The Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and evolving our cloud-native digital platform architecture, with a strong focus on Azure, microservices, secure integrations, and scalable customer-facing solutions.

This role translates business and product requirements into secure, resilient, and scalable

architecture patterns, aligned with our Azure landing zone, AKS platform, and API-driven

ecosystem. The architect partners closely with engineering, Dev Ops, security, and business teams to ensure solutions are production-ready, observable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures across:
- AKS-based microservices platform
- API Gateway and integration layer
- Produce architecture artifacts: logical/physical diagrams, standards, and design blueprints
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, and cloud governance frameworks
- Lead architecture reviews and design authority checkpoints
- Azure Dev Ops pipelines (CI/CD, release automation)
- Partner with Dev Ops teams on:
- Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance

1. Security & Identity Integration

- Design secure access patterns using:
- Azure Entra ID (internal and external tenants)
- OAuth2, OIDC, SAML-based integrations
- Ensure compliance with:
- Zero Trust principles
- Network isolation (Private Endpoints, NSGs)
- Incorporate DDoS protection, WAF policies, and network segmentation
- Define and govern API-first design patterns:
- Internal services (AKS microservices)
- External partners (Propel, payment gateways, SaaS vendors)
- On-prem systems via VPN / hybrid connectivity
- REST APIs
- Event-driven patterns (where applicable)
- Establish API governance (versioning, security, throttling)
- Redis caching strategies
- Azure Cognitive Search (where applicable)




- Define data access, tenancy models, and performance optimization strategies
- High availability (multi-zone / regional)
- Disaster recovery (Canada East DR replication strategy)
- Monitoring & logging (platform observability patterns)
- Backup and recovery strategies
- Ensure alignment with RPO/RTO requirements
- Evaluate and integrate third-party platforms (Boomi, SaaS, CMS, payment providers)
- Provide architecture oversight for vendor-delivered components

1. Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership

- Collaborate with:
- Product, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams
- Present architectural designs and trade-offs to senior leadership
- Mentor developers and engineers on architecture best practices
- Contribute to architecture standards, reference patterns, and reusable frameworks

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Required Experience

- 10+ years in solution architecture, with strong cloud-native experience
- 5+ years designing solutions on Microsoft Azure
- Proven experience with:

Technical Expertise

- Microservices, REST APIs
- Event-driven architecture (preferred)
- Security & Identity:
- Entra ID (AAD), External ID (B2B/B2C patterns)
- OAuth2, OIDC, SAML
- VNET design, NSGs, hybrid connectivity (VPN)
- Infrastructure as Code (nice-to-have)

Nice-to-Have

- Experience with:
- Headless CMS and digital experience platforms
- Integration platforms (e.g., Boomi)
- Familiarity with:
- Blue/green deployments and progressive delivery
- Observability tooling (APM, centralized logging)
- Robust architectural thinking and system design skills
- Ability to balance business outcomes with technical constraints
- Clear and executive-level communication capability
- Strong collaboration across cross-functional teams
- Proactive ownership and continuous improvement mindset
- High emphasis on security, scalability, and customer-facing reliability.

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📌 Azure Solution Architect (Mississauga)
🏢 Accion Labs
📍 Mississauga