Digital Solutions Enterprise Architect and Team Lead

Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Department: Information Technology

Workplace: remote

Description

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Enterprise Architect and Technical Team Lead to serve as the technical "Mastermind" and primary technical leader for large-scale project. This role requires exceptional expertise in technical architecture and solution design across diverse software technologies, combined with proven team leadership skills necessary to guide large, multi-disciplinary project teams from concept through successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. Enterprise Solution Architecture

• Define the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for large project, ensuring alignment with overall enterprise goals and architecture standards.

• Lead the design and architecture of highly scalable, secure, and resilient solution across various software technologies (e.g., Cloud, Microservices, Integration Platforms, automation, Data/AI, etc.).

• Act as the subject matter expert and decision-maker on architecture choices, evaluating and selecting the most appropriate technologies for specific business needs.

• Establish and enforce architecture governance, design patterns, and development standards to ensure consistency and quality across all development efforts.

• Own architecture decision records (ADRs) and ensure technical decisions are documented and traceable

2. Technical Team Leadership

• Lead and manage large project teams, providing clear technical direction, motivation, and mentorship to senior developers, technical leads.

• Oversee the technical implementation and delivery process, ensuring adherence to the architectural design and driving timely completion of project milestones.

• Establish review processes and ensure the team maintains high standards for performance, security, and maintainability.

• Act as the escalation point for technical challenges, providing hands-on assistance and strategic guidance to unblock the team.

• Manage technical debt proactively — balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews, pair programming, and internal tech talks

3. DevSecOps & Quality Engineering

• Champion CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices

• Define SLAs, SLOs, and observability standards (logging, monitoring, alerting)

4c. Strategic Business & Delivery Alignment

• Work with business and IT stakeholders to translate business objectives and digital service requirements into clear, executable technical specifications.

• Guide the team in designing the digital services that enhance the end-user experience and achieve optimal delivery outcomes.

• Define the best implementation and deployment strategies.

• Proactively identify technical risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks across the entire delivery lifecycle and implement mitigation strategies.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Fluent in both Arabic and English.

• Extensive experience (15+ years) in software development, and solution architecture.

• Experience in designing architectures using modern software technologies.

• Experience in Networking and System related to software deployment and architecture design

• Proven track record of successfully leading and managing large technical projects.

• Demonstrated ability to connect business strategy, technical implementation, and operational delivery across diverse projects.

• Communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS/Azure/GCP) — ideally certified

• Experience with architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, or equivalent)

• Familiarity with agile/SAFe delivery at scale

• Experience in government or enterprise systems integration projects is a plus

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, or a related field.

• Relevant professional certifications are highly desirable.

Engagement Details

• Engagement: Full-time, Permanent

• Location: Remote (Egypt/ other)

o This position is fully remote and supports Dubai, UAE operations. Candidates must be available to work in alignment with UAE business hours.

• Language: Arabic, English (Proficiency C1 and C2 Levels)