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<p><strong>Ciklum</strong> is looking for a <strong>Solution Architect </strong>to join our team full-time in Romania.</p><p>We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.</p><p><strong>About the role:</strong></p><p>As a Solution Architect, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Client for this project is the largest professional services network in the world by revenue and number of professionals. Client provides audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk, and financial advisory services worldwide.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Identify key business stakeholders and establish communication with</li><li>Identify business goals and objectives</li><li>Gather primary functionality, quality characteristics of software behavior and given constraints</li><li>Elaborate business, information, and technology architectures mapping</li><li>An elaborate architecture vision that satisfies architecturally significant requirements, through trade-off analysis, proof of concept implementation, and benchmarking</li><li>Set up and manage architecture design and documentation processes</li><li>Document and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to major stakeholders</li><li>Review and validate design decisions made by downstreams and ensure they do satisfy the solution architecture vision</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>Requirements:</strong></p><ul><li>Fluent English</li><li>Commercial experience in software development (more than 7 years)</li><li>Commercial experience in solution architecture design (more than 3 years)</li><li>Experience with data management, data integration, and data transformation approaches</li><li>Understanding of containerization and orchestration</li><li>Understanding SDLC processes and their reasoning</li><li><p>Experience with guiding software development, testing, deployment, and project management</p><p>Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:</p><ul><li>Architectural & Design Patterns</li><li>Paradigm & Principles</li><li>Database theory</li><li>Code testing practices</li></ul><p>Practical experience with</p><ul><li>Microservices architecture</li><li>Cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure):<ul><li>Azure DevOps</li><li>Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)</li><li>Azure Databricks</li><li>Azure Service Bus</li></ul></li><li>DBMS:<ul><li>Microsoft SQL</li><li>MongoDB</li></ul></li><li>.NET 10</li></ul></li><li>Business skills:</li><li>Excellent client-facing, business consulting, and communication skills</li><li>Ability to efficiently communicate verbally and visually</li><li>Ability to explain and prove the differences, pros and cons of suggested design decisions</li><li>Ability to influence senior client decision makers</li><li>Develop long-lasting relationships with business and technical stakeholders</li><li>Leading and supporting medium to large size solution delivery projects</li><li>Analysis of business, product and technology requirements</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>What`s in it for you?</strong></p><ul><li>Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment</li><li>Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise</li><li>Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications</li><li>Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies</li><li>Enjoy radical flexibility – work remotely or from an office, your choice</li><li>Care: Medical subscription to Regina Maria, meal tickets of 40 ron net/day worked</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>About us:</strong></p><p>At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.<br>In Romania, we welcome top-tier tech talent — whether from our Bucharest office or fully remotely. Tap into deep industry knowledge, grow your career, and make an impact in an empowering environment.</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;">Want to learn more about us? Follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ciklum/" style="text-decoration: none;">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Ciklum.Romania" style="text-decoration: none;">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/ciklum/" style="text-decoration: none;">LinkedIn</a>.</p><p><strong>Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!</strong></p><p>Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.</p>

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