Jobs at KALSOFT (Now Hiring) — 5 open

KalSoft Oman is looking for a highly experienced Enterprise Architect to lead the design, governance, modernization, and implementation of large-scale enterprise platforms and digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in enterprise architecture, Microsoft technologies, cloud platforms, AI-enabled solutions, system integration, DevOps, and government digital ecosystems.

This role requires a strategic technology leader capable of defining enterprise architecture roadmaps while remaining hands-on with solution design, implementation oversight, governance, and stakeholder engagement. The Enterprise Architect will work closely with executive leadership, business stakeholders, technical teams, and government entities to deliver secure, scalable, AI-enabled, and future-ready enterprise platforms.

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, standards, principles, and governance models.
• Develop enterprise architecture roadmaps aligned with organizational and business objectives.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical governance across projects.
• Design modular, scalable, distributed, and secure enterprise solutions.
• Establish enterprise-wide technology standards, API standards, and integration patterns.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture methodologies such as TOGAF.
• Drive modernization initiatives across legacy and cloud-native systems.
• Define target-state architectures and migration strategies.

Solution Design & Technical Leadership

• Design end-to-end enterprise solutions from requirements gathering through deployment and support.
• Provide architecture leadership for enterprise applications, integrations, AI platforms, and digital services.
• Create system architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and solution blueprints.
• Define secure systems architecture and enterprise security practices.
• Design high-performance, data-intensive enterprise systems.
• Review solution designs, code quality, and implementation approaches.
• Mentor development teams and technical leads on architecture best practices.

Microsoft & .NET Architecture

• Lead architecture and development initiatives using:
  • C#
  • ASP.NET Core
  • ASP.NET MVC
  • Web API
  • Entity Framework
  • Dapper
  • .NET Core / .NET Framework
  • SQL Server
  • Azure Services
  • MAUI / Xamarin
  • Windows Services
  • WPF / WinForms
  • Microservices Architecture
• Design enterprise-grade Microsoft technology solutions and platforms.

Cloud, Infrastructure & DevOps

• Design and govern cloud-native and hybrid-cloud architectures.
• Define and implement CI/CD strategies and DevOps practices.
• Develop and review Azure DevOps YAML pipelines.
• Architect containerized environments using Docker.
• Design deployment architectures and release management processes.
• Manage private Docker Registries and container ecosystems.
• Design IIS-based and Windows Server deployment architectures.
• Establish enterprise monitoring, observability, and operational intelligence solutions.
• Implement Grafana monitoring and visualization frameworks.
• Define DevOps automation and deployment governance standards.

Integration & API Architecture

• Design API-first enterprise architectures.
• Architect enterprise integration platforms and middleware solutions.
• Design secure API gateways and integration services.
• Lead enterprise interoperability initiatives.
• Implement event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.
• Develop integration patterns for large-scale distributed systems.
• Establish enterprise API standards and governance frameworks.

Data, AI & Intelligent Systems

• Lead enterprise AI and digital innovation initiatives.
• Architect AI-powered enterprise platforms and services.
• Design Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
• Implement LLM integrations and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Design semantic search and enterprise knowledge management systems.
• Develop AI-assisted automation solutions.
• Architect machine learning and analytics platforms.
• Design vector database and embedding-based solutions.
• Implement:  Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Agent Framework, Microsoft Bot Framework
• Drive enterprise AI adoption strategies and governance.

Government & Enterprise Platforms

• Design solutions aligned with government interoperability and governance frameworks.
• Lead architecture initiatives within government and public-sector ecosystems.
• Integrate enterprise systems with government platforms and services.
• Support digital transformation programs for ministries, public authorities, and national initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with government architecture and integration standards.

User Experience & Application Platforms

• Architect modern enterprise web and mobile applications.
• Design responsive, scalable front-end architectures.
• Develop enterprise dashboards and operational control interfaces.
• Define enterprise UX standards and user experience strategies.
• Implement enterprise-grade UI frameworks and application platforms.

Quality Engineering & Governance

• Define automated testing strategies and quality assurance frameworks.
• Establish end-to-end testing pipelines.
• Lead architecture compliance reviews and governance assessments.
• Produce technical governance reports and recommendations.
• Review code quality, engineering standards, and technical documentation.
• Establish software development best practices and standards.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with executive leadership, business units, vendors, and government stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Present architecture strategies, roadmaps, and recommendations to senior management.
• Lead workshops, architecture reviews, and technical governance committees.
• Provide knowledge transfer, mentoring, and technical training.

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Analysis, and Solution Architecture
• Proven experience delivering enterprise and government digital solutions.
• Demonstrated experience working with ministries, public authorities, or national-level programs.
• Experience leading full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) projects.
• Strong combination of strategic architecture leadership and hands-on technical implementation experience.
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise transformation programs.

Technical Expertise Required:

• Microsoft/.NET ecosystem (C#, ASP.NET Core/MVC, Web API, SQL Server, Azure, microservices).
• Enterprise architecture (TOGAF preferred), DevOps, CI/CD, Docker, Azure pipelines.
• AI/ML systems (LLM, RAG, semantic search, chatbots, predictive analytics).
• Government interoperability frameworks (Oman GUP, OGN, OeGAF).