Senior Solution Architect (JD#11407)

Sciente International Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sciente International Pte Ltd is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to own the end-to-end architecture of enterprise systems as part of a digital transformation journey. The role requires deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, microservices, APIs, and secure software engineering practices.

The successful candidate will mentor senior engineers, drive engineering maturity across teams, and collaborate with cross-organizational stakeholders to implement scalable solutions and ensure

Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, software engineering, IT or related discipline.
• 12 years of experience in solution architecture and technical leadership.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale mission-critical software.
• Experience defining architecture principles, standards and governance.
• Ability to make architecture decisions covering scalability, security and maintainability.
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud-native, microservices, APIs and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD and modern engineering practices.
• Experience across public/private/on-premise cloud environments.
• Experience creating reusable frameworks and development platforms.
• Ability to mentor senior engineers and drive engineering maturity.
• Strong security architecture understanding and risk management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and set direction for IT architecture, standards, design and implementation.
• Translate business requirements into architecture specifications for applications.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies considering practicality and criticality.
• Create, evaluate and implement high-level plans and design proposals for IT solutions.
• Design architecture blueprint across multiple modelling approaches.
• Manage technical delivery, code reviews and performance tuning for scalability.
• Document all solution architecture work and decisions.
• Collaborate with vendor teams to resolve technical challenges.
• Analyze performance and scalability of code and queries.
• Provide architecture support during production incidents.
• Mentor technical staff and raise competencies across teams.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and digital trends.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Cloud-native architecture

Microservices

APIs

CI/CD

Security architecture

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Technical leadership

Performance & scalability

Governance & standards

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT

Job description

Job Summary

Our client in a well established industry is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to be responsible for the end to end architecture of their enterprise systems in their digital transformation journey.

Mandatory Skill-set

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline;
• Has 12 years of experience in solution architecture, software engineering, technology delivery and technical leadership;
• Proven track record in designing and delivering complex, large-scale and mission-critical software solutions;
• Strong experience in defining architecture principles, engineering standards, technology governance and best practices;
• Demonstrated ability to make and communicate architecture decisions covering scalability, performance, security, resilience, integration and maintainability;
• Strong hands-on knowledge of modern software architecture, including cloud-native solutions, microservices, APIs, distributed systems and modern application development;
• Strong understanding of Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD and modern software engineering practices;
• Experience working across public cloud, private cloud and/or on-premises technology environments;
• Experience building reusable engineering frameworks, common services, development platforms and software accelerators;
• Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and lead technology experimentation, innovation and R&D initiatives;
• Proven experience mentoring senior engineers and architects, developing technical capabilities and driving engineering maturity across teams;
• Strong understanding of security architecture, technical risk management and secure software engineering practices;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work well with cross-organizational teams;
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate architecture methods, concepts, standards and policies.

Desired Skill-set

• Cloud Security;
• Cloud certifications;
• PMP / ITIL / TOGAF.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical leadership and establishing the direction for the IT architecture, standards, design and implementation;
• Translate business requirements, including application resiliency requirements, into application architectural specifications;
• Evaluate and recommend the use of leading edge technologies and methods, considering their practicality, technical limitations and criticality;
• Create, evaluate and implement high-level plans and design proposals for IT solutions;
• Design the architecture blueprint of the organisation's architecture set-up using multiple models;
• Manage technical project delivery - perform code reviews and ensure performance tuning and scalability;
• Document all solution architecture design and analysis work;
• Collaborate with vendor development team to resolve technical challenges;
• Analyze and determine performance tuning and scalability improvements of code and queries;
• Provide architecture and technical support during production incidents;
• Mentoring technical staff and raising the collective technical competencies;
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and digital trends.

EA Licence No. 07C5639