Senior Software Solutions Architect - Hybrid/Remote

Sword Middle East; Abu Dhabi; Hybrid; AED 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/Remote Work Environment

Travel opportunities

Job summary

SWORD Group is seeking a Senior Software Solutions Architect in the UAE to translate enterprise architecture policies into CDP standards, and provide end‑to‑end architecture guidance to product teams and vendors. The role focuses on security, cloud, data, and non‑functional requirements across enterprise solutions.

You will develop reference architectures, templates, and governance artefacts, review design artefacts, and promote reuse of shared services while guiding delivery teams through

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant software technology experience including solution architecture.
• Experience developing architecture standards, templates, processes and governance artefacts.
• Experience reviewing secure, scalable, integrated enterprise solutions.
• Strong knowledge of architecture across application, integration, data, cloud and non-functional areas.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise architecture, security, cloud, integration, data, and technology policies into clear CDP standards and guidelines.
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, approved patterns, templates, checklists, processes, and gates.
• Create and maintain architecture governance artefacts, including HLD/LLD templates, review checklists, risk registers, and approval workflows.
• Provide hands-on architecture support during ideation, planning, sourcing, design and delivery.
• Guide product teams and vendors on solution design, technology selection, integration, data, security and non-functional requirements.
• Review HLDs, LLDs and integration designs; identify risks, gaps, dependencies, non-compliance and remediation.
• Promote reuse of approved shared services, components and design patterns.
• Support architecture quality gates and provide recommendations and approvals.

Skills

Software architecture

Governance artefacts

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Documentation

Security and cloud awareness

Job description

SWORD Group is seeking a Senior Software Solutions Architect in the UAE to translate enterprise architecture policies into CDP standards, and provide end‑to‑end architecture guidance to product teams and vendors. The role focuses on security, cloud, data, and non‑functional requirements across enterprise solutions.

You will develop reference architectures, templates, and governance artefacts, review design artefacts, and promote reuse of shared services while guiding delivery teams through