Senior Solution Architect

Location

Praha, Czechia

About the role

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and roadmap for our next-generation Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform.
• Drive strategic direction, architecture, and delivery of secure, scalable, and developer-friendly identity capabilities across workforce and customer identities.
• Include Zero Trust-aligned access, passwordless authentication, fine-grained authorization, identity governance, and AI-driven threat detection.
• Identify and validate new product opportunities through proof-of-concepts (POCs), leveraging modern AI tools with strong privacy and compliance guardrails.
• Partner with product management and leadership to shape the technical direction and future of the solution.
• Research industry trends and recommend strategic architectural approaches.
• Architect and develop scalable, high-quality software using industry-standard, repeatable methodologies.
• Drive solution design aligned with enterprise strategy and architectural best practices.
• Mentor architects and developers; review designs and code for alignment with patterns and frameworks.
• Identify critical architecture components and guide teams in building solutions that enable reliable deployments.
• Produce clear documentation, best practices, and architectural guidance for stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert with strong domain ownership and the ability to influence and educate others.
• Deliver complex integrations and partner engagements with minimal direction, ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Design and build distributed applications (e.g., .NET, Java, Node.js), including architecture, prototypes, production code, and test frameworks.

Requirements and Skills

• Deep experience with Identity & Access Management platforms.
• Strong expertise designing and developing complex software in .NET and/or Java, with flexibility to work across both.
• Proficiency with microservices, web applications, modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular), NoSQL and SQL databases.
• Strong knowledge of web protocols, architectures, servers, proxies, load balancing, and high-availability patterns.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), distributed systems, and persistence technologies.
• Strong knowledge of OOP, design patterns, SOLID principles, and architectural best practices.
• Skilled in Agile/Scrum, test-driven development, and building resilient, observable systems.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, architecture, and code.
• Excellent debugging abilities and comfort solving complex, multi-layered problems.
• Familiar with UML, sequence diagrams, and producing architecture blueprints.
• Able to create maintainable, optimized, well-structured code.
• Demonstrated thought leadership (speaking, writing, community involvement).
• Strong communicator with clear leadership abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NoSQL databases and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized architectures.
• Awareness of performance engineering and web security best practices.
• Experience defining Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) for product-centric development.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS/SNS).
• Background in large-scale, high-transaction systems.