Solution Architect – Functional (Solution Leadership)

Position Description

The Solution Architect – Functional translates complex business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient solution architectures for large scale enterprise modernization initiatives.

Working closely with Business Analysts, Technical Architects, Engineering teams, Product Owners, and Delivery Leadership, the successful candidate will define solution architectures that integrate business capabilities with modern technology platforms.

This role is part of an AI first software engineering organization where Artificial Intelligence is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle. Candidates must demonstrate practical experience leveraging AI to improve productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes using modern AI assisted development practices.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Lead the functional architecture and end to end solution design for complex enterprise applications.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, maintainable, and secure solution architectures.
• Define business capabilities, functional services, system interactions, and end to end process flows.
• Design integration architectures supporting APIs, messaging, event driven services, and legacy interoperability.
• Collaborate with business analysis, technical architecture, engineering, and product teams to ensure alignment throughout delivery.
• Produce and maintain capability models, logical designs, integration specifications, and architecture decision records.
• Promote AI assisted architecture practices and the BMAD framework across the solution lifecycle.
• Support architecture governance, design reviews, and technical decision making throughout the program.
  
  

Required Qualifications To Be Successful In This Role

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise solution architecture or senior systems analysis.
• 5+ years designing complex enterprise application and integration architectures.
• Strong telecommunications industry experience, including OSS/BSS or similar large scale integration environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing end to end business solutions for enterprise modernization initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, API first design, event driven systems, and service oriented architectures.
• Experience working with cloud native platforms, with Microsoft Azure experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience working within AI enabled Software Development Lifecycle (AI SDLC) environments.
• Experience using the Business Model Assisted Development (BMAD) framework or a comparable AI native software delivery methodology.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and DevSecOps principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, and leadership skills.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing highly available, mission critical enterprise platforms.
• Experience integrating legacy platforms with modern cloud native solutions.
• Experience with microservices, container based platforms, and distributed systems.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification.
• Microsoft Azure Architecture or Cloud certifications.
• Experience within highly regulated industries.
• Experience leveraging AI assisted architecture tools to improve solution quality and delivery efficiency.
  
  

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,000–$145,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because…

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. We collaborate with our clients to build more inclusive communities and empower all CGI partners to thrive. As an equal-opportunity employer, being able to perform your best during the recruitment process is important to us. If you require an accommodation, please inform your recruiter.

That same commitment to fairness extends to how we use technology. To support our recruitment team, AI tools may be used to help assess applications though they never replace human judgement. All hiring decisions remain entirely in the hands of our recruitment professionals.

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