senior solutions architect

Randstad Digital New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital New Zealand seeks a Senior Solution Architect for its Enterprise Architecture team in Auckland. The role focuses on engaging with business stakeholders to influence decisions, guide governance, and ensure alignment on architecture designs across initiatives.

Lead the design of channels and integration roadmaps, translate complex needs into future-state architectures, and embed best practices across the organization. This is a 2-year fixed-term contract (salaried pro-rata).

Qualifications

• Soft skills and influence required for multi-level stakeholder engagement.
• Extensive architecture experience in enterprise environments, Banking/Financial Services knowledge valued.
• Expert understanding of modern integration technologies and API security.
• Analytical problem-solving with attention to detail.
• Nice-to-have background as integration engineer/full-stack developer and cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure) and cybersecurity awareness.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder leadership: engage, influence, and negotiate with business stakeholders and vendors.
• Strategic design: translate complex business needs into high-level designs and future-state architectures.
• Shape the future: evaluate and recommend solutions aligned with strategic goals.
• Embed best practice: collaborate across teams to develop reusable patterns and governance.
• Navigate ambiguity: provide clear tech leadership in a regulated landscape.

Skills

Soft skills & influence

Architecture expertise

Technical mastery

Analytical mindset

Nice to have: integration engineer

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

SaaS integration

API security (OAuth, OIDC)

Job description

Senior Solutions Architect
The Role
We are seeking a highly strategic Senior Solution Architect to join an Enterprise Architecture team. While technical capability is essential, the primary driver of success in this role is your ability to engage, influence, and build alignment with business stakeholders.
You will play a key role in shaping and delivering channels and integration technology roadmaps, guiding cross-functional teams through complex governance and strategic decisions.
This position is offered as a 2-year fixed-term contract (salaried pro-rata).

• Stakeholder Leadership: Engage, influence, and negotiate with business stakeholders and vendors, guiding them through architecture designs, governance, and approvals.
• Strategic Design: Break down complex business needs and translate them into high-level solution designs, future-state architectures, and option assessments.
• Shape the Future: Evaluate and recommend solutions that perfectly align with overarching strategic goals and target platforms.
• Embed Best Practice: Collaborate globally with Enterprise Architects to develop reusable patterns and embed best practices across the organization.
• Navigate Ambiguity: Provide clear technology leadership and deal confidently with evolving standards and ambiguity in a highly regulated landscape.
  

Skills & Experience Required

• Soft Skills & Influence (Crucial): Exceptional communication skills with a proven track record of stakeholder engagement at multiple levels. You must be able to confidently influence decision-making and build consensus.
• Architecture Expertise: Proven experience as a Solution Architect within medium-to-large enterprise environments (Banking or Financial Services domain knowledge is highly regarded).
• Technical Mastery: Expert understanding of modern integration technologies including RESTful APIs, microservice architectures, event-driven architecture, SaaS integration, and API security (OAuth, OIDC).
• Analytical Mindset: Strong problem-solving abilities with a commitment to quality and attention to detail.
• Advantageous (Nice to have): Previous background as an integration engineer/full-stack developer, modern cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure), knowledge of BIAN, and awareness of cybersecurity threats.
  

9 years
Solution Architect, Stakeholder Management, APIs, Microservices, Integration, Banking, Cloud, AWS

• Bachelor Degree

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.