📌Job Title: Solution Architect (API)
📍Location: Remote – Alberta, Canada
📅Duration: 12-Month Contract
Overview
Our client in Alberta is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to design modern, forward-looking technology solutions that support our strategic goals. This role bridges enterprise architecture strategy with development execution, translating business requirements into practical, cloud-native solutions. This position is ideal for a hands-on technical leader with expertise in cloud-native architectures, API-first approaches, event-driven systems, and infrastructure as code.
🔎Key Responsibilities
• Investigate and assess the current technology landscape, including applications, integrations, and infrastructure.
• Analyze existing systems to understand how they function, why they were designed that way, and where improvements are needed.
• Translate business requirements into practical solution designs aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
Design and document modern architectures using: Cloud-native patterns, Event-driven architectures, API-first design principles, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Create future-state architecture diagrams, solution blueprints, and integration patterns.
• Validate architecture decisions through hands-on work, including building prototypes, writing code, and configuring cloud services.
• Serve as a technical mentor and thought leader, guiding development teams on architectural best practices.
✅Required Skills & Experience
• Minimum 5 years in solution architecture, senior development, cloud architecture, or technical leadership roles.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native solutions on AWS or equivalent platforms.
• Skilled in TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, IaC, containers, serverless, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with API-driven architectures, event-driven systems, and enterprise integration.
• Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis).
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and governance.
✅Education & Certifications (Preferred):
• Diploma or Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field recognized in Canada. Equivalent experience may be considered.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
• AWS DevOps Engineer or equivalent
⭐Skills & Abilities:
• Knowledge of modern architecture patterns: microservices, event-driven, CQRS, domain-driven design.
• Proficiency with API protocols (REST, SQS, SNS, EventBridge).
• Solid understanding of information security, authentication, and secure coding practices.
• Experience with observability tools: CloudWatch, X-Ray, structured logging, distributed tracing.
• Strong communication, mentorship, and collaborative skills.
• Agile, SAFe, and DevOps delivery methodology experience.
• Commitment to continuous learning and emerging technology trends.
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📄 Subject Line: Solution Architect (API)