Our client is committed to providing innovative 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 robust 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
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 DevOps pipelines (CI/CD, release automation)
Partner with DevOps teams on:
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)




Incorporate DDoS protection, WAF policies, and network segmentation
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)
Redis caching strategies
Azure Cognitive Search (where applicable)
Define data access, tenancy models, and performance optimization strategies
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
Evaluate and integrate third-party platforms (Boomi, SaaS, CMS, payment providers)
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

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