The posting
Solution Architect - 2 year contract (conversion to permanent applicable)
Role Overview
TECS is hiring an experienced Solution Architect for a two-year contract assignment with our client. You will support the client’s digital transformation and enterprise IT landscape, translating business needs into scalable, secure and integrated technology solutions.
The role combines architecture governance, solution design and technical leadership, working closely with business stakeholders and project teams across multiple lines of business.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Architecture Governance & Strategy
- Guide the development of the client’s IT landscape in line with established enterprise architecture principles, standards and strategic direction.
- Contribute to the development and execution of IT strategies and technology roadmaps.
- Participate in architecture reviews for new systems and changes to existing systems, assessing alignment with enterprise standards and business needs.
Solution Design & Technical Leadership
- Explore and evaluate technologies and solutions that support the client’s digital transformation.
- Drive the Business Services Platform initiative across different lines of business.
- Support proof-of-value initiatives to assess solution feasibility and business value.
- Design solutions that address functional and non-functional requirements, including scalability, performance, availability, security and maintainability.
- Provide technical leadership to project teams on solution design, application development and system integration.
- Conduct technical design reviews and ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture standards.
- Address architecture considerations across applications, platforms and cloud, integration and APIs, data, AI architecture and orchestration, and security and trust.
Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration
- Work with business units and project teams to understand requirements and translate them into practical solution architectures.
- Communicate architectural recommendations, technical options and design trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Build effective working relationships across IT, customer-facing business units and operations to support successful solution implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related discipline.
- At least 10 years of relevant experience across IT architecture and software development.
- Strong practical knowledge of architectural approaches and design patterns, including modular design, event-driven architecture and microservices.
- High proficiency in relevant development platforms, frameworks and tools, including Java, .NET Core, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Jenkins and OpenSearch.
- Good understanding of cloud technologies and service models offered by different cloud service providers.
- Experience in solution architecture, software design and application integration within complex enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with Waterfall and Agile/Scrum project delivery methodologies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess business needs and technical trade-offs.
- Strong technical leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Good organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Experience as a Solution Architect within an integrated resort or a complex organisation spanning multiple business domains would be an advantage.
Core Competencies
- Business needs and business environment analysis
- Software design and application architecture
- Platform and cloud architecture
- Integration and API architecture
- Data architecture
- AI architecture and orchestration
- Security and trust architecture
- Application integration



