Senior Solution Architect – Oil & Gas / Energy

Birbal AI; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Birbal AI is seeking a seasoned software engineering leader to architect and guide enterprise platforms in a highly connected IT/OT environment.

You will craft architecture, host and integrate systems, and define security and governance standards across SAP, historians, alarms, and DCS sources.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering with 4+ years as lead/solution architect on enterprise platforms.
• Deep experience with microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka), REST APIs, PostgreSQL, and cloud deployment on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with BPM/workflow engines; Camunda 7/8 strongly preferred, including DMN.
• Track record of integrating enterprise (SAP) and industrial/OT data sources (historians, alarms) in secure architectures.
• Strong technical writing; able to produce client-grade architecture documentation under formal review cycles.

Responsibilities

• Author the Solution Design Document: application architecture, hosting, integrations, user roles, cybersecurity considerations, and data flows.
• Design the platform around Camunda 8 (BPMN workflows, DMN decision tables), event-driven ingestion (Kafka), PostgreSQL and time-series storage, and a React front end on AWS.
• Define the integration architecture for SAP ERP, maintenance systems, process historians, alarm/DCS sources, and APM systems across the IT/OT boundary.
• Set non-functional requirements (availability, performance, security, auditability) and verify them through testing.
• Present and defend the architecture in client governance, cybersecurity, and change-advisory forums.
• Prepare the standard vs. configurable vs. custom functionality declaration and keep it current through delivery

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Team leadership

Cloud AWS

Microservices

Technical writing

Security design

Client governance

Tools

Camunda 7/8

Kafka

PostgreSQL

AWS

REST APIs

React

SAP integration

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• 10+ years in software engineering with 4+ years as lead/solution architect on enterprise platforms.

• Deep experience with microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka), REST APIs, PostgreSQL, and cloud deployment on AWS.

• Hands-on experience with BPM/workflow engines; Camunda 7/8 strongly preferred, including DMN.

• Track record of integrating enterprise (SAP) and industrial/OT data sources (historians, alarms) in secure architectures.

• Strong technical writing; able to produce client-grade architecture documentation under formal review cycles

Key Responsibility:

• Author the Solution Design Document: application architecture, hosting, integrations, user roles, cybersecurity considerations, and data flows.

• Design the platform around Camunda 8 (BPMN workflows, DMN decision tables), event-driven ingestion (Kafka), PostgreSQL and time-series storage, and a React front end on AWS.

• Define the integration architecture for SAP ERP, maintenance systems, process historians, alarm/DCS sources, and APM systems across the IT/OT boundary.

• Set non-functional requirements (availability, performance, security, auditability) and verify them through testing.

• Present and defend the architecture in client governance, cybersecurity, and change-advisory forums.

• Prepare the standard vs. configurable vs. custom functionality declaration and keep it current through delivery