Solutions Architect: Cloud, Security & Governance

ADC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

ADC is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the development and governance of our cloud, data, and integration architectures in Abu Dhabi. You will translate policy into clear technical standards and guide delivery teams on secure, scalable solutions.

You will create and maintain reference architectures, patterns, templates, checklists, and approval workflows, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant technology experience, including solution architecture.
• Strong knowledge of architecture standards and governance artefacts.
• Experience guiding secure, scalable enterprise solutions.
• Excellent communication with stakeholders and vendors.
• Proven ability to develop templates, checklists, and review processes.

Responsibilities

• Translate policies into clear CDP technical standards and guidelines.
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, templates, checklists, and processes.
• Create and maintain governance artefacts, including templates, risk registers, and approval workflows.
• Provide hands-on architecture support during ideation, planning, and delivery.
• Guide product teams and vendors on solution design, data, security, and cloud requirements.
• Review HLDs, LLDs, and integration designs prepared by delivery teams.
• Identify architecture risks, gaps, dependencies, and remediation needs.
• Promote reuse of shared services and design patterns.
• Support architecture quality gates and provide recommendations and approvals.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Governance artefacts

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Cloud architecture

Security architecture

Job description

ADC is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the development and governance of our cloud, data, and integration architectures in Abu Dhabi. You will translate policy into clear technical standards and guide delivery teams on secure, scalable solutions.

You will create and maintain reference architectures, patterns, templates, checklists, and approval workflows, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.