Enterprise & Domain Architecture Alignment (ATSO Collaboration)
Cloud Architecture & CI/CD
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The Position
Role Summary
The
Domain Architect is a hybrid role bridging solution-level architecture strategy and product-level delivery within Lab Insights. Lab Insights products are key components of cross-organizational solutions; this role serves as the critical bridge between the
Architecture and Technology Standards Office (ATSO)
solution vision and Lab Insights product teams.
The Domain
Architect translates solution-level requirements into actionable work—collaborating with product architects and Product Managers—while maintaining the holistic architecture blueprint, facilitating CI/CD standards adoption, and orchestrating cross-product integration. As a member of the Architecture Dependencies Review Board, this role ensures domain products align with global enterprise standards while maintaining technical quality, scalability, and delivery cadence.
Your Key Responsibilities
Enterprise & Domain Architecture Alignment (ATSO Collaboration)
Global Alignment with ATSO: Partner closely with the Architecture and Technology Standards Office (ATSO) to align Lab Insights products with the global Enterprise Reference Architecture and adopt mandated common building blocks (foundation services, cross-domain frameworks, and shared assets)
Domain Ecosystem Architecture Diagrams: Design, update, and maintain comprehensive end-to-end architecture diagrams for all Lab Domain Products dependencies covering cloud, edge, on-premises infrastructure, and external interfaces
Integration Governance: Ensure all Lab Domain products fulfill integration architecture requirements, adhere to defined API contracts, and utilize standard data exchange protocols and messages buses
Architectural Trade-offs: Identify, evaluate, and guide decision-making around architectural trade-offs, balancing delivery speed against enterprise standards, scalability, performance, resilience, security, and maintainability
Cloud Architecture & CI/CD
Cloud Architecture: Define and maintain in collaboration with the product tech leads the reference architecture for cloud
Common Requirements Compliance: Facilitate adoption of common CI/CD standards, automated test integration, and release guidelines across product teams. Support migration planning and report compliance progress to the DevOps Lead
Environment & Deployment Alignment:
Collaborate with DevOps and Platform Engineering to align environment provisioning strategies (dev, staging, production-like test labs) with overall solution delivery timelines
Solution Backlog & Cross-Product Coordination
Architecture Solution Backlog: Collaborate with the ATSO Solution Architect, product architects, and Product Managers to translate solution-level architecture requirements into actionable backlog items for Lab Insights product teams. Bridge ATSO's solution vision with product-level reality, ensuring backlog items are specific, prioritized, and account for technical enablers, non-functional requirements (NFRs), and cross-product dependencies. Product teams maintain a fixed capacity allocation for architecture enabler work
Release Planning: Collaborate with product tech leads on the definition of the architectural items in release planning by analyzing backlog items, sizing efforts, defining acceptance criteria, and ensuring dependencies are clear prior to execution
Dependency & Risk Management: Monitor cross-team dependencies, manage version compatibility across products, and establish risk mitigation strategies for release cycles
Governance, Compliance & Quality
Standards & Compliance: Ensure all system designs meet corporate security, data privacy, legal, and regulatory standards (including lifecycle change control plans and compatibility matrices)
Architecture Dependencies Review Board: Serve as a member of the Architecture Dependencies Review Board, contributing to decisions on standards adherence exceptions and cross-product dependency resolution
Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor software engineers and product architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence, transparent communication, and continuous process improvement
Key Stakeholders & Working Relationships
ATSO (Architecture & Technology Standards Office): Alignment on global enterprise reference architecture, common building blocks, and enterprise technology standards
Product & Solution Delivery Leads | Backlog prioritization, release coordination, dependency tracking, and capacity planning
Product Architects & DevOps Leads | CI/CD alignment, interface contract enforcement, and domain diagram maintenance
Solution System & Test Teams | Validation of E2E user journeys, test environment qualification, and breaking-change mitigation
Architecture Dependencies Review Board | Member alongside Head of Architecture (Lab Insights),
Distinguished Architect, and ATSO Solution Architect; reviews escalations on standards adherence and cross-product dependencies
DevOps Lead | Coordination on CI/CD standards adoption, migration planning, and compliance reporting across Lab Domain products
Product Managers | Understanding delivery priorities, customer commitments, and business context for architectural trade-off decisions
GCS (Global Customer Support) | Visibility into field issues, integration pain points, and customer-impacting dependencies
Who you are
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Proven experience in enterprise architecture governance across multiple product teams, including cross-team dependency management and architecture backlog stewardship
Demonstrated ability to translate high-level solution architecture requirements into actionable items for product teams, bridging the gap between standards bodies and delivery teams
Experience collaborating with enterprise architecture boards or standards offices, contributing to architectural decision-making and exception governance
Track record of stakeholder management across organizational boundaries, influencing without direct authority over product teams
Experience in healthcare, medical devices, software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD), or highly regulated digital health domains is strongly preferred
Technical Competencies
Architectural Blueprinting: Expertise in mapping complex hybrid topologies (Cloud, Edge, On-Premises, Microservices, Message Brokers)
Integration & APIs: Solid understanding of API design standards, contract testing, data pipelines, and interoperability protocols
CI/CD & Infrastructure: knowledge of modern CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, DevOps pipelines), container orchestration, and automated deployment patterns
Soft Skills & Leadership
Exceptional cross-functional orchestration and stakeholder management skills
Strong analytical problem-solving capacity with a focus on quality and risk reduction
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
There Is a Preferred Candidate.
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We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a general impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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