Solutions Architect CDP/Cloudera

Job Title: Solutions Architect

Location

Abu Dhabi Contract Duration: 1 year Role Purpose: Translate enterprise architecture policies and organizational standards into practical CDP architecture standards, templates, processes, and reusable artefacts, while providing end-to-end architecture guidance and assurance to product teams and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise architecture, security, cloud, integration, data, and technology policies into clear CDP technical standards and guidelines
• Develop and maintain architecture principles, reference architectures, approved patterns, templates, checklists, processes, and quality-gate criteria
• Create and maintain architecture governance artefacts, including HLD and LLD templates, review checklists, decision records, risk registers, compliance assessments, and approval workflows
• Provide hands-on architecture support during ideation, planning, sourcing, design, and delivery
• Guide product teams and vendors on solution design, technology selection, integration, data, security, cloud, and non-functional requirements
• Review HLDs, LLDs, integration designs, and other technical artefacts prepared by delivery teams
• Identify architecture risks, gaps, dependencies, non-compliance, and required remediation
• Promote reuse of approved shared services, components, and design patterns
• Support architecture quality gates and provide architecture recommendations and approval decisions
• Desired Candidate Profile 8+ years of relevant technology experience, including solution architecture
• Strong hands-on experience in developing architecture standards, templates, processes, reference architectures, and governance artefacts
• Employment Type Full-time