About this role
The team is seeking a Solution Architect specializing in Customer Data Platform (CDP) architecture for a 1-year contract position based in Abu Dhabi, with the possibility of extension. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in translating enterprise architecture policies into practical CDP standards while providing comprehensive architecture guidance to product teams and vendors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Translate enterprise architecture, security, cloud, integration, data, and technology policies into clear CDP technical standards and guidelines.
- Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, approved patterns, templates, checklists, processes, and quality-gate criteria.
- Create and maintain architecture governance artefacts, including HLD and LLD templates, review checklists, decision records, risk registers, compliance assessments, and approval workflows.
- Provide hands-on architecture support during ideation, planning, sourcing, design, and delivery phases.
- Guide product teams and vendors on solution design, technology selection, integration, data, security, cloud, and non-functional requirements.
- Review HLDs, LLDs, integration designs, and other technical artefacts prepared by delivery teams.
- Identify architecture risks, gaps, dependencies, non-compliance, and required remediation.
- Promote reuse of approved shared services, components, and design patterns.
- Support architecture quality gates and provide architecture recommendations and approval decisions.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 8+ years of relevant technology experience, including solution architecture.
- Strong hands-on experience in developing architecture standards, templates, processes, reference architectures, and governance artefacts.
- Experience reviewing and guiding secure, scalable, and integrated enterprise solutions.
- Strong knowledge of application, integration, data, cloud, security, and non-functional architecture.
- Excellent technical documentation, stakeholder-management, and vendor-management skills.
- Experience in government or large-enterprise environments is preferred.
What we offer:
- A dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Coverage of food, travel expenses, and daily per diem during the contract period.
Applications are read by our talent team, usually within two working days.
If you look like a fit we will call you, and you will hear from us either way.