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Role Overview
Lead Solution Architect at Wasl, reporting to the Head of Enterprise Architecture & Planning within the Information Technology Management department.
Company Overview
Wasl is undergoing digital transformation, supported by an integrated enterprise technology environment serving multiple departments and affiliated business units.
Role Purpose
The Lead Solution Architect designs, governs, and implements enterprise solution architectures that connect diverse cloud and on-premises platforms. The role defines architecture standards, integration patterns, cloud strategies, and API governance frameworks while ensuring secure, scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions across business applications and transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Solution Architecture
- Design and maintain enterprise solution architectures enabling integration between cloud and on-premises platforms.
- Develop architecture blueprints, reference architectures, and solution patterns aligned with business objectives.
Cloud Architecture & Strategy
- Develop and implement cloud architecture strategies supporting business and IT objectives.
- Lead adoption of cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud solutions while ensuring governance, performance, and security compliance.
API & Integration Governance
- Establish API and integration architecture standards, policies, and governance frameworks.
- Ensure API lifecycle management, security, reliability, scalability, and reuse across the enterprise.
Digital Platform Integration
- Architect integrations across Salesforce, SAP S/4HANA, HR, Finance, Leasing, Sales, and other enterprise platforms.
- Enable process automation, workflow orchestration, and unified customer experiences through integrated solutions.
Security, Compliance & Data Architecture
- Ensure architecture compliance with security standards, data privacy regulations, and enterprise governance requirements.
- Lead data integration, synchronization, transformation, and data governance initiatives to support operational and analytical needs.
Solution Governance & Technical Leadership
- Establish architecture standards, review boards, and governance frameworks.
- Provide stakeholder engagement, architecture guidance, and mentoring across the organization.
- Make architecture decisions related to solution design, integration platforms, cloud adoption, API governance, security controls, and enterprise solution standards.
Financial Stewardship
- Provide architecture recommendations that optimize technology investments and reduce long-term technical debt.
- Support technology evaluation, platform selection, and solution cost optimization initiatives.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of experience in IT Architecture, Solution Architecture, Integration Architecture, or Cloud Architecture.
- Proven experience in enterprise solution architecture and architecture blueprinting.
- Strong expertise in Salesforce, SAP S/4HANA, and enterprise platform integration.
- Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline (preferred).
- TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, or equivalent architecture certification (preferred).
Skills & Competencies
- Expert level: Integration Architecture (API, ESB, ETL, messaging, orchestration, and integration patterns).
- Expert level: Cloud Architecture (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Hybrid & Multi-cloud environments).
- Expert level: Enterprise Applications (SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce and enterprise platform integration).
- Expert level: Stakeholder engagement, architecture guidance, and mentoring.
- Advanced level: API Management (API governance, lifecycle management, and security frameworks).
- Advanced level: Data Integration (data synchronization, transformation, and quality management).
- Advanced level: Security Architecture (Identity management, encryption, API security, and compliance).
- Advanced level: Middleware Platforms (MuleSoft, SAP CPI/BTP).
- Strong understanding of API management platforms such as Apigee, Kong, or AWS API Gateway.
- Strong understanding of security, compliance, data governance, and enterprise integration best practices.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, and leadership capabilities.
- Experience with integration technologies: MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, Apache Camel, or Azure Logic Apps.
Additional Information
- Direct Reports: Nil.
- Total Reports: Nil.
- No direct budget authority specified.
- Internal stakeholders: CIO, IT General Manager, Heads of Departments, Senior Managers, Managers, IT teams, business stakeholders, COO office, Wasl departments, and affiliated business units.
- External stakeholders: System Integrators, Implementation Partners, technology vendors, cloud service providers, and managed service partners.
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