Solution Architect

Job Description
Ciklum is looking for a Solution Architect to join our team full-time in Bulgaria.
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.
About The Role
As a Solution Architect, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Ciklum is building a team to work on various projects whose primary goal to improve and automate the customer’s business processes, reduce the time and effort required for various operations.
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.
Responsibilities
Identify key business stakeholders and establish communication with
Identify business goals and objectives
Gather primary functionality, quality characteristics of software behavior and given constraints
Elaborate business, information, and technology architectures mapping
An elaborate architecture vision that satisfies architecturally significant requirements, through trade-off analysis, proof of concept implementation, and benchmarking
Set up and manage architecture design and documentation processes
Document and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to major stakeholders
Review and validate design decisions made by downstreams and ensure they do satisfy the solution architecture vision
Requirements
Fluent English
Commercial experience in software development (more than 7 years)
Commercial experience in solution architecture design (more than 3 years)
Experience with data management, data integration, and data transformation approaches
Understanding of containerization and orchestration
Understanding SDLC processes and their reasoning
Experience with guiding software development, testing, deployment, and project management
Excellent knowledge in Computer Science, Computing Theory:
Architectural & Design Patterns
Paradigm & Principles
Database theory
Code testing practices
Practical experience with:
Microservices architecture
Cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure):
Azure DevOps
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Databricks
Azure Service Bus
DBMS:
Microsoft SQL
MongoDB
.NET 10
Business skills:
Excellent client-facing, business consulting, and communication skills
Ability to efficiently communicate verbally and visually
Ability to explain and prove the differences, pros and cons of suggested design decisions
Ability to influence senior client decision makers
Develop long-lasting relationships with business and technical stakeholders
Leading and supporting medium to large size solution delivery projects
Analysis of business, product and technology requirements
Desirable
Certifications on:
Architecture framework (SEI, TOGAF, etc.)
Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure)
Delivery processes (SAFe, Agile, etc)
Experience with:
Release Management tools & Configuration Management tools
Infrastructure as a code tools
Experience in Pre-sales, Proposal/Bid preparation
Databricks experience is a plus
Personal Skills
Ability to relate positively to and engage with a wide range of people
Strong self-motivation, reliable and flexible team-player. High attention to details
Always seeking to improve processes and suggest alternative better solutions
Be ready to embrace change, be flexible
What’s in it for you?
Regular salary reviews based on performance
Corporate events: webinars, offline parties, and meetups
Internal Mobility Program
Tailored education path (including full access to Udemy, certifications, etc.)
25 paid days off: 20 business days of vacation per calendar year + 5 undocumented sick leave days
Additional health insurance
100% company-covered Multisport card, with discounts available for family members
About Us
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.
Since expanding to Bulgaria in 2022, we’ve been building a fast-growing team that thrives on learning, collaboration, and innovation. Join us on this exciting journey and help shape the future of our delivery center.
Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!
Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

Work arrangement
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