Senior Solution Architect – Cloud, API & Governance

eir business talent; Dublin; On-site; EUR 157,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

eir business talent is seeking a Senior Technical Architect for a large-scale national digital transformation programme in Dublin. The role focuses on governance, secure and scalable design, and leading solution architecture across cloud, networking, security, applications, data and integrations.

You will review high- and low-level designs, challenge supplier submissions, maintain architecture artefacts, and drive production readiness while coordinating across multiple vendors and internal

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Solution, Technical or Enterprise Architecture roles.
• Strong AWS cloud architecture experience.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture and modern application design.
• Experience reviewing and governing complex integration and API-led solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, networking, security and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture across cloud, infrastructure, networking, security, applications, data and integration domains.
• Review and challenge High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), interface specifications and vendor submissions.
• Provide end-to-end technical design assurance, assessing dependencies, data flows, operational impacts and technical risks.
• Ensure all solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, resilience, governance and service management standards.
• Develop and maintain architecture artefacts, decision records, technical roadmaps, interface catalogues and target-state architectures.
• Coordinate technical decisions across suppliers, delivery teams, security, networks and operational support functions.
• Support cloud architecture, environment design, integration assurance and production readiness activities.
• Present technical recommendations, risks and options to architecture and governance forums.
• Support release planning, disaster recovery, resilience testing and operational transition activities.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

AWS Cloud Architecture

Microservices

API-led Solutions

Cloud-Native Architectures

Education

TOGAF certification

Job description

eir business talent is seeking a Senior Technical Architect for a large-scale national digital transformation programme in Dublin. The role focuses on governance, secure and scalable design, and leading solution architecture across cloud, networking, security, applications, data and integrations.

You will review high- and low-level designs, challenge supplier submissions, maintain architecture artefacts, and drive production readiness while coordinating across multiple vendors and internal