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.
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 !