Solution Architect FSS

Description

Summary: Chevron Global Business Services is seeking a Solution Architect to define and lead end-to-end solution architectures aligned with enterprise strategy, ensuring scalability and maintainability. Highlights: 1. Define end-to-end solution architectures aligned with enterprise strategy 2. Own key architectural decisions, balancing business value and sustainability 3. Lead architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards Chevron Global Business Services (GBS), located in Buenos Aires (Puerto Madero), Argentina, is accepting online applications for the position of Solution Architect. Successful candidates will join the IT Company, which is part of a successful multifunction service center with a workforce of more than 1800 employees delivering business services and solutions across the globe. **Responsibilities** * Define end‑to‑end solution architectures aligned with enterprise strategy, ensuring scalability, security, performance, and maintainability across the solution lifecycle. * Own key architectural decisions, balancing business value, cost efficiency, and long‑term sustainability (capital stewardship). * Assess build vs buy vs reuse options, ensuring optimal trade‑offs between cost, complexity, time‑to‑market, and risk. * Develop architecture artifacts (diagrams, integration patterns, data flows, decision records) and ensure clear documentation for long‑term maintainability. * Guide and influence development teams to adopt architectural principles, standards, and best practices without impacting delivery velocity. * Lead architecture reviews and ensure compliance with enterprise standards, security requirements, and governance processes. * Evaluate technical feasibility and perform cost/benefit analysis for new initiatives and enhancements. * Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and technical debt across the solution lifecycle. * Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions. * Support modernization and transformation initiatives, including migration of legacy systems to cloud‑native architectures. * Ensure operational readiness, resiliency, and supportability of solutions in production environments. **Required Technical Skills** * Strong expertise in Azure cloud architecture, including design of secure, scalable, and highly available solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). * Deep knowledge of Azure core services such as compute, storage, networking, identity (Azure AD), integration services, and data platforms. * Proven experience with cloud architecture patterns: microservices, event‑driven architecture, API‑led integration, and distributed systems. * Strong understanding of resiliency and DR patterns (high availability, failover strategies, backup and recovery). * Experience evaluating and implementing PaaS vs IaaS vs SaaS solutions based on cost, operability, and risk considerations. * Experience designing complex enterprise environments with multiple interacting systems, including transactional applications, data flows, and integration layers (e.g., APIs, messaging, system\-to\-system integrations), ensuring consistency, scalability, and maintainability end\-to\-end. * Experience modernizing legacy systems and leading cloud migration and refactoring initiatives. * Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation. * Strong integration expertise (APIs, messaging, data integration patterns). * Ability to produce and maintain architecture documentation and decision records. **Required Functional / Domain Knowledge** * Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and alignment with business strategy. * Experience working in complex enterprise environments with multiple systems, integrations, and cross‑team dependencies. * Ability to balance short‑term delivery needs vs long‑term architecture sustainability and TCO. * Proven capability to operate in environments with competing priorities and resource constraints. * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain and defend architectural decisions. * Experience influencing teams and driving technical alignment across distributed engineering teams. * Demonstrated leadership in mentoring engineers and improving team technical maturity. * Ability to manage conflict between business priorities and technical best practices, driving balanced outcomes. * Experience working in Agile delivery models, supporting both architecture strategy and delivery execution. * Strong focus on risk management, governance, and compliance requirements in enterprise environments. **Relocation Options:** Relocation **could be** considered. **International Considerations:** Expatriate assignments **will not be** considered. Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time\-limited Visa status for this position Chevron participates in E\-Verify in certain locations as required by law.