Celfocus is a European high-tech system integrator, providing professional services focused on creating business value through Analytics and Cognitive solutions – addressing Telecommunications, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and other markets' strategic opportunities.
Serving Clients in 25+ countries, Celfocus delivers solutions such as accelerating digital network transformation in Autonomous Networks, elevating and monetising business services in B2B2x ecosystems, and providing highly relevant customer experiences through Hyper-personalisation solutions.
Make an impact by working for sectors where technology is the enabler, everything is ground-breaking and there's a constant need to be innovative.
Be part of the team that combines business knowledge, technological edge and a design experience.
Our different backgrounds and know-how are key in developing solutions and experiences for digital clients.
Face challenges and learn other ways of thinking and seeing the world - there's always room for your energy and creativity.
About the role The Solution Architect will join our team and actively contribute to building solutions, owning and being accountable for the architecture definition.
Additionally, will actively provide support, throughout project execution, to analysis and development teams to ensure the soundness, quality, and fit-for-purpose of the delivered solution, ensuring it is addressing the necessary functional and non-functional requirements and the alignment with the solution design As a part of your job, you will: Design systems architecture that will meet business needs and requirements (functional and non-functional), by acting as a bridge between business/functional and technical teams.
Ensure the correct behaviour of designed solutions and how they will fit the existing enterprise landscape.
Define architecture roadmaps (including transition architectures) to meet clients' requirements.
Define migration strategies from existing to new solutions.
Own the production of architecture artifacts (blueprints, solution architecture documents, architecture decision records).
Justify architecture choices through trade-off analysis.
Provide guidance to technical leads and development teams.
Describe the structure, characteristics, behaviour, and other aspects of the architecture to various stakeholders.
Guarantee the adoption of architecture standards and guidelines.
What are we looking for?
Proven work experience as a Solution Architect or similar role (minimum 5 years).
Strong knowledge of Telco Domain is preferable.
Knowledge in web and mobile frontend architectures.
Experience designing solutions applying software architecture concepts: architecture styles (e.g., monolithic: n-tiered, distributed: microservices, SOA patterns (e.g., SSR/CSR, CQRS, BFFs) and design principles (e.g., SOLID, DRY quality attributes (e.g., modularity, multi-tenancy, scalability, reliability) Strong ability to identify trade-offs and consider architecture decisions' impact on technical, functional and business contexts.
Knowledge of application security concepts such as TLS, OAuth, OIDC and how to avoid things such as CSRF, SQL injection, XSS.
Strong knowledge of API design.
Good understanding of integration solutions, and their role and responsibility in a typical enterprise architecture.
Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and tools.
Knowledge of containerization concepts and technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of Cloud Platforms like AWS, Azure & GCP is preferred.
Strong ability to produce documentation using adequate tools and standards, like BPMN or UML.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
Bachelor's degree in information technology or computer science is preferred.
PERSONAL TRAITS Ability to adapt to different contexts, teams and clients.
Teamwork skills but also sense of autonomy, even in remote contexts.
Motivation for international projects and availability to travel.
Strong problem-solving, decision making and troubleshooting skills.
Efficient communication and presentation skills.
Strong ability to influence people and generate consensus.
Ability to explain complex architectural concepts to different stakeholders.
Why join Celfocus?
We want people who like to roll up their sleeves and open their minds.
Believe this is you?
Come join the Team!
