Solution Architect

Solution Architect Job Description JOB TITLE: Solution Architect In this role, you have the opportunity to… Connect Enterprise Architecture, Platform Architecture, and DevSecOps to turn strategy into deliverable solutions.

About Philips

• You are a part of… The IT Integration Team: a customer-focused, collaborative group at the Centre of business-critical end-to-end solutions for Philips.
• The team operates services globally, supports one another, and values diverse perspectives.
• Philips We are a health technology company.
• We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve.
• Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. • Learn more about our business . • Discover our rich and exciting history . • Learn more about our purpose .
• If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply.
• You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips.
• Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here .

Responsibilities

• Enable IT as a Platform by promoting reusable, secure, and scalable integration capabilities.
• Shape the integration roadmap around API-led architecture, event-driven patterns, and modern integration practices.
• Help teams apply AI responsibly across solution design, development, testing, and operations.
• You are responsible for Creating solution architectures aligned with the approved Enterprise Architecture roadmap, principles, and guidance.
• Analyzing business context, strategy, and change requirements to guide solution direction and architectural decisions.
• Defining API-led integration approaches, including API lifecycle, reuse, security, versioning, and governance.
• Evaluating integration patterns and technologies, including APIs, events, messaging, and SaaS connectivity, based on business and technical needs.
• Validating technologies and architecture, and promoting adherence to agreed processes, standards, and governance.
• Advising stakeholders and aligning designs with business needs, platform strategies, and the wider IT landscape.
• Providing architectural guidance from the early stages of programs and projects through delivery.
• Identifying conflicts and risks in solution direction or design, and working with teams to resolve them.
• Partnering with DevSecOps teams to help ensure solutions are built, secured, tested, and operated as designed.
• Exploring and guiding the responsible use of AI assisted development, including its application to design, code generation, documentation, testing, and support.
• Establishing appropriate guardrails for AI assisted engineering, with attention to security, privacy, quality, explainability, and human review.
• Participating in capability assessments and roadmap initiatives across platform domains.
• Collaborating with Business Process Owners, Solution Architects, Platform Solution Managers, Project Managers, and delivery teams to meet business objectives.
• Providing architectural oversight and technical guidance to partners supporting incidents, changes, service requests, releases, and other operational activities.
• Bringing forward engineering best practices and continuous improvement ideas.
• Coaching colleagues across the Integration team and Platform Domains in architecture, API design, and modern engineering practices.
• It brings together business and technical expertise to design and deliver integration solutions and architecture across the organization.
• Ability to assess AI related opportunities and risks, and to guide teams on secure, responsible, and effective adoption.

Requirements

• To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience Bachelor’s or master’s degree in IT or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working in an Agile software development lifecycle.
• 10+ years of experience in integration, solution architecture, or a related domain, including hands-on delivery experience.
• Strong experience designing API-led integration solutions and applying API management, security, lifecycle, versioning, and governance practices.
• Experience with a range of integration approaches and technologies, such as REST or event-driven APIs, messaging, SaaS integrations, and cloud or hybrid platforms.
• Knowledge of integration standards and protocols, such as HTTP, OAuth 2.0, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and event or messaging protocols.
• Experience applying AI assisted development tools or practices in software engineering, with an understanding of their benefits, limitations, and appropriate human oversight.
• Experience with architecture modelling and communication tools such as UML, Visio, draw.io, or similar.
• Experience working with partner teams and coaching junior colleagues.
• Ability to understand how integration solutions enable business outcomes, explain architectural decisions in business terms, and communicate effectively with business leadership.
• Ability to drive efficiency and continuous improvement, including through Lean practices.
• A track record of delivering high-quality, secure, and maintainable integration solutions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.