Senior Solution Architect - Thales DIS Czech Republic s.r.o.

The Senior Solution Architect sets the technical vision and roadmap for our next-generation Identity & Access Management (IAM) platform. You will drive strategic direction, architecture, and delivery of secure, scalable, and developer-friendly identity capabilities across workforce and customer identities. This includes Zero Trust-aligned access, passwordless authentication, fine-grained authorization, identity governance, and AI-driven threat detection. You will identify and validate new product opportunities through proof-of-concepts (POCs), leveraging modern AI tools with strong privacy and compliance guardrails. The role requires leadership, cross-functional influence, and excellent communication to align engineering, product, and stakeholder teams around a cohesive architectural strategy.

Day in the life of Senior Solution Architect:

• Partner with product management and leadership to shape the technical direction and future of the solution.
• Research industry trends and recommend strategic architectural approaches.
• Architect and develop scalable, high-quality software using industry-standard, repeatable methodologies.
• Drive solution design aligned with enterprise strategy and architectural best practices.
• Mentor architects and developers; review designs and code for alignment with patterns and frameworks.
• Identify critical architecture components and guide teams in building solutions that enable reliable deployments.
• Produce clear documentation, best practices, and architectural guidance for stakeholders.
• Serve as a subject matter expert with strong domain ownership and the ability to influence and educate others.
• Deliver complex integrations and partner engagements with minimal direction, ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Design and build distributed applications (e.g., .NET, Java, Node.js), including architecture, prototypes, production code, and test frameworks.

Requirements and Skills:

• Deep experience with Identity & Access Management platforms.
• Strong expertise designing and developing complex software in .NET and/or Java, with flexibility to work across both.
• Proficiency with microservices, web applications, modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular), NoSQL and SQL databases.
• Solid understanding of web protocols, architectures, servers, proxies, load balancing, and high-availability patterns.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), distributed systems, and persistence technologies.
• Strong knowledge of OOP, design patterns, SOLID principles, and architectural best practices.
• Skilled in Agile/Scrum, test-driven development, and building resilient, observable systems.
• Strong grounding in REST, JSON, SOAP, and modern integration patterns.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, architecture, and code.
• Excellent debugging abilities and comfort solving complex, multi-layered problems.
• Familiar with UML, sequence diagrams, and producing architecture blueprints.
• Able to create maintainable, optimized, well-structured code.
• Demonstrated thought leadership (speaking, writing, community involvement).
• Strong communicator with clear leadership abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with NoSQL databases and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized architectures.
• Awareness of performance engineering and web security best practices.
• Experience defining NFRs for product-centric development.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures and messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS/SNS).
• Background in large-scale, high-transaction systems.

What we can offer:

Friendly international environment, professional grow within Thales worldwide within friendly team always ready to support and provide assistance

Compensation:

Competitive salary and Variable compensation part
Lucrative employee referral program
Stock Purchase program
100% Maternity leave cover of base salary during the first 15 weeks

How to stay connected:

Unlimited mobile data, unlimited calls and SMS in the Czech Republic

To support your well-being:

5 weeks of vacation, 3 sick days
Birthday Day Off
Employee Assistance Program
Free parking underground in Thales garage even for bicycles
Pluxee Card in the amount 14 000 czk
Private pension plan: Thales DIS contributes 3% of basic monthly salary rate
Multisport card (50% contribution)
Healthcare service through membership in Private Clinic
Online Yoga classes and 50% discount in local sport center
Pluxee Meal Card (55% contribution)
Newcomer package/ Employee appreciation gifts throughout the year
Relaxed work environment and Game corner, offices in Brumlovka Park
Great coffee and refreshments in the kitchen
Professional growth:

Personal & professional development (technical training and certification, language and soft skills courses, conference tickets, a well-stocked office library)
Experienced team to support your professional growth
Opportunity to grow and change position within Thales

Send us your CV and we will be happy to have a chat with you about opportunities whitin Thales !