Java AWS Solution Architect

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and lead the development of enterprise-scale solutions using Spring Boot Java, Node.js, AWS, event-driven and Microservices Architecture
  
• Engage with public sector clients to translate business challenges into secure, reliable and scalable architectural solutions
  
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including Delivery Leads, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers and DevOps engineers
  
• Respond to RFI, RFP and bid requests, contributing architecture overviews, solution design documents and technical estimates
  
• Support proposal creation by defining solution scope, identifying key risks & assumptions and presenting high level solutions.
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment with compliance, security and data governance standards.
  
• Advocate and implement best practices in solution design, performance tuning, and maintainability.
  
• Ensure architectural documentation is clear, complete, and maintained
  
• Participate in architecture reviews, technical governance and the creation of reusable solution patterns.
  
• Keep up to date with emerging technologies and apply relevant innovations in client environments.
  
• Apply TOGAF or similar frameworks in designing and documenting architecture
  
• Drive innovation and contribute to organisation-wide initiatives and capability building
  Required Experience & Skills:
  
• 16+ years’ experience as an solution architecture
  
• Proven technical leadership in Spring Boot, Node.js, REST APIs and AWS (including Lambda, S3, RDS, EventBridge, ECS Fargate, Secret Manager, API Gateway etc).
  
• Experience designing event-driven, microservices-based architectures and working with event stores.
  
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex solutions for private & public sector clients.
  
• Strong experience preparing and presenting technical responses for bids, proposals, and RFIs.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.
  
• Experience in working in Agile methodologies and working with multidisciplinary delivery teams
  
• Comfortable managing relationships with delivery leads, practice heads, and client-side leadership.
  
• Knowledge of TOGAF or other architectural frameworks.
  
• Passion for staying updated with emerging technologies and applying them in solutioning