Technology & Innovation – R&D Solution Architect

Role Overview

• 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.

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• GraphQL
• Microservices
• MongoDB
• MySQL
• NoSQL
• Oracle
• Postgres
• SOAP
• SQL

Benefits

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