The Senior Specialist, Solutions Architecture, leads architecture discussions for products/platforms throughout their entire lifecycle, leading the assessment of feature requirements and development of solution options with a focus on performance efficiency and cost optimization. The role oversees the interaction with the product team for technical assessments, maintenance of architecture artifacts, and collaboration with project teams to document future states. Additionally, the role leads the development of prototypes, facilitates training sessions for junior team members on solution architecture technical skills, and drives the application of new technologies.

Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience. Minimum 5 years of work experience developing/architecting database centric solutions Minimum one year experience working within a cloud environment (GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.) Certified Solutions Architect (Preferred) Leads architecture discussions for assigned products/platforms, across all stages from ideation, design, development, deployment, and maintenance. Leads assessment of feature requirements against external partner capabilities, documenting technical gaps, and determining development requirements with a focus on performance efficiency and optimized cost. Drives development of solution options by analyzing and translating desired business capabilities into solution concepts and models. Carries out interaction with the product team to conduct technical assessments of internal and external platforms and tools, covering aspects such as service interoperability, infrastructure, scalability, security, availability, data handling, licensing, and global footprint. Oversees maintenance of architecture artifacts, including architecture working documents and technical architecture diagrams, to depict proposed solutions and support implementation. Leads collaboration with project teams to document the future state, assessing the cost, risk, and business value of architecture alternatives. Leads development of prototypes and proof of concepts to demonstrate new ideas and showcase the application of new technologies. Facilitates training and development sessions to train junior team members on solution architecture technical skills and industry best practices. Guide teams to develop solutions leveraging cloud architectures. Understand and share security best-practices across the portfolio Develop an expertise in the development and deployment of data products in GCP/BigQuery