Solution Architect
What the work is
Designs and coordinates the implementation of end-to-end technology solutions to meet business outcomes. Ensures the solution has technological compatibility, efficiency and scalability.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Designs and develops scalable, efficient, secure and cost-effective technical solutions to meet business infrastructure or functional needs
- Researches and selects appropriate technologies, platforms and tools that best meet the project's requirements
- Defines the interfaces and data flows between different systems and third-party services so that each component works together
- Creates technical documentation, architectural diagrams and specifications to guide development teams and communicate the solution architecture
- Coordinates teams during the implementation of the chosen solution, addresses technical challenges, and oversees that the designs are effectively realised
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a technology consulting team working with a fictional regional health service on a new booking system. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A room of people who disagreed all morning leaves with one plan they all believe in
- You find the real problem behind a request that sounded like something else
- A system you helped shape goes live and the front desk staff say it makes their day easier
Hard days
- Two managers want opposite things and both say theirs is the priority
- A requirement changes three days before a deadline
- You are asked to promise a date for something nobody has yet worked out how to build
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 273233, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.