Lead Solution Architect

R2 Alliance; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

R2 Alliance seeks an experienced Solution Architect to design and govern end-to-end technology solutions that support business initiatives. You will translate target architecture into practical designs, ensuring scalable, secure and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering teams, product owners and vendors, providing architectural leadership across the solution lifecycle and contributing to continuous improvement of

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture or Senior Software Engineering.
• Experience with complex digital transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration and application architecture.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and technology teams.
• Excellent German (and English) stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures for business and technology initiatives.
• Translate requirements into scalable technical designs.
• Produce architecture diagrams and technical specifications.
• Ensure alignment with domain architecture and enterprise standards.
• Balance functional and non-functional requirements when designing solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout project delivery.
• Resolve architectural issues and design challenges.
• Participate in sprint planning and technical reviews.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance and quality requirements.
• Define integration patterns and APIs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams on deployments.
• Mentor development teams on architectural standards.

Skills

Solution architecture methodologies

REST APIs

Enterprise integration

Event-driven architecture

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google)

Containerisation technologies

Security architecture principles

DevSecOps & CI/CD

Archimate/Sparx/Visio modelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

ArchiMate

Sparx EA

Visio

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to design and govern end-to-end technology solutions that support business initiatives within an assigned domain.

Working under the guidance of the Domain Architect, the Solution Architect will translate target architecture into practical solution designs, ensuring projects deliver scalable, secure and maintainable technology solutions while adhering to enterprise architecture standards.

This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, engineering teams, product owners, enterprise architects and third-party vendors throughout the solution lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures for business and technology initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solution designs.
• Produce solution blueprints, architecture diagrams and technical specifications.
• Ensure solutions align with the target domain architecture and enterprise standards.
• Balance functional, technical and non-functional requirements when designing solutions.

Project Delivery

• Provide architectural leadership throughout project delivery.
• Resolve architectural issues, technical risks and design challenges.
• Participate in sprint planning, design workshops and technical reviews.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet quality, security and performance requirements.

Integration & Application Design

• Define application interactions and integration patterns.
• Design APIs and service interfaces.
• Support event-driven and microservices-based architectures where appropriate.
• Ensure interoperability between enterprise applications and shared platforms.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams on deployment architectures.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with business analysts, product owners and engineering teams to understand business needs.
• Present solution options, trade-offs and recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Domain Architects to ensure consistency across initiatives.

Governance & Assurance

• Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture principles.
• Conduct solution design reviews and technical assessments.
• Identify technical debt and recommend improvement initiatives.
• Support architecture governance and design authority activities.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy and regulatory requirements.

Technology Leadership

• Evaluate new technologies and recommend appropriate adoption.
• Promote reusable solution patterns and best practices.
• Mentor development teams on architectural standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of architecture methodologies.

Required Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture or Senior Software Engineering.
• Experience working within complex digital transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration and application architecture.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and technology teams.
• Excellent German (and English)stakeholder management and communication skills.

Technical Expertise

• Solution Architecture methodologies
• REST APIs and enterprise integration
• Event-driven architecture
• Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud)
• Containerisation technologies
• Security architecture principles
• DevSecOps and CI/CD practices
• Architecture modelling tools such as ArchiMate, Sparx EA or Visio

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline.
• TOGAF certification or equivalent is advantageous.
• Experience within financial services, mobility, automotive leasing or other enterprise organisations is preferred.
• Systems thinking
• Technical leadership
• Problem solving
• Communication and presentation
• Delivery focus

Success Measures

• Delivery of high-quality, scalable solution designs.
• Strong alignment with domain and enterprise architecture.
• Successful implementation of complex technology initiatives.
• Reduced solution complexity and technical debt.
• Increased reuse of enterprise platforms, services and architectural patterns.