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About the Role
Dubai Chambers seeks an experienced Solution Architect to design and oversee enterprise and application architecture, driving end-to-end solution delivery.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Define, maintain, and govern Dubai Chambers' enterprise, application, and solution architecture frameworks, standards, and principles
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions
- Develop and maintain technology roadmaps and target state architectures
- Evaluate existing systems to identify optimization opportunities, technical debt, and modernization initiatives
- Provide architectural leadership and technical governance throughout the solution delivery lifecycle
- Lead architecture assessments, proof of concepts, and technology evaluations
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable solutions
- Drive adoption of modern architecture practices including cloud native, API led integration, microservices, DevSecOps, and automation
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in solution architecture, application architecture, enterprise architecture, software engineering, or related technology disciplines
- Proven experience designing and delivering complex enterprise scale digital solutions
- Strong expertise in enterprise application architecture, system integration patterns, APIs, cloud technologies, and modern software development frameworks
- Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, Oracle Cloud Architect, or equivalent
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Job Purpose
- To design, develop, and oversee Dubai Chambers’ enterprise and application architecture, ensuring technology solutions effectively support current and future business needs.
- The role is responsible for driving the end to end solution delivery lifecycle by providing architectural leadership, technical direction, and governance from concept through implementation and production.
Solution Architecture & Technology Leadership
- Define, maintain, and govern Dubai Chambers' enterprise, application, and solution architecture frameworks, standards, and principles.
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions that support business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
- Develop and maintain technology roadmaps and target state architectures aligned with organizational strategy and future business requirements.
- Evaluate existing systems, platforms, and applications to identify optimization opportunities, technical debt, performance improvements, and modernization initiatives.
- Provide architectural leadership and technical governance throughout the solution delivery lifecycle.
- Review and approve solution designs, technical specifications, and architecture deliverables to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and best practices.
- Lead architecture assessments, proof of concepts, and technology evaluations to validate proposed solutions and emerging technologies.
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, cost effective, and sustainable technology solutions.
- Assess the business, operational, financial, security, and technology impacts of architecture decisions and provide recommendations.
- Drive adoption of modern architecture practices, including cloud native technologies, API led integration, microservices, DevSecOps, automation, and emerging digital capabilities.
- Establish architecture governance processes and ensure adherence to IT policies, standards, SLAs, cybersecurity requirements, and regulatory obligations.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams, solution designers, and project stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Master's degree in Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred.
- Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Solutions Architect, Oracle Cloud Architect, or equivalent are advantageous.
Minimum Experience and Skills
- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in solution architecture, application architecture, enterprise architecture, software engineering, or related technology disciplines.
- Proven experience designing and delivering complex enterprise scale digital solutions, integrating front end, back end, cloud, and third party systems.
- Strong expertise in enterprise application architecture, system integration patterns, APIs, cloud technologies, and modern software development frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience in designing scalable, secure, resilient, and high performance solutions within complex enterprise environments.
- Experience developing architecture roadmaps, technology standards, governance frameworks, and solution design principles.
- Strong understanding of cloud native architectures, microservices, containerization technologies, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
- Experience evaluating emerging technologies and conducting architecture assessments, proof of concepts, and technology selection exercises.
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, information security controls, data protection requirements, and secure by design practices.
- Strong knowledge of databases, middleware technologies, integration platforms, operating systems, and software development methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and influence technical and business stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
- Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate complex business requirements into practical, scalable, and sustainable technology solutions.
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