Solutions Architect
Overview
Provide company-wide architectural governance and technical leadership for the enterprise program migrating on-premise estate (RHEL, Oracle, Microsoft) to FCP. Define and enforce target reference architectures, migration patterns, security & compliance guardrails, and run governance through an Architecture Review Board (ARB) to ensure secure, cost-effective, resilient, and compliant outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Establish, document, and own cloud target/reference architectures for FCP covering compute, networking, identity, storage, databases, middleware, integration, backup/DR, and observability.
Chair/run the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
Review, approve, or raise conditions for migration and design packages.
Maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and a patterns/standards library.
Create migration strategy and application classification (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor, replace, retire).
Define and validate data migration and cutover strategies for Oracle (and other DBs), including rollback and integrity verification plans.
Define security, compliance, and operational guardrails (IAM, encryption, network segmentation, logging, vulnerability management).
Produce runbooks, playbooks, and cutover templates; validate them during pilot migrations.
Define non-functional requirements (performance, HA, RTO/RPO) and validate designs against them.
Drive cost governance: tagging policy, cost models, budget forecasts, and ongoing optimization.
Coordinate with App owners, DBAs, Security, Compliance, DevOps, Infra, and PMO to ensure alignment and readiness.
Mentor platform and application teams; enable knowledge transfer and create training materials.
Run proofs-of-concept (PoCs) and provide hands-on support for complex migrations or performance tuning.
Conduct post-migration reviews, capture lessons learned, and iterate architecture/designs.
Required Qualifications & Skills
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience: 8+ years IT experience with at least 4+ years in architecting and leading enterprise on-prem → cloud migrations.
Technical expertise:
Strong Linux (RHEL) systems knowledge and experience with configuration management/automation.
Deep Oracle database migration experience (replication, logical/physical migration tools, schema conversion, performance tuning).
Microsoft stack experience (Windows Server, AD, .NET, SQL Server) and migration approaches.
Solid cloud architecture knowledge (IaaS, PaaS, managed DBs, networking, identity).
Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) experience preferred.
Security and compliance controls implementation experience for cloud migrations.
Observability, monitoring, and incident management best practices.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience running Architecture Review Boards and writing ADRs.
Proven ability to produce clear architecture artifacts, runbooks, and migration playbooks.
Preferred / Nice-to-have
TOGAF or enterprise architecture certification.
Experience with large-scale Oracle consolidation/migration projects.
Experience with cost governance tools and cloud financial management (FinOps).
Experience with regulated environments (PCI, GDPR, SOX, HIPAA) if applicable.
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