Solutions Architect

6 days ago

Calgary, Alberta, Canada HCLTech Full time

Experience: 15+ years in solution design; 3–5+ years as architect on cloud-native platforms.
MUST BE AWS Certified

Knowledge in
marketing portal design/development, cloud (AWS), containers/K8s/OpenShift, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka)

Role Purpose: Own end-to-end solution architecture, ensuring scalable, secure, cost-effective designs aligned to business goals and enterprise standards

Responsibilities:

  • Translate business and non-functional requirements into target architecture (app, data, integration, security)
  • Produce HLD/LLD, sequence diagrams, data models, API/interface specs, Integration contracts
  • Define reference architectures and guardrails for frontend, backend, APIs, data, and CI/CD/DevSecOps
  • Architect for reliability/observability (SLOs, tracing, logging, alerting), performance, and resiliency (DR/BCP)
  • Lead cloud architecture (AWS/Azure), container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift), and service mesh
  • , GitOps, automated testing, security-by-design (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, secrets, KMS)
  • Review designs, code, pipelines, and SAST/DAST results; drive remediation and performance tuning
  • Partner with product/PMO on build-vs-buy, cost models, and scalability/capacity planning
  • Align with Enterprise Architecture, ensure compliance, and support audits/risk assessments
  • Lead PoCs/spikes and coach squads on architecture patterns and NFR implementation
  • Required Skills:
  • Knowledge in commercetools ,
    cloud (AWS), containers/K8s/OpenShift, API gateways, event streaming (Kafka)
  • Strong knowledge of microservices, REST/GraphQL, messaging, caching/CDN, and databases (RDBMS/NoSQL)
  • Proficiency with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Azure DevOps), security (OAuth2, SAML, TLS), and observability (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/APM)
  • Solid understanding of networking, performance engineering, and cost optimization
  • Excellent communication and ability to simplify complex designs for diverse stakeholders
  • Preferred Qualifications:
  • Certifications: AWS SA Pro/Azure Architect Expert, TOGAF, CKA/CKAD, Security certs (e.g., CCSP)
  • Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI, GDPR) and FinOps
  • Success Metrics (KPIs):
  • SLO/SLA attainment, performance benchmarks, security issue closure time, cost vs. design budget

Defect escape rate (architecture-related), reusability/adoption of reference components, time-to-market gains

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