About the client:A global transformation partner delivering IT consulting, solutions, and managed services across 25+ countries, including the U.S., Europe, APAC, and the Middle East. With 8 global delivery centers, they help enterprises reimagine operations, enhance experiences, and drive growth with next-gen digital platforms. With deep domain expertise, agile delivery models, and IP-backed frameworks, they deliver measurable outcomes across Telecom, Healthcare, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), Manufacturing, and the Public Sector.Your day to day will look like this:To lead the end to end solution architecture for two strategic HR initiatives:• EU Transparency – Benifex: implement and integrate Benifex to support compliant, scalable EU pay/benefits transparency and employee benefits experiences.• HiredScore: implement AI assisted talent matching and candidate discovery, fully integrated with our HR ecosystem (e.g. Workday HCM and Paradox), with privacy, security and responsible AI guardrails.• Own the architecture for Benifex & HiredScore: functional, integration, data, security, and operational views; ensure alignment with adjacent HR platforms (incl. Workday), identity/SSO and analytics.• Produce & maintain High Level Design, reference diagrams, and a Significant Architectural Decisions (SAD) log required for gate reviews (incl. non functionals, hosting, access, monitoring).• Define integration patterns (APIs/webhooks, eventing, SFTP), data mappings, idempotency/error handling, observability (logging, tracing, alerting).• Embed security & privacy by design: IAM/SSO, least privilege, encryption, vendor controls; lead/coordinate DPIA/PIA inputs (lawful basis, retention, cross border transfers, bias mitigation for AI).• Drive architecture governance through stage gates; manage risks/assumptions/dependencies; support test strategy (integration, performance, security) and operational readiness (runbooks, SLOs/SLIs).• Act as technical counterpart to vendors (Benifex, HiredScore); partner with HR (Rewards & TA), Legal/Privacy, Security, Data & Analytics, Service/Operations, Enterprise Architect.Support Problem/Incident management post go live to reduce repeat defects and continuously improve resilience and performance• Approved high-level design & reference architecture (with diagrams) for both solutions.• Integration design specs (interfaces, mappings, non functionals, monitoring).• Security & Privacy architecture (DPIA/PIA inputs, access model, data protection).• SAD log and gate review packages; operational readiness artifacts (runbooks, support model, SLOs/SLIs).Mandatory Skills:• 7+ years in Solution Architecture, incl. 3+ years across HR tech (benefits, recruiting, or HRIS integrations).• Proven integration architecture with HR platforms (preferably Workday HCM, Paradox): REST/SOAP, eventing, SFTP, middleware (e.g. Azure Integration Services).• Demonstrated security/privacy design in enterprise contexts (GDPR, RBAC/ABAC, auditability) and experience documenting these in HLDs.• Ability to review/sign off functional & technical specs; strong vendor and stakeholder leadership across HR/IT/Security/Privacy.Good to have Skills:Experience with Benifex and/or HiredScore (or similar benefits/AI recruiting platforms).Certifications: TOGAF (or equivalent), Azure (e.g., AZ 305/AI 900), Workday Integration.