Strategic Solution Architect — Enterprise & Cloud

R2 Alliance; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

R2 Alliance seeks an experienced Solution Architect to design and govern end-to-end technology solutions that support business initiatives. You will translate target architecture into practical designs, ensuring scalable, secure and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering teams, product owners and vendors, providing architectural leadership across the solution lifecycle and contributing to continuous improvement of

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in Solution Architecture, Technical Architecture or Senior Software Engineering.
• Experience with complex digital transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration and application architecture.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional business and technology teams.
• Excellent German (and English) stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solution architectures for business and technology initiatives.
• Translate requirements into scalable technical designs.
• Produce architecture diagrams and technical specifications.
• Ensure alignment with domain architecture and enterprise standards.
• Balance functional and non-functional requirements when designing solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership throughout project delivery.
• Resolve architectural issues and design challenges.
• Participate in sprint planning and technical reviews.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance and quality requirements.
• Define integration patterns and APIs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and cloud teams on deployments.
• Mentor development teams on architectural standards.

Skills

Solution architecture methodologies

REST APIs

Enterprise integration

Event-driven architecture

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Google)

Containerisation technologies

Security architecture principles

DevSecOps & CI/CD

Archimate/Sparx/Visio modelling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems

Tools

ArchiMate

Sparx EA

Visio

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

R2 Alliance seeks an experienced Solution Architect to design and govern end-to-end technology solutions that support business initiatives. You will translate target architecture into practical designs, ensuring scalable, secure and maintainable solutions aligned with enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with business stakeholders, engineering teams, product owners and vendors, providing architectural leadership across the solution lifecycle and contributing to continuous improvement of