Solutions Architect (Enterprise & Cloud)

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About the Role

The Technical Architect partners with prospects and customers from pre-sales discovery through delivery, translating business objectives into scalable, secure, and cost-effective technical architectures. You will engage directly with stakeholders to elicit requirements, design end-to-end solutions across cloud and on-premise environments, and guide delivery teams from MVP through full production rollout.

 

Responsibilities:

Client Discovery & Solution Framing

• Facilitate technical discovery, clarify requirements, define success metrics, and translate business needs into architectural options. Actively ensure these conversations take place during the pre-sales phase.

Architecture Design

• Create high-level and low-level designs spanning application, data, integration, infrastructure, security, and DevOps.
  
  
• Leverage major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) plus on-prem or hybrid patterns; incorporate SaaS/PaaS, containerization, and serverless options where appropriate.

Road-mapping & Phased Delivery

• Develop phased implementation plans—POC, MVP, pilot, and scale-out—balancing time-to-value with long-term resilience.

Technology & Vendor Evaluation

• Assess and recommend third-party platforms, APIs, and tooling (e.g., CRM, ERP, analytics, media pipelines, IoT, AI/ML) that align with customer objectives and constraints.

Governance, Security & Compliance

• Ensure architectures meet reliability, interoperability, security, and regulatory standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR).

Technical Leadership

• Provide hands-on guidance to engineering teams—code reviews, PoCs, automation pipelines, and performance tuning.

Documentation & Knowledge Sharing

• Produce clear diagrams, runbooks, and hand-off materials consumable by both technical and executive audiences.

 

About You

The essentials:

• 10+ years designing and implementing complex, distributed systems in mid- to large-scale enterprises or SaaS product companies.
• Proven client-facing consulting skills—able to articulate trade-offs, influence decisions, and build trusted relationships.
• Deep knowledge of at least two pillars below and working familiarity with the rest:

• • Cloud & Infrastructure– multi-cloud, VPC/VNet design, IaC (Terraform/CDK), Kubernetes, networking.
  • Applications & Integration – microservices, API gateways, event-driven architectures, ESB/iPaaS.
  • Data & Analytics – relational/NoSQL databases, data lakes, streaming, BI, governance.
  • Security & Compliance – IAM, secrets management, threat modeling, auditing.
  • DevOps & Automation – CI/CD, monitoring/observability, SRE practices.
  • Ability to generate robust architectural documentation (HLD/LLD, sequence diagrams, BOMs).
  • Comfortable working in global, fully-remote, cross-functional teams.

Not a must, but a plus:

• Industry-specific domain depth (e.g., media & entertainment, fintech, health-tech, manufacturing, gaming, public sector)
• Hands-on development background in modern languages (TypeScript, Go, Python, Java) or infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with emerging paradigms like AI-enabled workflow automation, edge computing, XR, or IP-based media standards (e.g., SMPTE 2110, NDI) for media-centric clients.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect Pro, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, TOGAF, CISSP).

At.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgr