Overview
Senior Solution Architect / Designer (Freelance, Long-Term Project)
Location : Hybrid / On-Site in Vienna (Austria) – 1x per week or 2 consecutive days every second week
Start : ASAP
Duration : 12 months (extension possible)
Workload : Full-time (100%)
Project Language : English (must-have), German (advantage)
Sector : Telecommunications / Cloud Transformation
Our client in the telecommunications industry is leading a large-scale modernization and cloud transformation program. We are looking for experienced freelance Senior Solution Architects / Designers to design scalable, cloud-native enterprise solutions and bridge business needs with technical delivery.
Role Overview
As a Senior Solution Architect / Designer, you will work with business stakeholders and development teams to design, optimize, and modernize enterprise applications. This includes translating requirements into cloud architectures, supporting migration to containerized environments, and ensuring alignment with enterprise IT strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Understand product lifecycles and related business processes
- Architect scalable, cloud-based enterprise solutions with long-term maintainability
- Gather and document functional & non-functional requirements
- Translate business needs into conceptual and logical designs
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and integration standards
- Guide teams on APIs, data migration, and interoperability
- Modernize legacy systems and refactor existing codebases
- Prepare documentation (models, diagrams, user stories)
- Facilitate stakeholder workshops and validate proposed solutions
- Conduct impact assessments and estimations
- Actively contribute to Agile team ceremonies (refinements, planning, reviews)
- Mentor teams and promote best practices in architecture, design, and deployment
Required Qualifications
Proven experience as Solution Architect / Designer or Software Architect in enterprise ITExpertise in cloud and containerized architectures (OpenShift / Kubernetes)Strong Java backend development, integrations, and API management knowledgeExperience modernizing legacy systems and refactoring codebasesSolid requirements engineering & documentation skillsFamiliarity with microservices, event-driven design (Kafka), CI / CD pipelinesStrong understanding of integration principles (SOAP / REST APIs)Telecom industry experience is a plusFluent English (German an advantage)Why Apply?
Long-term freelance contract with 12-month+ extension potentialWork on a strategically critical cloud transformation program in telecomsExposure to cutting-edge OpenShift, Kubernetes, Java, microservices, and Kafka architecturesHybrid model : flexible remote work with predictable on-site presence in ViennaOpportunity to influence architectural direction at enterprise levelCollaboration with senior architects and cross-functional expert teams#J-18808-Ljbffr