Senior Solution Architect

Senior Solution Architect – Digital Health – 6809 ADA

Our client is a pioneer in Drug Discovery and Development and one of the frontrunners in Personalised Healthcare. As the world`s largest R&D spender in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics domain, they work in a vast number of drug discovery & therapeutic areas and are highly recognized internationally.

We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect who is interested in producing technical deliverables – including solution and system architectures and documentation – and has a deep technical understanding of data processing systems. The solution architect will be part of a consolidation project in which they are architecting, implementing and migrating a large-scale sensor data platform used in the context of clinical trials. The platform enables ingestion, storage, processing

and analysis of a large volume of high-frequency sensor data. The solution architect will focus on

specific elements of this sensor data platform by creating technical architectures in collaboration

with the wider project leadership team, and oversee the execution and implementation of the

technical architectures by working directly with engineering teams.

The perfect candidate has about 8 years in solution or technical architecture roles experience and strong experience designing and documenting solutions on AWS . Also we are looking for someone with Python development experience for automation, prototyping, or validation along with strong English communication skills.

This is an initial 1 year contract with good chances of extension and based in Basel, Switzerland. This role is mostly onsite role with some home-office possibility.

Main Responsibilities

• Architectural Content Creation : Produce architecture documents, diagrams, specifications, integration maps, data flow designs, and migration roadmaps.
• Hands-On Execution : Develop and validate POCs when appropriate using Python and cloud-native tooling.
• API & Endpoint Design : Design, document, and optimize APIs / endpoints for integration and scalability.
• Cloud Architecture (AWS) : Design and validate solutions leveraging AWS services.
• Data & System Migration : Plan and document approaches for migrating applications, databases, and infrastructure across environments.
• Implementation Guidance : Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure implementations follow architectural designs and technical standards.
• Documentation : Produce and maintain high-quality technical documentation of architectures and designs.
• Compliance Awareness : (Nice-to-have) Experience working in regulated environments such as SaMD (Software as a Medical Device) or CSV (Computer System Validation).

Qualifications and Experience :