Solution Architect

Ciklum is looking for a Solution Architect to join our team in Brazil.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Solution Architect, you'll become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experience of tomorrow. 

Responsibilities:

• A talent to help modernize and build out our AI-enabled cloud infrastructure, with AWS as primary and Azure as secondary
• Specifically, we're looking for people with hands-on experience architecting and building:
• Cloud infrastructure supporting agentic AI platforms (account structure, environment design, etc.)
• SDN micro-segmentation, including controls to contain or isolate rogue agent behavior
• Centralized policy/control planes for governing agent access and actions
• Infrastructure-as-Code (OpenTofu/Terramate, Ansible, GitHub Actions, etc.) driving all of the above
• This isn't general cloud engineering, we need people who've actually built this kind of agentic-platform infrastructure before, not just traditional cloud architecture

Requirements:

Architecture:

• Hands-on Platform Engineer for building Amazon Web Services infrastructure from the ground up
• Experience with OpenTofu
• Leads the development of systems architectures in specific business, infrastructure or functional areas
• Ensures that appropriate tools and methods are available, understood and employed in architecture development
• Provides advice on technical aspects of solution development and integration
• Ensures that relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices are applied

Software Design:

• Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate systems design methods, tools and techniques
• Undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs
• Contributes to the development of systems design policies and standards and selection of architecture components
• Comprehensive understanding of paradigms, principles, and methodologies such as SOLID, GRASP, TDD, and DDD
• Strong foundation in designing solutions that adhere to development standards focused on the most prominent qualities such as operation excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization and sustainability

Requirements and release management:

• Plans and drives scoping, requirements definition and prioritisation activities for large/complex initiatives
• Takes responsibility for understanding client requirements, collecting data, delivering analysis and problem resolution
• Plans, organizes and conducts audits and determines whether appropriate quality control has been applied
• Leads the assessment, analysis, planning and design of release packages, including assessment of risk

Business skills:

• Employing Business Acumen to align technology solutions effectively with organizational objectives
• Demonstrate strong Leadership Skills by motivating cross-functional teams, guiding decision-making processes, and fostering collaboration
• Identifying and mitigating risks associated with technology investments and architectural decisions through effective Risk Management

Desirable:

• Architecture framework (SEI, TOGAF, etc.)
• Cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google GCP)
• Delivery processes (SAFe, Agile, etc)

What’s in it for you?

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance and mental health programs, 5 undocumented sick-leave days per year
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Long-term employment with 20 working-days paid vacation and local bank holidays
• Flexibility: 100% remote work mode
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

As we expand into Latin America, every Ciklumer is helping to shape our story. Collaborate with seasoned experts and make a global impact backed by two decades of industry leadership.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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