solutions architect

Randstad Digital New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital New Zealand is seeking a highly strategic Solutions Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture team. While technical capability is essential, the primary driver of success is your ability to engage, influence, and align with business stakeholders.

You will shape and deliver channels and integration roadmaps, guide cross-functional teams through governance, and navigate a regulated landscape.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication with proven stakeholder engagement across multiple levels.
• Experience as a Solutions Architect in medium-to-large enterprise environments, Banking/Financial Services knowledge valued.
• Strong technical mastery of RESTful APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, SaaS integration, and API security (OAuth, OIDC).
• Analytical mindset with focus on quality and attention to detail.
• Nice-to-have: integration engineering/full-stack development background, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), knowledge of BIAN, cybersecurity awareness.

Responsibilities

• 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

Soft Skills & Influence

Architecture Expertise

Technical Mastery

Analytical Mindset

Cloud Platform experience (Nice tohave

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Event-driven

SaaS integration

OAuth/OIDC

Job description

Solutions Architect

The Role

We are seeking a highly strategic 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) with the potential for future extension.

Key Duties

• 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.

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.

9 years

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

• Bachelor Degree