Senior Cloud-Native Solution Architect — Dubai

Facade Today

United Arab Emirates

On-site

AED 300,000 - 420,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Facade Today invites an accomplished Solution Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for web, mobile, microservices, APIs and cloud-native platforms in Dubai, UAE. You will define standards, patterns, and best practices, translating business requirements into secure, scalable solutions while providing technical leadership across cloud, integration and security.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering and security, coach junior architects, and ensure

Qualifications

12+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture.
5+ years designing web/mobile applications, microservices, and APIs.
5+ years cloud-native technologies, containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, service mesh, and virtualization.
2–4 years hands-on experience as a Solution Architect.
3+ years cybersecurity/information security.
Strong knowledge of software architecture, software engineering, and cybersecurity.
Strong expertise in microservices, APIs, application development, integration, and cloud architecture.
Experience with event-driven architecture, event streams, message brokers, and distributed systems.
Understanding of Authentication, Authorization, Encryption, Logging & Monitoring, OWASP Top 10, Infrastructure Security, Cloud Security, and regulatory requirements.
Experience with AWS, Azure, OCI, and OpenShift.
Experience with Enterprise Architect and data modelling tools.
Understanding of architectural design patterns and enterprise integration.
Analytical, critical thinking, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
Decision-making, time management and expectation management abilities.
Ability to work independently and mentor technical teams.
Hands-on experience in Microservices Architecture.
Knowledge of High-Level Design (HLD) and architectural design patterns.
Experience with Cloud-Native Infrastructure.
Practical experience with containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end solution architecture for web, mobile, microservices, APIs, and cloud-native platforms.
Define architecture standards, patterns, guidelines, and best practices.
Translate business and product requirements into secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions.
Provide technical leadership across application architecture, cloud, integration, and security.
Design end-to-end solutions balancing user experience, performance, scalability, reliability, resiliency, and security.
Architect web and mobile applications, microservices, APIs, and supporting ecosystems.
Develop and maintain reusable architectural patterns, standards, and guidelines.
Design integrations across mobile apps, microservices, APIs, event streams, message brokers, and cloud platforms.
Apply cloud-native technologies including containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, service mesh, and virtualization.
Incorporate security requirements covering authentication, authorization, encryption, application security, infrastructure security, and cloud security.
Collaborate with information security teams to protect data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Conduct architecture reviews and ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.
Use architecture and data modelling tools to create solution designs and technical documentation.
Coach and mentor junior and associate architects.
Collaborate with business, product, engineering, security, and other stakeholders to deliver solutions.