expectations
• Lead architectural engagements and service executions (such as Discovery and Assessment), coordinating with project teams and stakeholders to achieve high-quality outcomes, clear architectural direction, and consistent stakeholder alignment
• Oversee and support solution implementation activities, guiding technical teams to ensure that delivered solutions remain aligned with the original design, established technical standards, and business goals throughout the project lifecycle
• Define and enforce engineering and architectural standards, best practices, policies, and procedures across projects, driving consistency, maintainability, and quality of technology solutions
• Conduct architectural risk assessments during all stages of the solution lifecycle, identifying potential issues and defining mitigation strategies to enhance solution robustness and reduce operational and security risks
• Mentor and support architects and technical team members by sharing architectural knowledge, advising on best practices, and fostering competence development to elevate overall technical excellence across projects
• Provide higher-level leadership in large-scale architectural transformations, aligning enterprise-level technology strategies with project-level execution to ensure coherent, scalable, and sustainable change across the organization
• Establish and maintain a secure customer data management process together with the Project Leadership team, covering data obtaining, exchange, storing, retention, and deletion throughout the whole project lifecycle to ensure compliance with contractual commitments and company policies
• Follow off-boarding and project closure procedures, applying customer data retention and deletion rules defined in contracts and company policies to ensure proper and secure handling of data at the end of projects
• Follow Privacy Information and Data Protection company policies in all solution and architectural activities to ensure the security of customer data used for project purposes and to maintain regulatory and contractual compliance

Requirements

• Strong educational background with a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Strong certification profile with SEI Software Architecture Professional credentials and TOGAF Standard certification
• Strong proficiency with at least one major cloud provider, backed by AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional), Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Exam AZ-305) certifications
• Expert-level knowledge of modern software and system architecture best practices for large-scale, complex enterprise environments
• Strong knowledge of solution architecture methodologies, frameworks, and patterns applied across diverse business and technical domains
• Strong proficiency with cloud computing platforms, data storage technologies, security practices, and modern application development frameworks
• Advanced experience with technology evaluation and selection, balancing performance, scalability, security, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness for complex solutions
• Strong skills in architectural design and modeling, including creating and maintaining detailed architectural diagrams, models, and specifications for distributed systems
• Practical experience with developing, maintaining, and governing comprehensive architectural documentation for large-scale, complex systems
• Strong proficiency with leading architectural decision processes and documenting system components and technical strategies in line with organizational and industry standards
• Advanced experience with cross-functional leadership, guiding multi-disciplinary teams and collaborating effectively with senior stakeholders to deliver architectural vision
• Strong experience with mentoring and coaching architects and technical leaders, fostering a culture of architectural excellence and continuous professional growth
• Strong commitment to continuous learning and adaptation, staying ahead of technology trends, emerging tools, and architecture best practices
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills, thriving in cross-functional environments and building consensus across diverse stakeholder groups
• Strong strategic and analytical mindset, with the ability to think holistically about systems, identify risks, and define clear architectural roadmaps
• Strong leadership capabilities, demonstrating ownership, accountability, and influence without relying solely on formal authority
• Optional foundational Java certification experience with SCJP, SCJD, SCWCD, SCBCD, or SCDJWS credentials (nice-to-have)
• Optional Microsoft certification background with MCP, MCTS, or MCPD credentials (nice-to-have)
• Optional IBM SOA certification experience and familiarity with service-oriented architecture practices (nice-to-have)

SoftServe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status, and other protected characteristics under applicable law.