About the Company Our client is committed to providing cutting-edge healthcare solutions and enhancing the customer experience through a cloud-native digital platform.

About the Role The Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and evolving client's 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 Azure landing zone, AKS platform, and API-driven ecosystem. The architect partners closely with engineering, DevOps, security, and business teams to ensure solutions are production-ready, observable, and aligned to enterprise standards.

Responsibilities Architecture Design & Governance

Define and maintain end-to-end solution architectures across:

Azure Front Door, WAF, App Gateway

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 Cloud & Platform Engineering Alignment

Architect solutions leveraging

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for containerized workloads

Azure DevOps pipelines (CI/CD, release automation)

Infrastructure-as-Code principles (Bicep/Terraform – preferred)

Partner with DevOps teams on:

Deployment patterns (blue/green, rolling upgrades)

Environment strategy (lower / middle / production)

Ensure solutions are designed for scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance 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)

Secrets management using Azure Key Vault





Incorporate DDoS protection, WAF policies, and network segmentation API & Integration Architecture

Define and govern API-first design patterns

Architect integrations across

Internal services (AKS microservices)

External partners (Propel, payment gateways, SaaS vendors)

On-prem systems via VPN / hybrid connectivity

Drive use of

REST APIs

Event-driven patterns (where applicable)

Establish API governance (versioning, security, throttling) Data & Platform Services Architecture

Design data solutions leveraging

Azure SQL (tenant + central models)

Redis caching strategies

Azure Storage / Data Lake

Azure Cognitive Search (where applicable)

Define data access, tenancy models, and performance optimization strategies Reliability, DR & Observability

Architect for

High availability (multi-zone / regional)

Disaster recovery (Canada East DR replication strategy) Define:

Monitoring & logging (platform observability patterns)

Backup and recovery strategies

Ensure alignment with RPO/RTO requirements Partner & Vendor Integration

Evaluate and integrate third-party platforms (Boomi, SaaS, CMS, payment providers)

Define secure data exchange patterns (REST, SFTP, VPN)

Provide architecture oversight for vendor-delivered components 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 Qualifications 10+ years in solution architecture, with strong cloud-native experience

5+ years designing solutions on Microsoft Azure Required Skills Technical Expertise

Azure Services

AKS, Azure Front Door, App Gateway, WAF

Azure DevOps (CI/CD)

Azure Key Vault, Private Endpoints

Azure SQL, Redis Cache, Storage, Cognitive Search

Architecture Patterns

Microservices, REST APIs

Event-driven architecture (preferred)

Multi-tenant SaaS design

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