Onsite Technology & Innovation – R&D Solution Architect

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About the role

  • Solution Architect shaping enterprise architecture for medical product management at Convatec. Collaborating on cloud-based hosting and database migration strategies in innovation initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Lead solution architecture for Technology & Innovation (R&D) initiatives spanning custom development, infrastructure, hosting environments, cloud platforms, on-premise systems, database transitions, and enterprise integrations.
  • Design and document high-quality solution design artefacts for a wide range of technology solutions, from infrastructure modernization to custom application builds.
  • Architect cloud-based and hybrid hosting environments (Azure preferred), including servers, networks, load balancing, security controls, and performance optimization.
  • Support server moves, application re-hosting, OS upgrades, lifecycle transitions and re-platforming activities.
  • Evaluate and design on-premise architecture for solutions that require local hosting, regulatory compliance, or low-latency demands.
  • Lead database migration strategies, including SQL, Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL, and legacy database modernization.
  • Provide architectural guidance on integration patterns such as API-led connectivity, microservices, ESB, event-driven architectures, middleware, and GraphQL.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure solutions are delivered according to architectural standards and security-by-design principles.
  • Identify technology gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities across existing environments.
  • Lead or support technology pilots, hackathons, emerging-technology experiments, and rapid prototyping for the Technology & Innovation (R&D) organisation.
  • Act as Technical Design Authority (TDA) for assigned Technology & Innovation (R&D) projects.
  • Ensure alignment with Convatec’s privacy, security, regulatory, and operational frameworks.
  • Work with platform providers, hosting partners, and system integrators to understand product roadmaps, patterns, and best practices.
  • Contribute to the future-state architecture vision for Technology & Innovation (R&D) and broader enterprise technology domains.

Requirements

  • Broad solution architecture experience covering infrastructure, platforms, cloud, integration, and custom software development.
  • Regulations and standards like HIPPA, etc.
  • Experience with on-premise hosting, data centre operations, server migration planning, load balancing, failover, backup/DR and hybrid environments.
  • Strong background in custom-built software, including solution design, application architecture, and modern development frameworks.
  • Experience with database migrations, optimisations, and cross-platform transitions (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, etc.).
  • Knowledge of enterprise integration including REST APIs, SOAP, GraphQL, messaging queues, ESB, middleware, event streaming.
  • Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and application modernisation patterns.
  • Experience writing HLA/HLD documentation that guides engineering teams through delivery.
  • Strong communicator comfortable working with PMs, BAs, engineering leads, infrastructure.
  • Experience evaluating emerging technologies and conducting POCs.

Benefits

  • Equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment.
  • Health insurance.
  • Retirement plans.
  • Flexible work arrangements.
  • Professional development opportunities.

Job title

Technology & Innovation – R&D Solution Architect

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Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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