Solution Architect

Description

The role supports a new safety assessment approach on an international programme for a leading aerospace company, delivered by the Application Services team.

You will help define and govern the architecture of the chosen engineering solutions, assess tools, and write High-Level Design Documentation, while setting principles, constraints and standards with business, engineering and solution-provider colleagues so the outcome is sound, scalable, maintainable and compliant.

The company is a European technology firm offering consulting, digital services and software development in nearly 30 countries, with more than 55,000 employees. Its Polish Global Delivery Center has operated in Katowice since 2007 and now has around 1,000 specialists. The Application Services department covers software development, data engineering, testing, CRM, ITSM and ERP integrations, and application management for clients in Scandinavia, Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

Responsibilities

• Write, keep current and oversee High-Level Design Documents.
• Specify and check the end-to-end technical and solution architecture for engineering and safety assessment platforms.
• Set out architectural constraints, design principles, standards and governance for the chosen toolchain.
• Create architecture guidelines and good practices that keep solutions consistent, scalable, interoperable, maintainable and sustainable over time.
• Build architecture models and keep their views up to date in Enterprise Architect (Sparx EA).
• Assess candidate tools for architecture, integration, compliance and ease of operation.
• Run architecture reviews and back technical decisions with evidence.
• Work with business, engineering, IT and solution-provider stakeholders to turn business needs into technical solutions.
• Find technical risks, dependencies and constraints, and propose ways to reduce them.
• Help shape the architecture roadmap and the controlled evolution of the digital engineering solution.

Requirements

• Experience designing solution and technical architecture, and writing High-Level Design Documentation.
• Experience governing architecture through reviews, standards and design principles.
• Hands-on use of Enterprise Architect (Sparx EA).
• Skills in requirements engineering, interface definition and data-flow modelling.
• Ability to build scalability, maintainability, interoperability, security and compliance into designs from the start.
• Experience assessing technical risks and dependencies, and analysing business and technical requirements.
• Experience evaluating tools and selecting solutions.
• Experience facilitating workshops and managing stakeholders.
• Experience developing architecture roadmaps and supporting technical decisions with documentation.
• Experience in complex or regulated engineering environments.
• Understanding of safety engineering and safety assessment processes.
• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), digital engineering ecosystems and model-based engineering concepts.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• Clear written, verbal and presentation communication.
• Ability to influence and bring diverse stakeholders into agreement.
• A collaborative, pragmatic and results-focused approach.
• Careful attention to detail and high standards for documentation.
• Fluent English, B2/C1.
• Openness to occasional business trips abroad and visits to the office in Katowice or Gdańsk.

Conditions

Employment contract (UoP): 18 000 to 22 000 PLN gross per month.

B2B contract: 135 to 180 PLN net per hour, or 190 PLN net per hour.

Full details of the salary range and its additional components are shared in the first stage of recruitment.

Cooperation is offered only to people based in Poland who hold EU citizenship.

The recruitment process has two stages: a phone call with a recruiter of up to 30 minutes, then a one-hour interview on Teams covering general and technical questions.

The company is committed to equal opportunity and welcomes all differences.

Benefits

• Employment contract (UoP) benefits: Luxmed healthcare, Medicover Sport, Worksmile, learning platforms, a language learning platform, a referral bonus, life insurance, company-paid certifications, conference attendance, Tech Lunches, membership of internal communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud), and a local kindergarten.
• B2B development opportunities: Tech Lunches, Worksmile, and membership of the internal communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud).
• Additional perks: free parking, fresh fruit, and workation.