Solutions Architect

Berkley Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkley Group is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect for a Dublin-based contract role in the Risk Technology team. You will design mission-critical applications, define architecture standards, and drive DevOps/CI-CD practices.

You will mentor teams on risk-aware design, work on PoCs, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions for stakeholders including executives and auditors.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in solution architecture or equivalent roles.
• Expertise in microservices/SOA design using containerized environments.
• Experience with high-volume ETL/data processing.
• Experience with RESTful/GraphQL web APIs and async flows.
• Hands-on coding in Python.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Design and document solutions to solve complex business problems.
• Define and enforce architecture standards, coding best practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on development of PoCs/R&D initiatives to validate feasibility and drive innovation.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Create UML diagrams, Visio workflows, and clear technical documentation for diverse stakeholders.
• Advise on technology selection, vendor evaluations, and cost-benefit analyses for risk systems.
• Mentor engineering teams on risk-aware design patterns, cloud security, and resilient architecture.

Skills

Solution architecture

Microservices design

Python coding

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile methodology

UML/Visio

Architectural governance

Cloud security

Technical presentation

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Redis Streams

Kafka

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Neo4j

TigerGraph

Prometheus

Job description

Senior Solution Architect - Contract - Dublin

We are looking for a talented senior Solutions Architect to work in the Risk Technology team. The candidate should be interested in designing mission critical applications

As a Solutions Architect your main responsibilities will involve:

• Responsible for designing and documenting solutions to help solve complex business problems
• Define and enforce architecture standards, coding best practices, and DevOps/CI-CD pipelines.
• Hands-on development of PoCs/R&D initiatives to validate technical feasibility and drive innovation.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Create UML diagrams, Visio workflows, and clear technical documentation for diverse stakeholders (executives, developers, auditors).
• Advise on technology selection, vendor evaluations, and cost-benefit analyses for risk systems.
• Mentor engineering teams on risk-aware design patterns, cloud security, and resilient architecture.

As Solutions Architect your skills and qualifications will ideally include:

• 5+ years in solution architecture or equivalent roles
• Expertise in microservices/SOA design using containerized environments
• Experience with high-volume ETL/data processing
• Experience designing polyglot systems using different database technologies - RDBMS (SQL Server or PostgreSQL), NOSQL (ideally MongoDB)
• Experience with RESTful/GraphQL web APIs and async communication flows using (Redis Streams, Kafka etc.)
• Exceptional stakeholder management, diagramming (UML/Visio), and presentation skills. Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Experience with TimeSeries databases (like Prometheus), Graph native databases like Neo4j or TigerGraph etc.
• Hands on coding skills in Python
• Familiarity with Agile methodology