Solutions Architect

Job Description

Senior Solution Architect

• Retail solution architect profile with 12-15 years’ experience
• POS(NCR) exp
• HOS/Symphony exp

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and deliver secure, scalable, and cost‐efficient technology solutions across a modern retail and operations landscape. The role focuses on detailed solution design and technical architecture within domains such as consumer-facing applications, store or site operations, supply chain, and payment systems.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced architect with strong hands-on expertise, someone who thrives in delivery-focused environments and can take ownership of solutions for targeted projects or components within larger program. You will collaborate closely with technical leads, product teams, and delivery squads to transform business requirements into resilient, high‐quality digital solutions.

The architecture scope spans application, solution, and integration architecture, supporting the evolution of core retail systems and the modernization of integration across enterprise and partner ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design & Delivery

• Design detailed, modular solution architectures that align with established patterns, roadmaps, and business needs.
• Lead the solution design for small-to-medium initiatives or contribute to larger architecture workstreams.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high-quality implementation aligned with architecture principles.
• Deliver Solution Architecture artefacts including sequence diagrams, interface contracts, deployment models and integration flows.

Technology & Standards

• Apply MACH principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) and cloud-native design approaches, ideally with AWS services.
• Ensure foundational elements like security, observability, and integration are built into every solution.
• Work within defined architecture standards, helping to evolve patterns and reusable frameworks.

Collaboration & Delivery Enablement

• Partner with business and technology teams to understand requirements and define pragmatic solutions.
• Support agile delivery teams by providing ongoing architectural guidance during implementation.
• Translate architectural decisions into actionable technical designs and development tasks.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Embed security and compliance standards (identity, encryption, data protection) in solution designs.
• Identify risks and issues early, proposing mitigation strategies aligned with architecture governance.

Qualifications

Technical & Professional Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least 8-10 years in hands-on solution architecture roles for Retail organisation
• Experience designing and delivering solutions using cloud-native architectures on AWS.
• Proficient in Integration design patterns, API architecture (REST, event-driven), and microservices.
• Good understanding of Architecture domains (application, data, infrastructure, integration and security).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and experience with CI/CD pipelines and agile delivery.
• Solid grasp of architecture patterns and trade-offs, with the ability to perform solution analysis and present clear recommendations.
• Experience in one or more relevant domains: Retail Site/Store systems, Payment processing, Supply chain applications.

Desirable

• Exposure to technologies like IoT, RFID, Digital Twin, or Telematics is a plus.
• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect (preferred but not mandatory).