Qualysoft is hiring a Solution Architect/ Solution Designer

Our client in the telecommunications sector is undertaking a major modernization and cloud transformation program, operating a range of sales-supporting applications and platforms. To strengthen cross-functional collaboration between business and IT, we are looking for experienced Senior Solution Architects / Solution Designers who can design scalable, cloud-based enterprise solutions while effectively bridging business requirements and technical implementation. Role Overview: As a Senior Solution Architect / Solution Designer, you will work closely with business stakeholders and development teams to design, optimize, and modernize large-scale enterprise applications. You will translate business needs into technically sound, cloud-native architectures, support the migration to AWS and OpenShift, and ensure alignment between strategic business goals and IT deliverables. Tasks to be performed: -Learn and understand the full product lifecycle and associated business processes across departments. -Architect scalable, cloud-based solutions (AWS, OpenShift) ensuring long-term maintainability and flexibility. -Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, refine, and document functional and non-functional requirements. -Translate business requirements into conceptual and logical solution designs, considering system interfaces, data flows, and dependencies. -Align solution designs with enterprise architecture, data governance, and integration standards. -Provide architectural guidance on API integrations, data migration, and system interoperability. -Support developers and architects during implementation by clarifying requirements and solution logic. -Optimize and modernize legacy systems, refactor existing codebases to improve performance and maintainability. -Prepare documentation such as process models, user stories, system context diagrams, and data models. -Facilitate workshops with stakeholders to validate understanding and drive consensus on proposed solutions. -Conduct impact assessments for change requests and contribute to effort estimations. -Actively participate in the agile team setup (e.g., refinements, sprint planning, reviews) to ensure continuous alignment and incremental delivery. -Perform defect analysis and propose architectural solutions to improve system stability. -Mentor development teams and enforce best practices for system design, development, and deployment. Required Qualifications: -Several years of experience as a Solution Architect, Solution Designer, or Business Analyst in complex enterprise IT environments. -Proven experience designing cloud architectures (AWS preferred) and containerized solutions (OpenShift/Kubernetes). -Strong background in Java-based backend development, system integrations, and API management. -Ability to translate business requirements into scalable, technically sound solution designs. -Experience modernizing legacy applications and refactoring large codebases. -Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to structure complex problems into actionable solutions. -Hands-on experience with requirements engineering, process modeling (e.g. BPMN), and documentation. -Familiarity with microservices architecture, event-driven design (Kafka), CI/CD pipelines. -Understanding of system architecture and integration principles (SOAP/REST APIs). -Industry experience in telecommunications, pricing engines, product catalogs, or quoting systems is a plus. -Fluent in English (spoken & written) German is a plus.