Solutions Architect

RiDiK (a Subsidiary of CLPS. Nasdaq: CLPS); Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

RiDiK, a subsidiary of CLPS, is seeking a Solutions Architect to translate enterprise policies into CDP architecture standards and provide end-to-end guidance to product teams and vendors.

You will develop reference architectures, governance artefacts, and review designs while identifying risks and promoting reuse of shared services and patterns. Strong communication and governance experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technology experience in solution architecture.
• Hands-on in architecture standards, templates, and governance artefacts.
• Experience reviewing secure, scalable, integrated enterprise solutions.
• Strong knowledge of app, integration, data, cloud, security, and non-functional architecture.
• Excellent documentation, stakeholder, and vendor management skills.
• Government or large-enterprise background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise policies into CDP technical standards.
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, templates, checklists, and quality gates.
• Create/maintain artefacts including HLD/LLD templates, decision records, risk registers, and approvals.
• Provide hands-on architecture support during ideation, planning, sourcing, design and delivery.
• Guide teams and vendors on solution design, tech selection, integration, data, security, and non-functional needs.
• Review HLDs/LLDs and other artefacts from delivery teams.
• Identify risks, gaps, dependencies, non-compliance, and remediation needs.
• Promote reuse of shared services and design patterns.
• Support architecture gates and provide recommendations/approval decisions.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Solution Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Security Architecture

Documentation

Vendor Management

Governance Artefacts

Job description

Solutions Architect

Role Purpose: Translate enterprise architecture policies and organizational standards into practical CDP architecture standards, templates, processes, and reusable artefacts, while providing end-to-end architecture guidance and assurance to product teams and vendors.

Key Responsibilities:

Translate enterprise architecture, security, cloud, integration, data, and technology policies into clear CDP technical standards and guidelines.

Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, approved patterns, templates, checklists, processes, and quality-gate criteria.

Create and maintain architecture governance artefacts, including HLD and LLD templates, review checklists, decision records, risk registers, compliance assessments, 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, cloud, and non-functional requirements.

Review HLDs, LLDs, integration designs, and other technical artefacts prepared by delivery teams.

Identify architecture risks, gaps, dependencies, non-compliance, and required remediation.

Promote reuse of approved shared services, components, and design patterns.

Support architecture quality gates and provide architecture recommendations and approval decisions.

Minimum Profile:

8+ years of relevant technology experience, including solution architecture.

Strong hands-on experience in developing architecture standards, templates, processes, reference architectures, and governance artefacts.

Experience reviewing and guiding secure, scalable, and integrated enterprise solutions.

Strong knowledge of application, integration, data, cloud, security, and non-functional architecture.

Strong technical documentation, stakeholder-management, and vendor-management skills.

Government or large-enterprise experience is preferred.