Business Architect – Part-Time Contract

• Lead discovery sessions and translate 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 and propose modernization plans for end-of-support, capacity, and security risks
• Evaluate options and justify decisions and budgets using clear trade-offs and detailed analysis
• Produce and maintain solution diagrams, architecture decision records, technical specifications, and disaster recovery documentation
• Collaborate with release and quality processes, including change-risk classification, rollback and backup strategies, and change approval
• Communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders in Spanish and English
• Share project knowledge across the team
• Identify process-improvement opportunities and create new business opportunities aligned with business objectives

• 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
• 2+ years in technical leadership or solution architecture
• Backend architecture experience with .NET or an equivalent enterprise stack
• Cloud architecture experience on Azure, including app services, databases, data pipelines, networking, and security
• Experience with distributed and service-oriented architectures, APIs, integrations, and messaging
• Data architecture knowledge, including relational databases, performance, archiving, and retention
• Experience with CI/CD and code quality practices, including Azure DevOps or Jenkins and static analysis
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies, software testing strategy, and software development and design patterns
• Ability to document architecture through solution diagrams, ADRs, technical specifications, and disaster recovery documentation
• Ability to justify decisions and budgets to a client
• Persuasive communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills and a preventive approach to identifying and mitigating technology risks
• Ability to communicate in Spanish and English
• Proven ability to design distributed, service-oriented solutions and justify architectural decisions to a client

• Part-time contractor model (22 hours per week) for an initial period of 3 months, with the possibility of extension