Solution Architect - Compute

Responsibility

1. Platform and Solution Design and strategy

• Develop and maintain the organization's IAM platform architecture and solution design (Entra is the main platform), ensuring support for current and future business needs. Define platform standards, best practices, and guidelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Create detailed solution designs, considering architecture principles, scalability, security, and performance.
• Technology Evaluation
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools that enhance solution effectiveness.
• Technical Leadership
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure that technical designs align with established architecture standards.
• Integration and Compatibility
• Ensure that platforms and solutions integrate seamlessly with existing systems and applications.
• Verify the compatibility of proposed solutions with hardware, software, and network environments.
• Security and Compliance
• Incorporate security best practices into platforms and other solution designs (SSO with Entra, MFA, PIM, PAM, RBAC…).
• Ensure compliance with data protection and regulatory requirements.
• Documentation and Communication
• Document technical designs, architecture decisions, and implementation guidelines.
• Communicate solution designs effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Quality Assurance
• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to define testing strategies and validate solution functionality.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues as they arise during implementation.
• Technical Direction and Coordination
• Help define the technical direction for the product/group and coordinate across product teams to ensure that every team has defined architecture patterns.
• Requirements Transformation
• Transforms requirements into specific solution architecture design documents.
• Architectural Governance
• Governs the technical design against approved architectural standards and makes final decisions on any technology changes or exceptions to architectural standards.
• Business Alignment and Integration
• Understanding business processes and requirements, ensuring the platform aligns with business goals, and integrating various business functions into a cohesive system.
• Scalability, Reliability, and Adaptability
• Ensures that the platform is scalable, reliable, and adaptable to changing business needs, while maintaining data integrity and security. They work closely with stakeholders across different departments to facilitate smooth system deployment and continuous improvement.

Qualification

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineer, IT Engineer, Computer Science or a related field.
• Relevant certifications in solution architecture and technology vendors preferred.

Experience

• 5 - 7 years+ of experience in Solution Architecture, with a focus on cloud transformation/migration for Digital Transformation
• Proven track record in designing and delivering complex platforms and solutions.
• Expertise in Cloud platforms like Azure, AWS and Google Cloud.
• Expertise in Virtualization technologies (e.g. Nutanix or VMware)
• Work location base at Thai Union’s corporate office – SM Tower, Bangkok.