Solution Architect

Description

Summary: Seeking a Solution Architect to provide technical authority for digital products on TypeScript/Node.js and AWS, guiding architecture governance, security, and resilience. Highlights: 1. Guide architecture governance, security remediation, and resilience hardening 2. Shape scalable, secure systems across a digital product portfolio 3. Mentor on architecture decision-making and technical risk assessment We are looking for a **Solution Architect** to act as the technical authority across a portfolio of digital products on a shared TypeScript/Node.js stack and AWS. You will guide architecture governance, security remediation, and resilience hardening while aligning engineering and stakeholders on technical direction. Apply to help shape scalable, secure systems. **Responsibilities** * Assess and document current architecture across the product portfolio, highlighting risks and improvement opportunities * Validate architecture decisions from delivery pods to ensure consistency with shared standards * Own and drive the security remediation backlog across services and platforms * Lead resilience hardening by defining and validating reliability patterns and operational safeguards * Drive cloud account separation and restrict non\-production environment access * Provide technical oversight for infrastructure\-as\-code practices and consolidation across pods * Guide platform initiatives such as pipeline security scanning and operational metrics foundations * Advise on event streaming reliability patterns for Kafka\-based consumer services * Run architecture walkthroughs during onboarding and act as the primary technical escalation point * Communicate architecture trade\-offs clearly to engineers and stakeholders * Contribute to engineering standards, ADRs, and runbook documentation * Mentor pod leads on architecture decision\-making and technical risk assessment * Apply AI coding assistants for architecture spikes and security pattern implementation while reviewing outputs for fit and safety **Requirements** * 3\+ years of solution architecture experience across distributed systems * Strong stakeholder leadership skills to align engineering and non\-technical partners on trade\-offs * Proven project ownership experience driving cross\-team initiatives and technical governance * Strong cloud architecture skills with Amazon Web Services * Strong content platform skills with Content Management Systems * Strong security engineering skills covering authentication, authorization, secrets, and vulnerability remediation * Strong resilience engineering skills using retries, circuit breakers, DLQs, and dependency health checks * Strong infrastructure\-as\-code skills to review and guide portfolio\-wide standards * Strong event\-driven architecture skills for streaming and consumer reliability patterns * Strong written communication skills for ADRs, standards, and runbooks * Ability to use AI coding assistants for spike work and evaluate generated code for correctness and security * Advanced proficiency in English (B2\+/C1\) **Nice to have** * Hands\-on experience with Terraform for multi\-account cloud setups * Experience with AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, SQS, DynamoDB, and Secrets Manager * Experience designing systems that include AI/ML components or LLM\-based workflows * Experience with observability tooling such as Datadog * Experience with Kafka platforms such as Confluent Kafka **We offer** * International projects with top brands * Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers * Healthcare benefits * Employee financial programs * Paid time off and sick leave * Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses * Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000\+ courses * Global career opportunities * Volunteer and community involvement opportunities * EPAM Employee Groups * Award\-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn