Solution Architect

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region.

We are seeking a visionary and technically astute Solution Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of reusable solution assets that power scalable platforms across verticals. This role sits at the intersection of pre-sales strategy, technical delivery, and long-term asset evolution — ensuring our solutions are robust, extensible, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Solution Sign-Off
  • Review and approve solution architectures for project proposals, ensuring alignment with asset strategy and scalability goals.
  • Collaborate with pre-sales teams to shape technical narratives and validate feasibility.
• Delivery Oversight
  • Oversee the implementation of technical systems during project delivery.
  • Sign off on deployed solutions to ensure they meet architectural, performance, and security standards.
• Asset Architecture Ownership
  • Design and maintain the technical architecture of reusable solution assets.
  • Define architectural blueprints, integration patterns, and scalability models for vertical expansion.
  • Collaborate with engineering leads to ensure consistent implementation across use cases.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with product managers, engineering teams, and client stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
  • Act as a technical authority during client engagements, balancing innovation with delivery pragmatism.
• Governance & Best Practices
  • Establish architectural standards, documentation practices, and review mechanisms.
  • Mentor engineering teams on architectural principles and asset reusability.
• Stakeholder Communication:
  • Act as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders, facilitating clear and effective communication to ensure mutual understanding and proposed solution.
• Risk Management:
  • Identify and assess potential technical risks, developing strategies to mitigate them and ensure solution viability.
• Technical Expertise:
  • Utilize your deep technical knowledge to guide the solution development process, ensuring robust and scalable architecture and design

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Proven experience in solution architecture within a systems integrator or enterprise technology environment.
• Strong understanding of scalable platform design and reusable asset development.
• Familiarity with modern architectural paradigms (e.g., microservices, cloud-native, API-first) — specific stack to be defined by CTO.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience in both client-facing and internal leadership roles.
• Prior experience at Associate Director level or equivalent is preferred.