Business Architect (temporary contract)

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.

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; Identify opportunities to improve processes and create new business opportunities aligned with business objectives

Requirements

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