Randstad is a global leader in the HR services industry, specializing in recruitment, staffing, and outsourcing solutions across 39 countries. As one of the world's largest HR providers, the company operates at a massive scale, connecting millions of candidates with opportunities in sectors ranging from technology and engineering to healthcare and logistics.

In Spain, Randstad maintains one of the most extensive professional networks in the country, with a presence in nearly every major city. For international professionals, Randstad serves as a primary entry point into the Spanish labor market, offering specialized recruitment services through divisions like Randstad Technologies and Randstad Professionals, which frequently handle roles for multinational clients requiring English or other foreign languages.

Founded in 1960 by Frits Goldschmeding in the Netherlands, Randstad has grown from a small local operation into the world's largest HR service provider. The company expanded into Spain in the 1990s and has since solidified its position through major acquisitions like Vedior.

For international professionals

Operates a vast network of over 200 offices across Spain, providing local support in almost every province.
Features specialized divisions for IT, Engineering, and Life Sciences that are highly relevant for skilled international workers.
Acts as a primary recruiter for many Fortune 500 companies established in Spain.
Provides a wide variety of contract types, including permanent placements and long-term outsourcing projects.

Senior Solutions Architect

Randstad España

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

Do you have experience as a Senior Solutions Architect and are you looking for a stable project in Barcelona?

Technical architecture design: Define end-to-end software architecture for complex projects, ensuring scalability, high availability, security, and performance of the solutions.
Strategic alignment: Translate business objectives and functional requirements into viable long-term technical specifications and infrastructures.
Technical leadership and governance: Establish guidelines, coding standards, design patterns, and architectural best practices, ensuring their adoption by development teams.
Technology evaluation and selection: Research, evaluate, and select frameworks, tools, Cloud platforms, and third-party services that best fit business needs.
Cloud strategy and modernization definition: Design cloud-native solutions, lead migration strategies, adoption of microservices, serverless, and infrastructure cost optimization.
Collaboration and mentoring: Act as a key communication bridge between business stakeholders (C-Level, directors) and engineering teams, as well as mentoring Senior developers and Leads.
Technical risk mitigation: Early identification of performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, or technical debt, and design contingency plans to resolve them.

Demonstrable experience as a Solutions Architect, Software Architect, or Technical Lead in large-scale projects.
Extensive experience in the design and implementation of enterprise architectures (Microservices, Event-Driven, DDD, Serverless, Clean Architecture).
Solid hands-on experience with leading Cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and their infrastructure/data services. Architect certifications are highly valued (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
Deep mastery of integration patterns (REST APIs, GraphQL, gRPC) and messaging brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS).
Experience with container and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and modern DevOps / GitOps practices (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation).
Strong knowledge of application security (OAuth2, OIDC, encryption, OWASP) and large-scale database management (SQL and NoSQL).

Our goal: To grow and drive digital leadership together as a team to innovate and make a difference based on technological social responsibility, connecting people and technology.
Your role: If your professional career is oriented towards Java application development and you have solid professional experience, we want to meet you!

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¿tienes experiencia como Solutions Senior Archiect y buscas un proyecto estable en Barcelona?

Diseño de arquitectura técnica: Definir la arquitectura de software de extremo a extremo para proyectos complejos, asegurando la escalabilidad, alta disponibilidad, seguridad y rendimiento de las soluciones.
Alineación estratégica: Traducir los objetivos de negocio y los requerimientos funcionales en especificaciones e infraestructuras técnicas viables a largo plazo.
Liderazgo técnico y gobernanza: Establecer directrices, estándares de codificación, patrones de diseño y buenas prácticas arquitectónicas, asegurando su adopción por parte de los equipos de desarrollo.
Evaluación y selección tecnológica: Investigar, evaluar y seleccionar frameworks, herramientas, plataformas Cloud y servicios de terceros que mejor se adapten a las necesidades del negocio.
Definición de estrategias Cloud y modernización: Diseñar soluciones nativas de la nube (Cloud-Native), liderar estrategias de migración, adopción de microservicios, serverless y optimización de costes de infraestructura.
Colaboración y mentoría: Actuar como puente de comunicación clave entre los stakeholders de negocio (C-Level, directores) y los equipos de ingeniería, además de mentorizar a los desarrolladores Senior y Leads.
Mitigación de riesgos técnicos: Identificar de forma temprana cuellos de botella de rendimiento, vulnerabilidades de seguridad o deuda técnica, y diseñar planes de contingencia para resolverlos.