Software Architect

ICterra Information and Communication Technologies; Fatih; On-site; TRY 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

ICterra Information and Communication Technologies is seeking an experienced Software Architect to define, design, and govern the architecture of enterprise-scale applications across OTT, CRM, CMS, ISP, Telco, and digital platforms.

You will lead architectural decisions and collaborate with software engineering, DevOps, security, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years of professional software development experience.
• 10+ years in Software Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technical Leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in enterprise-scale, distributed architectures.
• Experience with Microservices, SOA, and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Knowledge of DDD, SOLID, Clean Architecture, and design patterns.
• Experience with API-first design and RESTful APIs; GraphQL/gRPC is a plus.
• Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• DevOps, CI/CD, IaC, cloud-native development practices.
• Redis, Hazelcast, or similar distributed caching.
• Relational and NoSQL databases.
• Messaging/event streaming (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, Google Pub/Sub).
• C#, .NET Framework/.NET Core/.NET 5+.
• Performance tuning and high-availability solutions.
• Application security principles (OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT).
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.
• Documentation and presentation skills.
• Leadership in architecture governance across teams.
• Experience with Kibana/Elasticsearch, Oracle DB modelling, TMForum SID Base DB Model.
• Preferred: OTT/Pay TV/ISP/Digital Media experience.
• Preferred: AI-assisted software development tools.
• Preferred: Observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace).
• Preferred: API Gateway, Istio Service Mesh, cloud-native networking.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, C4 Model, architecture frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise software architecture standards and best practices.
• Design scalable, cloud-native architectures with high availability and resilience.
• Lead architecture design for enterprise apps, microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Establish guidelines, reusable frameworks, and reference architectures.
• Drive technology selection, PoCs, and evaluations for new platforms/frameworks.
• Incorporate security, authentication, authorization, and compliance requirements into designs.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define integration architecture for internal and third-party services and cloud platforms.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise, infrastructure, and data architectures.
• Design event-driven, asynchronous, and SOA architectures where appropriate.
• Define performance, scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Conduct architecture and design reviews and code quality assessments.
• Establish coding standards, governance, and best practices; mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with DevOps to design CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native operations.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and drive innovations aligned with business goals.
• Maintain architecture documentation, ADRs, and roadmaps.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Microservices

SOA

Event-driven architecture

Domain-Driven Design

RESTful APIs / API-first

Cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS)

Docker / Kubernetes

DevOps / CI/CD

Security principles (OAuth2, OpenID, 0

Distributed caching

Relational & NoSQL databases

Kafka / RabbitMQ / pub/sub

C#, .NET

Kibana / ElasticSearch

Oracle DB modelling

TMForum SID Base DB Model

Architecture governance

TOGAF / C4 Model

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

OpenTelemetry

Dynatrace

Terraform

Job description

ICterra is a global software engineering company with offices in Munich, İstanbul and Ankara. We combine 30 years of software development experience with technology expertise and proven methodologies to provide innovative solutions to our customers across multiple industries globally. With 150+ software professionals, we have been building strategic partnerships with the world’s top IT and defence companies, providing software development and test services.

We are looking for an experienced Software Architect who will be responsible for defining, designing, and governing the software architecture of enterprise-scale applications across OTT / CRM / CMS/ ISP / Telco, and/or digital platforms. The successful candidate will lead architectural decisions, establish development standards, and collaborate closely with software engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, security, and product teams to deliver scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performance software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise software architecture standards, principles, and best practices.
• Design scalable, highly available, resilient, and cloud-native application architectures.
• Lead architecture design for enterprise applications, microservices, APIs, and distributed systems.
• Establish application architecture guidelines, reusable frameworks, and reference architectures.
• Drive technology selection, proof of concepts (PoCs), and technical evaluations for new platforms and frameworks.
• Design secure software architectures by incorporating security, authentication, authorization, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Define integration architecture for internal systems, third-party services, and cloud platforms.
• Ensure software architecture aligns with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and data architecture strategies.
• Design event-driven, asynchronous, and service-oriented architectures where appropriate.
• Define application performance, scalability, resiliency, and disaster recovery strategies.
• Conduct architecture reviews, design reviews, and code quality assessments.
• Establish development standards, coding guidelines, architectural governance, and software engineering best practices.
• Mentor software engineers and technical leads on architecture, design patterns, and engineering principles.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to design CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and cloud-native operational models.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovations aligned with business objectives.
• Maintain architecture documentation, decision records (ADR), technical roadmaps, and solution blueprints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (BS/BE) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 15+ years of professional software development experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Software Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technical Leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in designing enterprise-scale, highly scalable, distributed application architectures.
• Extensive experience with Microservices Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Strong knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), SOLID principles, Clean Architecture, and Design Patterns.
• Experience with API-first design and RESTful APIs; GraphQL and gRPC knowledge is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or AWS.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native development practices.
• Experience with distributed caching technologies (Redis, Hazelcast, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL database architectures.
• Experience with messaging and event streaming platforms such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or Google Pub/Sub.
• Hands‑on experience with C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core/.NET, and modern backend development practices.
• Experience with performance tuning, scalability optimization, and high‑availability solutions.
• Strong understanding of application security principles, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, JWT, and secure software development practices.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong documentation and presentation skills.
• Accountable, proactive, and capable of driving technical strategy across multiple engineering teams.
• Experince of Kibana elastic search
• Experience of Oracle Database Modelling
• Experience of TMForum SID Base DB Model
• Preferred : Experience in OTT, Pay TV, ISP, CRM, or Digital Media platforms.
• Preferred : Experience with AI-assisted software development and software engineering productivity tools.
• Preferred : Knowledge of observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, etc.).
• Preferred : Experience with API Gateway, Service Mesh (Istio), and cloud-native networking.
• Preferred : Familiarity with TOGAF, C4 Model, or other architecture frameworks.

Preferred : Experience leading architecture governance boards and enterprise-scale modernization initiatives