Overview
The Solution Architect acts as the technical interface between business needs, Product Squads, and Engineering, designing secure, scalable, and reliable solutions that meet business objectives while applying engineering standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the Architecture Design Authority for the Product Squad, accountable for the end-to-end solution architecture.
- Design secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable architectures aligned with Product Objectives and Definition of Done.
- Translate Epics, Features, and complex business requirements into implementable architectural designs.
- Define and evolve the product technical roadmap.
- Ensure systematic adoption of INTERPOL’s shared engineering platforms and services.
- Design solutions to comply with data access, security-by-design, privacy-by-design principles, and AI integration.
- Partner with Product Managers during discovery, backlog refinement, and sprint planning.
- Collaborate with IT Project Manager and Scrum Masters to proactively identify and resolve architectural or technical impediments.
- Participate actively in Agile ensuring architecture evolves iteratively.
- Work closely with Engineering team and platform owners to ensure architectural patterns are practical, reusable, and aligned with delivery realities.
- Contribute to the Solution Design Competency Centre.
- Apply Enterprise Architecture principles and standards.
- Participate in the Technical Architecture Committee (TAC) and the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
- Provide hands-on technical leadership within the Product Squad.
- Lead architectural spikes, proofs of concept, and targeted design or code reviews.
- Promote innovation and continuous improvement within the Product Squad.
- Contribute to and, where appropriate, lead the definition and evolution of software architecture practices.
- Assess technical feasibility, delivery risks, and cost implications of architectural alternatives.
Required Experience
At least 5 years of total experience in IT in large and complex organizations, out of which 2 years of experience as a Solution Architect or equivalent.
Qualifications
- Essential: 3 to 4 years’ University degree or equivalent level of training in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- Desirable: Certification ITIL Foundation
- Certification in architecture frameworks (TOGAF).
- Certification in IT governance and methods (such as COBIT…).
- Agile Certifications (e.g. Scrum, SAFe, or equivalent Agile delivery frameworks).
