Solution Architecture Lead

Axians | Digital Solutions - Tech Talent; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Performance bonuses

Training and certifications

Job summary

Axians leads complex, cloud-native distributed systems across domains. This Solution Architecture Lead will build and guide a team of Solution Architects, translating long-term target architecture into pragmatic guidance and ensuring alignment with Enterprise Architecture.

You will drive architecture strategy, manage technical debt, improve system availability and resilience including NIS2 considerations, and collaborate with Product, Security, and Engineering.

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or equivalent professional background.
• Several years of professional experience in Software or Solution Architecture.
• Leadership experience (team lead, chapter lead, technical lead, architecture manager).
• Strong hands-on background in software engineering with modern programming languages, cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and distributed systems.
• Understanding of architecture concepts for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Ability to balance speed of delivery with system robustness while managing technical debt.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic mindset with practical execution capability.
• Excellent English skills (written and spoken).
• Willingness to travel occasionally within Europe.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of Solution Architects.
• Own the Solution Architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across multiple engineering domains.
• Drive end-to-end architectural alignment across business capabilities.
• Actively manage, reduce, and control technical debt to maintain long-term agility.
• Evolve architecture and platforms to enable rapid and reliable delivery of future features.
• Improve system availability and resilience by defining architectural standards for high availability, DR, BC, and risk management (including NIS2).
• Establish measurable reliability practices, including resilience reviews and failure testing.
• Provide hands-on guidance to product teams and engineers building scalable, secure, cloud-native distributed systems.
• Ensure alignment between Engineering, EA, Security, and Product with modern architectural patterns.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

English communication

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in computer science

Tools

AWS or Azure

Job description

Solution Architecture Lead

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a Solution Architecture Lead to build and lead a team of Solution Architects while driving the evolution, resilience, and reliability of our system landscape. Working closely with Enterprise Architecture, you translate longterm target architecture into pragmatic guidance and ensure consistent adoption. Furthermore, Solution Architecture and Product share accountability for building sustainable and scalable solutions, balancing business needs with technical excellence.

What You Will Do on a Daily Basis

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of Solution Architects;
• Own the Solution Architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap across multiple engineering domains in close alignment with Enterprise Architecture;
• Drive end-to-end architectural alignment across business capabilities, ensuring that solutions work seamlessly across different domains;
• Actively manage, reduce, and control technical debt to maintain long-term agility and system health;
• Proactively evolve architecture and platforms to enable the rapid and reliable delivery of future business features;
• Drive measurable improvements in system availability and resilience by defining and enforcing architectural standards for high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk management (including NIS2);
• Establish measurable reliability practices, including resilience reviews, maturity assessments, and failure testing;
• Provide hands‑on guidance to product teams and engineers designing and building scalable, secure, cloud-native, and fault‑tolerant distributed systems;
• Ensure strategic and technical alignment between Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Product while promoting modern architectural patterns and governance (e.g., event‑driven systems, domain‑driven design, APIfirst).

Your Main Qualifications

• Degree in computer science or equivalent professional background;
• Several years of professional experience in Software or Solution Architecture;
• Leadership experience (e.g., team lead, chapter lead, technical lead, architecture manager);
• Strong hands‑on background in software engineering with modern programming languages, cloud platforms (AWS or Azure) and distributed systems;
• Understanding of architecture concepts for high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity;
• Ability to balance speed of delivery with system robustness while managing technical debt to align long‑term architectural health with short‑term business goals;
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills;
• Strategic mindset combined with practical execution capability;
• Excellent English skills (written and spoken);
• Willingness to travel occasionally within Europe.

What We Offer

Stable professional career

Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career.

Prospects for career advancement

You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360° evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve.

Work Life Balance

By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area.

Attractive, evolving compensation

When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary + benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support).

Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to Information Technology and Digital Transformation. With an international presence and a people‑to‑people approach, we combine technology, innovation, and proximity to create real impact for organizations and society.

Join Axians

At Axians, we believe that talent does not fit a single profile. We value diversity and promote an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. If you have a disability or impairment, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Whenever needed, we provide reasonable accommodations so that you can participate on an equal basis. If you require any accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at [e-mail].