Solutions Architect

For our Client from IT services industry we are looking for Solutions Architect. Location: Warsaw with occasional visits in the office Type of agreement: B2B contract We are looking for a Solutions Architect who combines strong technical judgement with confident client-facing consulting. You will partner with financial services, logistics and pharmaceutical clients to uncover needs, frame measurable business outcomes and turn them into practical solutions using the technologies best suited to the client context. You will own the solution journey from discovery and value assessment through architecture, delivery planning, implementation governance and quality assurance. The role is cloud first and values practical multi-vendor experience. Ework Group - founded in 2000, listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, with around 13,000 independent professionals on assignment - we are the total talent solutions provider who partners with clients, in both the private and public sector, and professionals to create sustainable talent supply chains. With a focus on IT/OT, R&D, Engineering and Business Development, we deliver sustainable value through a holistic and independent approach to total talent management. By providing comprehensive talent solutions, combined with vast industry experience and excellence in execution, we form successful collaborations. We bridge clients and partners & professionals throughout the talent supply chain, for the benefit of individuals, organizations and society. We offer: B2B agreement Transparent working conditions with both Ework and the client Current support during our cooperation Possibility to work in an international environment Collaborative environment in Swedish organizational culture Daily tasks: - Lead client workshops and interviews with business and technical stakeholders. Elicit, challenge and structure requirements, constraints, risks, assumptions and success measures. - Analyse business processes and data to identify material client problems and develop solution options with a clear business case, delivery feasibility and proportionate risk profile. - Produce high-level solution architecture, key architectural decisions, integration and data design, and a delivery roadmap. Design for modularity, maintainability, scale and future evolution. - Design cloud-first solutions using the platform and technologies that best fit the client context. Evaluate Oracle products and services alongside major cloud providers and open-source technologies, and make trade-offs explicit. - Build security, privacy, resilience, performance, observability, operational supportability and cost control into the architecture from the outset. - Plan incremental delivery: define a value-led minimum viable scope, delivery phases, acceptance criteria and outcome metrics so clients see measurable progress early. - Identify AI, ML and GenAI opportunities where they have a credible business case, particularly for process automation, document handling, decision support and knowledge workflows. Assess data quality, security, cost and operational risks. - Provide architecture governance during implementation: review designs and code-level decisions, support development teams, resolve trade-offs and uphold agreed engineering standards. - Define and oversee the quality and test approach, including integration, performance, security, resilience and user-acceptance testing. Confirm readiness for production deployment. - Present and defend recommendations with clients. Facilitate fact-based discussions of alternatives, costs, risk and delivery consequences in language suitable for both executives and technical teams. Required experience and qualifications Architecture and consulting At least 6 years of experience delivering complex enterprise IT solutions, including at least 3 years as a Solutions Architect, System Architect or in an equivalent architecture role. Proven experience in discovery, requirements analysis and translating business problems into solution architecture, delivery backlogs or transformation roadmaps. Ability to make and document architecture decisions across application, integration, data, security and operational concerns, balancing business value, risk, delivery speed and total cost of ownership. Experience governing delivery and collaborating with software engineering, QA, DevOps and security teams; able to assess implementation quality against architecture intent. Cloud-native, integration and security technology Hands-on production architecture experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, OCI or an equivalent environment. You must be able to design IAM, networking, secrets management, storage, load balancing, API management, observability and logging for that platform. Experience selecting and designing managed cloud services for compute, containers, databases, integration, CI/CD and infrastructure as code. Practical knowledge of Terraform or an equivalent infrastructure-as-code tool is required. Proven experience designing cloud-native applications: containerisation with Docker, Kubernetes deployment and operations, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, automated deployments, horizontal scaling, fault tolerance and operational monitoring. Strong enterprise Java background, preferably Java 17 or later, including REST APIs, asynchronous and event-driven integration, Spring Boot or Micronaut, secure API design, error handling, transaction boundaries and data-access patterns. Practical experience with integration and API patterns: REST, OpenAPI, message queues or streams, idempotency, retries, dead-letter handling, contract versioning and API lifecycle governance. Secure-by-design expertise covering identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption in transit and at rest, secrets management, auditability, threat modelling and vulnerability management. Architecture and engineering practice Experience with enterprise architecture modelling and documentation tools, especially Enterprise Architect or an equivalent platform. Ability to create clear architecture artefacts: context, component, deployment, integration, data and sequence diagrams. Working knowledge of C4, ArchiMate or UML is required. Experience setting quality practices for enterprise delivery, including architecture and code reviews, test strategy, automated testing, non-functional testing and technical risk management. Preferred qualifications Delivery experience in financial services, logistics or pharmaceuticals, including security, business continuity, auditability or regulatory requirements. Hands-on experience with Oracle technologies, particularly OCI services such as IAM, VCN, Vault, Object Storage, Load Balancing, API Gateway, Observability, OKE, Oracle Database or Autonomous Database, Oracle Integration Cloud, DevOps services and Resource Manager. OCI, TOGAF, ArchiMate, security or agile delivery certifications. Personal capabilities Fluent Polish and English, spoken and written, is an absolute requirement. You must be able to facilitate workshops, produce architecture documentation and present recommendations confidently in both languages. Strong client-facing communication and the ability to build trusted relationships with executives, business stakeholders and technical teams. Must have: Java, Cloud, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, REST API, Spring Boot, Enterprise Architect Nice to have: Oracle, TOGAF