Location: Makati, Philippines

Work Setup: Hybrid
Shift: Day Shift (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Experience: 8+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to design scalable, secure, cost-effective, and business-aligned enterprise technology solutions. The successful candidate will translate business requirements into practical architecture designs, guide technical decision-making, and collaborate with engineering, operations, security, product, and business stakeholders to ensure reliable and sustainable technology outcomes.

Candidates with strong hands-on technical experience and relevant project experience clearly highlighted in their latest CVs will be prioritized.

Key Responsibilities
  • Translate business requirements, technical constraints, and enterprise standards into solution architectures and implementation guidance.

  • Lead architecture discussions and establish technical direction for complex business and technology initiatives.

  • Evaluate technology options, assess trade-offs, and recommend appropriate solutions.

  • Design scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and cost-effective technology solutions.

  • Develop target-state architectures, transition strategies, solution roadmaps, and implementation plans.

  • Identify technical risks, dependencies, technical debt, and operational impacts throughout the delivery lifecycle.

  • Facilitate architecture reviews, technical assessments, proof-of-concept activities, and design workshops.

  • Collaborate with engineering, operations, security, enterprise architecture, product, and business teams.

  • Guide delivery teams through solution planning, design, implementation, and operational readiness.

  • Communicate architecture decisions, recommendations, risks, and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • Promote automation, standardization, simplification, reuse, and continuous improvement.

  • Ensure solutions consider security, identity, resiliency, monitoring, incident management, lifecycle management, and operational supportability.

Qualifications and Requirements
  • Minimum 8 years of professional experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, automation, database engineering, or related technical disciplines.

  • Demonstrated experience designing or guiding enterprise technology solutions in complex environments.

  • Strong hands-on technical foundation across cloud platforms, software engineering, infrastructure, automation, integrations, or enterprise technologies.

  • Experience with source control and CI/CD platforms such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or Jenkins.

  • Programming, scripting, or automation experience using Python, C, PowerShell, Go, or comparable languages.

  • Knowledge of REST APIs, systems integration, workflow automation, JSON, YAML, or equivalent technologies.

  • Understanding of security, identity, resiliency, observability, production support, and modern delivery practices.

  • Experience translating business requirements into practical technical solutions and architecture roadmaps.

  • Ability to evaluate alternatives, manage technical and operational risks, and document architecture decisions.

  • Experience working in Agile, SAFe, DevOps, or similar delivery environments.

  • Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.

  • Ability to influence cross-functional teams and guide technical decisions without relying on direct authority.

  • Willingness to work in a hybrid setup in Makati, Philippines.

Preferred Capabilities
  • Enterprise solution architecture and architecture governance.

  • Technical breadth and the ability to learn new platforms and technologies quickly.

  • Systems thinking and structured problem-solving.

  • Strong presentation skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to executive and business audiences.

  • Experience balancing business priorities, delivery objectives, security, cost, operational supportability, and long-term sustainability.

Pre-Screening Questions
  1. What is your highest educational attainment?

  2. How many years of professional experience do you have in software engineering, cloud engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, automation, database engineering, or related technical disciplines?

  3. What was your last drawn salary?

  4. What is your expected salary?

  5. Are you amenable to a hybrid work setup in Makati, Philippines, with a day shift from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM?

  6. What is your current notice period?

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Company profile

Gratitude Inc

Employment Services101-1,000 employees

With The Operations Of The Company Handled By Industry Professionals, We As A Team Are Able To Successfully Cater To The Recruitment And Staffing Requirements Of BPO/ Ecommerce Sector From Onshore To Offshore Locations. Over The Period, Though Gratitude Has Earned The Wrath Of Some Corrupt Hr's Due To Our Ideology We Have Received Considerable Support Of Our Candidates Which Has Made Gratitude Grow In Several Locations

We Are Based At Multiple Locations In India & Philippines;

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