Senior Solution Architect
Colliers International EMEA4 hours ago
Madrid, SpainSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of complex solution architectures for systems and products across application, data, integration, and cloud domains.
- Author and maintain Preliminary Architecture Blueprints, Solution Design Documents, and Architecture Decision Records.
- Partner with Software Engineering, Infrastructure, Commercial Technology, Corporate Technology, delivery teams, and business leaders throughout the product lifecycle.
- Apply cloud reference architectures and standards across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
- Lead architecture reviews, technical assessments, risk identification, mitigation planning, and complex technology decisions.
- Mentor and coach junior Solution Architects and technical staff.
- Guide teams through architecture governance, design reviews, organizational policies, and Enterprise Architecture engagement processes.
- Translate strategic business objectives into technical strategy and communicate architectural trade-offs and value.
- Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and recommendations concerning emerging technologies and delivery patterns.
- Lead responses to audits, technical due diligence, and internal and external architecture assessments.
- Contribute to Enterprise Architecture processes, governance frameworks, and collaborative practices.
- Act as an embedded architect within product and delivery squads across discovery, delivery, and run phases.
- Use approved AI-augmented tooling responsibly for solution design, decision documentation, and review preparation.
Requirements
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrable industry experience.
- Professional cloud architecture certifications including Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.
- Experience architecting multiple non-trivial systems end to end, including greenfield and brownfield enterprise-scale engagements.
- Extensive experience designing and guiding large-scale solutions on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform in enterprise or commercial environments.
- Deep technical knowledge of cloud-native compute, storage, networking, databases, and integration patterns.
- Strong experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software delivery methodologies.
- Proven expertise in multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures, cloud migration strategies, and hands-on delivery.
- Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or similar approaches.
- Fluency with C4 modeling, Architecture Decision Records, value stream and capability mapping, event storming, Domain-Driven Design, fitness functions, evolutionary architecture, and Team Topologies.
- Expertise in scalability, performance, resilience, disaster recovery, security by design, and architectural trade-offs.
- Experience with solution costing, total cost of ownership analysis, business case development, and commercial considerations.
- Technical knowledge of application architecture, data architecture, integration patterns, API design, microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud networking.
- Familiarity with IT frameworks, governance, risk, and compliance requirements in enterprise environments.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, and developing junior technical staff and architects.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders, C-level executives, and business leaders and explain technical concepts in business terms.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Fluent spoken and written English.
- Experience in commercial real estate technology and product-based operating models is desirable.
- Spanish fluency is desirable.
Benefits
- The role is based in Colliers' Madrid technology center and involves day-to-day collaboration with local and global colleagues.
- The position offers a positive, energetic, and dynamic work environment emphasizing social and business interaction.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Colliers International EMEA
Colliers International EMEA provides commercial real estate services and investment management to investors, owners, and occupiers across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its teams deliver brokerage, landlord and tenant representation, valuation, property and project management, and capital markets advisory, supported by corporate solutions and engineering expertise. The business is part of Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI), a Toronto‑headquartered public company operating globally.