The company is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Technology Solution Architect – Smart City to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will define the technical architecture for a multi-domain, interdisciplinary, prestigious smart city project. You will leverage your expertise in smart city technologies, software integration, AI/ML, data management, and cloud platforms to design and deliver a robust, scalable, and secure solution that integrates seamlessly with a cosmopolitan-scale infrastructure and its assets.
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Location
Qatar
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead the design and development of the smart city platform architecture, providing subject matter expert level of solution analysis and architecture.
- Ensure seamless and successful, multi-level, cross-platforms integration (vertical and horizontal) of the complete smart city eco system components (IT-OT-IoT).
- Ensure alignment of the entire ecosystem’s technical deliverables to the key project objectives.
- Supervise cloud and hybrid deployment and integration of the multiple solutions, ensuring optimum utilization of modern technologies.
- Advise on functional and aesthetic delivery of multi-level insights, dashboards, and performance indicators.
- Develop, review, enhance, and maintain detailed technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, system specifications, and user guides.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 15 years of work experience in this field, including at least five years of hands-on experience as a Solution Architect with a proven track record of designing and implementing complex enterprise-level solutions, digital transformation projects, legacy modernization, and migration projects.
- In-depth know-how of cross-platform interoperability and Enterprise Integration Architectures, API platforms, microservices, ESBs, containerization, and virtualization.
- Solid knowledge of real-time data streaming and API integration.
- Thorough understanding of data management and analysis, cloud sizing and utilization, UI/UX, and AI utilization in multi-faceted dynamic environments, with SDL management experience.
- Sound knowledge of spatial data integration and visualization with platforms, databases, and IoT.
- Mastering software project development in an agile environment.
- Strong vendor management capacity.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
Desired Skills
- Demonstrated experience in smart city programs, large urban infrastructure, or city-scale digital platforms.
- Familiarity with major cloud platforms and their architecture best practices for large-scale, mission-critical solutions.
- Experience with security-by-design principles and compliance in large, integrated environments (IT–OT–IoT).
- Cultural awareness and previous experience working in the Middle East and/or Qatar, with an understanding of Middle East/Qatar market dynamics, is considered a strong plus.
- Relevant professional certifications are preferred.
