Quick overview
Job description
The Solution Architect is responsible for designing technology solutions within the Solution Delivery function across a global engineering and professional services organisation of over 75,000 employees, as a member of a global team of Solution Architects.
The role designs solutions primarily in support of corporate functions, while also supporting engineering and digital fee-earning business areas where required. Solutions may range from SaaS platforms requiring integration with enterprise systems through to bespoke applications developed to meet WSP's specific business requirements.
The role converts business needs into secure, scalable, supportable and cost-effective designs, predominantly on Microsoft Azure, that align with Enterprise Architecture and WSP policy and are approved through the Cloud Design Review Board (CDRB).
Requirements & Solution Design
Requirements Translation – Convert business needs into clear technical specifications, working with business stakeholders and analysts to understand requirements and constraints.
End-to-End Solution Design – Create holistic designs across applications, data, integration, cloud, infrastructure, security and supporting IT services.
Scalability & Performance – Design systems for growth, resilience and reliability.
Integration & Data Movement – Define API, integration, data movement and orchestration patterns across applications, SaaS platforms and enterprise systems.
Operational Design – Define monitoring, backup and disaster recovery, support handover to service management, and plan for lifecycle and decommissioning.
Technology Selection & Cost Efficiency
Technology Selection – Recommend appropriate tools, platforms and services, evaluating SaaS, platform and bespoke options. Where appropriate, facilitate the commissioning of technology resources.
Proof of Concept – Develop or direct proof-of-concepts to validate architecture, technology choices and solution feasibility before committing to delivery.
Cost Efficiency – Optimise solutions for performance and cost, promoting reuse of existing platforms and patterns.
Estimating & Costing – Produce build and running-cost estimates for solution options to support business cases and investment approval.
Governance, Risk & Quality
Architectural Alignment – Align solutions with Enterprise Architecture and WSP Infrastructure and InfoSec policy. Take designs through CDRB approval, meeting the requirements of the cloud, security and workplace (Entra ID / directory services) teams, and keep delivery aligned with the approved design.
Risk Mitigation – Apply Zero Trust and secure-by-design principles, and identify and design around technical risks, dependencies and architectural debt.
Data Protection – Ensure designs meet GDPR and regional data protection and residency requirements, supporting data protection impact assessments where required.
Quality Assurance – Ensure solutions are maintainable, secure and compliant through design and conformance reviews.
Application Modernisation – Guide the transition of legacy applications to supported, cloud-native and maintainable architectures.
Collaboration & Communication
Cross-Team Coordination – Liaise between business analysts, developers, testers, infrastructure, security, data, integration and service management teams to ensure designs are understood and delivered as intended.
Documentation & Communication – Produce clear, consistent architecture documentation and communicate technical concepts, options and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Standards & Patterns – Support the Lead Solution Architect by contributing to Solution Architecture standards, reusable patterns and reference designs.
AI-Assisted Delivery – Use AI tools to accelerate documentation, design options and proof-of-concepts, with appropriate architect review.
Core Technical Skillset
Architecture: cloud-native, microservices, API and integration architecture, full-stack application layers (frontend, APIs, backend services, data), clean architecture, SaaS integration, application modernisation.
Azure: Logic Apps, APIM, Functions, Service Bus, Data Factory, App Service/Container Apps, Azure SQL, Key Vault.
Identity & Security: Entra ID, managed identity, OAuth/on-behalf-of, RBAC, Zero Trust, secrets management.
Engineering & DevOps: .NET, REST API design, GitHub Actions CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform), Dev/Test/Prod environment strategy and promotion.
AI: GitHub Copilot, responsible AI-assisted development and emerging technologies.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
8+ years' experience in solution architecture or a senior technical design role.
Proven end-to-end design of SaaS and bespoke solutions, from requirements to delivery.
Strong Azure and .NET knowledge, including integration, security and modern delivery practices.
Experience taking designs through formal design review boards.
Ability to evaluate technologies on fit, cost, risk and scalability.
Strong documentation, communication and stakeholder skills.
Desirable
Experience within a global engineering, consulting or professional services organisation.
Power Platform & Microsoft 365: Power Automate, Copilot Studio, SharePoint, Teams.
Experience designing solutions for both corporate functions and fee-earning business areas.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) or other relevant architecture or cloud certifications.
Awareness of AWS and/or Google Cloud.
Key Expectations
The successful candidate will:
Deliver high-quality designs that consistently pass CDRB review first time.
Act as a trusted technical partner to business stakeholders and delivery teams.
Make design decisions and technology recommendations within the standards and governance set by the Solution Architecture function.
Balance business outcomes, technical quality, risk and cost.
Contribute to reuse, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing across the team.
BGV:
Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.