Lead Solution Architect

WovV Technologies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 558,000 - 781,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Outing

Exciting career path

Abroad opportunities

Deserving compensation

Job summary

A Global Business Productivity SaaS company in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Lead Solution Architect. The role requires over 20 years of experience in delivering high-performance systems. Candidates should have strong expertise in cloud-native architecture and devOps, with hands-on experience in Azure and AWS. The position offers several benefits and a career path in a growing company.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience delivering high-performance systems and data platforms.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, DevOps, and data engineering.
• Deep hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, Databricks, Kafka, and containerized infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design target architecture and integration models aligned with requirements.
• Own end-to-end technical design decisions for quality and scalability.
• Deliver architecture artefacts including reference architectures.

Skills

AngularJS

React

Business Rules Management Systems (JBoss & Drools)

FICO Blazor

Snowflake

DevOps

Jenkins

Maven

Docker

Linux

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Databricks

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

WovV Technologies, a Global Business Productivity SaaS company, is looking for a Lead Solution Architect for Abu Dhabi location.

WovVTech’s suite of products are now empowering users across 3000 locations in 50 countries to digitise their operations, get real-time decision-driven analytics, and improve productivity. It counts global fortune 500 companies as its customers for SaaS products and technology services.

Seniority Level

Principal Consultant

Key Skills

• AngularJS, React, Business Rules Management Systems (JBoss & Drools)
• FICO Blazor, Snowflake, DevOps and build automation (Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Linux)

Responsibilities

• Designs target architecture and integration models aligned with business and technical requirements
• Owns end-to-end technical design decisions, ensuring quality, scalability, and alignment with enterprise standards
• Delivers and governs architecture artefacts, including reference architectures, design documents, and data models
• Leads adoption of cloud-native, modular, and scalable architecture patterns, particularly within Azure and AWS environments
• Defines and enforces best practices across solution design, DevOps, and data engineering implementations
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and stakeholders, to align architecture with delivery goals
• Mentors development teams, promoting architectural consistency and technical excellence
• Ensures architecture supports continuous delivery, automation, and secure deployment pipelines
• Drives integration strategies for complex external data sources, including real-time and batch processing pipelines

Required Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience delivering high-performance systems and data platforms in: Energy and Commodities Trading and Financial Services and Data Services.
• Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, DevOps, and data engineering
• Deep hands-on experience with: Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Databricks, Kafka, Snowflake, and containerized infrastructure (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Recent leadership of a large-scale cloud re-platforming and data migration initiative for a global commodities data provider.
• Proven track record in Designing and implementing robust data ingestion pipelines for complex external datasets (e.g., global shipping, weather feeds) and Delivering modular cloud architectures using Databricks and supporting technologies and Redesigning enterprise data models for improved consistency, scalability, and usability.
• Experience as Lead Architect for UK net-zero energy generator’s trading risk assessment and dispatch platform and Chief Architect in European energy trader’s IT transformation programme and Solution Designer for Virtual Power Plant platforms and Master Data APIs.
• Strong blend of Technical leadership and Architecture governance and Hands-on development expertise.
• Adept at shaping and delivering complex enterprise platforms with a focus on long-term scalability, maintainability, and performance.

Benefits and Perks

• Team Outing
• Exciting career path with an exponentially growing company
• Abroad opportunities
• Deserving compensation