IT Solution Architect

IT Solution Architect Key Responsibilities: design and maintaining up-to-date IT system architectures for clients using CloudFerro’s product offerings,  collaborating with clients, project managers, product managers, and technical team leaders to ensure project success,  preparing comprehensive solution architectures that meet client requirements and internal company standards,  decomposing designed systems into smaller components, agreeing on necessary changes and extensions to existing products,  communicating, explaining, and aligning architecture and technical aspects of the scope of work with clients and internal technical teams,  defining the technical scope and execution methods for subcontractors,  responding to technical questions regarding architecture and making architectural decisions,  coordinating, supervising, and accepting subcontractor work from a technical perspective,  executing or coordinating cross-team technical tasks (e.g., environment design, planning multi-product deployments),  providing architectural support during the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance phases of client solutions,  managing technical project documentation and coordinating the preparation of its essential elements by technical teams,  cooperating with the project manager in developing the project schedule (technical tasks, effort estimation, dependencies),  overseeing technical progress,  identifying and managing technical risks,  participating in offer preparation,  estimating effort and costs for project budgeting purposes,  maintaining strong knowledge of CloudFerro’s solutions and technological trends to advise and select the best solutions for clients. Required qualifications: technical education (computer science, electronics, telecommunications, or similar),  minimum 5 years of experience in the IT field as an architect, especially in infrastructure,  experience working with clients,  ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions,  knowledge of cloud computing concepts,  familiarity with design patterns or experience in designing distributed processing systems,  experience in designing high-availability (HA) systems,  strong soft skills such as communication, teamwork, openness to change, independence, diligence, efficiency, creativity, patience,  experience in writing proposals,  knowledge of IT architecture documentation standards (especially C4),  attention to standards,  ability to design and document scalable, secure, and efficient solutions,  ability to specify technical tasks for external teams,  experience collaborating with IT specialists across various domains and technologies,  willingness to share knowledge and experience,  understanding of product-oriented approaches,  excellent self-organization, planning, and prioritization skills,  focus on quality and timely task execution,  ability to present complex technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders,  very good command of English (minimum B2/C1) for communication with clients and partners, and for reading and creating system and technical documentation.