Senior Solution Architect (Azure)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the entire solution architecture, ensuring a seamless experience in guest flows
• ▹Defend Key Design Decisions (KDDs) and Solution Design Documentation (SDD) in Technical Design Authority forums
• ▹Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders and present designs in TDA forums
• ▹Lead and mentor engineering teams so the architecture is accurately translated into code
• ▹Architect a centralized identity strategy using Microsoft Entra (External ID / B2C) for a single view of the guest
• ▹Drive security-by-design: threat modeling, secrets management, PII protection
• ▹Design solutions aligned with the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework and Landing Zone patterns
• ▹Partner with DevOps to define CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), and release strategies
• ▹Address observability NFRs across distributed services

Requirements

• ▹Proven experience as a Senior/Lead Solution Architect for enterprise-grade B2C digital platforms (web, mobile, cloud)
• ▹Deep hands-on background with Azure PaaS, networking, API Management, and integration services
• ▹Ability to produce structured, defensible specs (ODC, KDD, SDD/HLD) that pass formal design reviews
• ▹Strong knowledge of Microsoft Entra / IDaaS in a B2C context, unifying identities across channels using modern standards
• ▹Solid understanding of modern CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and operational readiness
• ▹Excellent ability to translate business goals into technical architecture and negotiate trade-offs

Nice to have

• ▹Experience designing architectures using Fastify and oRPC
• ▹Mobile and web front-end architecture experience (React Native)
• ▹Experience integrating chatbots and AI/LLM services
• ▹Experience designing architectures that feed data lakes and analytics platforms

Soft skills