Business Architect (temporary contract)

About You

You are a Business Architect who enjoys turning business needs into scalable, secure, and cost-justified technology solutions. You work closely with business stakeholders, technology owners, and development teams, and you are comfortable leading discovery sessions, evaluating options, and justifying decisions with clear trade-offs.

• Note: This position is offered for an initial period of 6 months, with the possibility of extension.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, with 2+ years in technical leadership or solution architecture.
• Backend architecture experience with .NET or an equivalent enterprise stack.
• Cloud architecture experience on Azure (app services, databases, data pipelines, networking, and security).
• Experience with distributed and service-oriented architectures: APIs, integrations, and messaging.
• Data architecture knowledge, relational databases, performance, archiving, and retention.
• Experience with CI/CD and code quality practices (Azure DevOps or Jenkins, static analysis).
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, software testing strategy, and software development and design patterns.
• Strong ability to document architecture (solution diagrams, ADRs, technical specifications, including disaster recovery) and justify decisions and budgets to a client.
• Persuasive communication skills to present technical proposals to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and a preventive approach to identifying and mitigating technology risks.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Lead discovery sessions and turn business needs into architecture proposals, non-functional requirements, and technical roadmaps.
• Design solutions for high-volume data and media workloads, covering scalability, resilience, storage, and cost.
• Assess the current technology landscape, anticipate risks (end of support, capacity, security), and propose modernization plans.
• Evaluate options and justify decisions and budgets with clear trade-offs and detailed analysis.
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation: solution diagrams, architecture decision records (ADRs), and technical specifications, including disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with release and quality processes: risk classification of changes, rollback and backup strategies, and change approval.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, in Spanish and English.
• Share project knowledge across the team so every member understands the essential details.