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)