Senior Solution Architect
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Company Description
Talan – Positive Innovation
Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultants in 21 countries and a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.
Talan at a Glance
Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowerment to deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenue this year.
Our Core Areas of Expertise
Data & Technologies: We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.
Cloud & Application Services: We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.
Management & Innovation Consulting: We lead business and digital transformation initiatives through project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.
We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Solution Architect with a strong focus on AWS Cloud to design and guide enterprise-grade cloud solutions. This role emphasizes architecture, patterns, product assessments, proofs of concept, and defining best practices. The ideal candidate will act as a trusted advisor, influencing technical direction and ensuring architectural consistency across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and design cloud architectures and solution patterns that address complex business and technical requirements, ensuring scalability, resilience, security, and cost-efficiency.
- Produce high-level and detailed architectural specifications of cloud-based components, tiers, and interfaces using AWS services and products.
- Lead product and service assessments to evaluate technologies, AWS offerings, and third-party tools, delivering recommendations aligned with business and enterprise strategy.
- Drive the creation of proofs of concept (PoCs) to validate approaches and demonstrate feasibility of innovative solutions.
- Establish and maintain cloud architecture standards, patterns, and best-practice documentation to be adopted across teams and projects.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring, guiding teams during solution design and architecture reviews.
- Partner with stakeholders across business, technology, and infrastructure domains to align architectural decisions with strategic objectives.
- Contribute to cloud migration and modernization strategies, designing target architectures and roadmaps for adoption.
- Stay current with AWS innovations and industry trends, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.
- Act as an advocate for cloud-native architectures, influencing stakeholders and promoting architectural excellence.
Qualifications
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in Cloud Architecture, Technical Application Architecture, or related fields.
- Proven track record of leading cloud architecture initiatives, preferably on AWS.
- Strong background in solution design across infrastructure, applications, and integration domains.
- Fluency in English (Spanish is a plus).
Education
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Skills & Knowledge
- Expertise in AWS services and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience defining enterprise-level architectures, hybrid cloud, and migration strategies.
- Deep understanding of systems design, networking, security, and distributed architectures.
- Strong knowledge of application integration, APIs, and microservices design.
- Experience with event-driven architectures (EDA), including messaging, streaming, and pub/sub patterns.
- Understanding and application of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles in solution architecture.
- Proven experience with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift or equivalent).
- Familiarity with governance, compliance frameworks, and cloud security principles.
- Experience producing architecture documentation, diagrams, and technical standards.
- Ability to evaluate, compare, and recommend technologies and services.
Nice to Have
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (or other advanced AWS certifications).
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation).
- Hands-on knowledge of event-driven platforms such as AWS EventBridge, SNS, SQS, or Apache Kafka.
- Practical experience applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) in complex distributed systems.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI/CD processes.
- Exposure to observability and monitoring frameworks.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
Additional Information
What do we offer you?
- Full-time contract.
- Smart Office Pack so that you can work comfortably from home.
- Training and career development.
- Benefits and perks such as private medical insurance, life insurance.
- Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.
- This is a hybrid position based in Málaga, Spain.
- Possibility to manage work-permits.
If you are passionate about development & tech, we want to meet you!
Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).