Solution Architect (Customer Portal ) - Octopus by RTG

Who we are;

Octopus by RTG is enabling a key partner organization to grow their tech teams while focusing on AI. We are currently looking for the right pioneers to join the team!

Octopus is proud to be part of the Robusta Technology Group (RTG), a leading tech group. With a decade of experience and a successful track record of delivering over 300 projects across Europe, the Middle East, and North America, RTG has established itself as a preferred employer in the Egyptian market. Octopus and Robusta are building a bridge between Europe and Africa, creating tailored hub solutions to connect companies with top talent across the globe.

Octopus is specialized in rapidly assembling remote & onsite global tech teams that are fully aligned with the culture and practices of a particular brand. By providing tailored hubs to suit its clients needs, Octopus gives companies all the advantages of remote work and offshoring without all the negatives.

Solution architect in the e-Commerce & digital services area ensures long term stability, performance

and continuous evolution of the digital Commerce solutions. Candidate shall design E2E solutions

across the different architecture layers, functional, technical while ensuring data integrity & compliance

with the company's enterprise architecture principles.

• Collaborate with the product team and business partners to capture requirements and translate them into high-level solution designs, including prerequisites, risks, and performance impact.
• Support the creation of a product roadmap that aligns with evolving business and technology trends.
• Contribute to writing both functional and non-functional requirements to ensure application development and configuration adhere to best-in-class design patterns and enable effective solution delivery.
• Document the solution architecture design and capture functional/technical artifacts describing the end-to-end solution using TOGAF principles.
• Coordinate and collaborate with the architecture community, security, and enterprise architects to validate design principles and contribute to building a cohesive technology landscape.
• Ensure proper integration design with on-premise and cloud solutions where applicable, and collaborate with integration teams to provide recommendations and support for design and delivery.
• Coordinate with technical architects and operations teams to ensure solution layers are properly identified, monitored, and supported as part of a sustainable, maintainable model.
• Identify opportunities for performance improvements and new functionalities that enhance the stability and maturity of the overall architecture.
• Participate in product assessments (RFI/RFP processes), offering technical analysis and recommendations based on internal capabilities and current market technology trends.
• Adopt SAFe Agile principles and promote CI/CD processes, embedding DevSecOps practices throughout the product lifecycle.
• Work with vendor development teams to align on code changes that improve solution architecture and meet business requirements.

• University degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Developer, Technical Solution Architect, or Business Analyst in the e-commerce domain (B2B or B2C), preferably within the FMCG industry.
• Proven experience with architecture principles using SOA patterns and frameworks like TOGAF or similar.
• Hands-on experience with SAP e-Commerce Platform, Spartacus, and SAP S4 ERP backend or similar technologies.
• Recommended certifications in SAP CX products such as SAP CCV2, CPI (BTP), or equivalent.
• Understanding of integration patterns (REST, ODATA, SOAP, GraphQL) and experience in abstracting data and processes through a reusable API architecture.
• Familiarity with hybrid hosting models (on-premise and cloud) using IaaS, PaaS, SaaS (e.g., Azure, AWS), and understanding their impact on the product lifecycle.
• Strong understanding and experience with Agile delivery methodologies; hands-on experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is an advantage.
• Hands-on experience with Java, HTML, and CSS.
• Strong communication and influencing skills.
• Proficient in English.