Solution Architect Jobs

As a Solution Architect, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing technical solutions that meet clients' needs. You will be responsible for creating scalable and secure architectures that integrate various enterprise systems while optimizing performance and ensuring cloud service compatibility. In a fast-paced IT landscape, Solution Architects are in high demand, with competitive salaries ranging from $100,000 to $150,000 annually. To excel in this role, you will need strong skills in design, architecture, and technical problem-solving, along with knowledge of the latest cloud services and security best practices. Work-life balance in this role varies based on project deadlines and client needs. As the market continues to evolve, Solution Architects will remain essential in driving innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions.

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Solution Architect (Energy & Utilities)

📍 Portugal (Hybrid) | 🌍 Global Teams

About the Role

We are looking for a Solution Architect to join a strategic initiative within the Energy & Utilities sector. You will play a key role in shaping and evolving application architecture, ensuring scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions aligned with business needs.

You’ll collaborate with global teams and stakeholders to design architecture solutions, promote best practices, and drive innovation in a complex and fast-evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Design, document, and present logical architecture solutions for high-impact strategic initiatives
Define and specify APIs and identify opportunities for new applications or microservices
Ensure alignment between business requirements and the organization’s reference application architecture
Contribute to and enforce architecture governance principles
Drive adoption of security standards and architectural guidelines
Produce clear and structured architectural documentation
Support stakeholders with solution validation and decision-making
Promote innovation by leveraging modern architecture patterns (e.g., microservices)

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or similar
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience working in collaborative and global environments
Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset
Commitment to high-quality delivery standards
Experience in strategic projects

Solid understanding of application architecture patterns and artifacts
Experience aligning business requirements with enterprise architecture frameworks
Knowledge of Energy & Utilities sector and GDPR
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, JIRA, and Confluence (preferred)
Experience with microservices architecture and modern technology trends
Knowledge of architecture governance practices
Any architecture certification (Microsoft, Cloud, etc.) is a plus

English (mandatory)
Portuguese and/or Spanish (valued)

Nice to Have

Experience in Client Solutions domain, especially within Utilities

About Inetum

Inetum is a European leader in digital services. Inetum’s team of 26,000 consultants and specialists strive every day to make a digital impact for businesses, public sector entities and society. Inetum’s solutions aim at contributing to its clients’ performance and innovation as well as the common good. Present in 19 countries with a dense network of sites, Inetum partners with major software publishers to meet the challenges of digital transformation with proximity and flexibility. Driven by its ambition for growth and scale, Inetum generated sales of 2.2 billion euros in 2025. 🏅 Top Employer in 9 countries

Team

Sacha Vekeman

Lionel Bry

Olivier SERFATY

Jacques Pommeraud