Solution Architect

Pearson

15h • $130,000 - $165,000

About The Position

The Product Architect in Test Delivery supporting the DVSA program is a senior
technical leader responsible for defining, guiding, and governing the
architecture and implementation of solutions that enable the DVSA program’s test
delivery capabilities. While this role is part of the broader Test Delivery
architecture organization, it will be primarily dedicated to supporting the DVSA
program for the foreseeable future.
This role provides hands-on architectural direction and technical leadership for
a major, business-critical program within Pearson VUE. The Product Architect
ensures solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and resilient, while
remaining aligned with Test Delivery platform strategy and enterprise
architectural standards.

The Product Architect works closely with Test Delivery platform architects, DVSA
program architects, product management, engineering leaders, QA, operations, and
the DVSA program team to translate business and regulatory requirements into
sound technical designs and to support successful implementation across the full
development lifecycle.

Product Domain:

The Testing system used to create, publish, and deliver DVSA exams is
significant. It includes an authoring and publishing system, a CRM for
scheduling and managing candidates taking exams in both permanent and temporary
testing centers. The cloud-based hub of the system oversees the dissemination
of tests and candidate information to those testing centers using encryption
keyed to each testing center. The candidate information includes the candidate
information, restrictions, and the time/date of the scheduled exam. It
communicates with independent applications running in those test centers which
have tools for managing and supporting candidates, proctors, and
administrators.

The primary tech stack is C# and currently uses a mixture of AngularJS and
Angular for the front end. The authoring, CRM and Central server run in
Microsoft Azure while the test center software is a local application updated in
specific time windows multiple times per year using MSIs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Significant experience designing and implementing complex software systems in enterprise or product-based environments.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, APIs, and service integrations.
• Proven ability to guide teams through complex technical and architectural decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting regulated or government programs.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, including microservices and containerized workloads.
• Experience applying AI-assisted tooling (e.g., AI-supported design, development, testing, or operational analysis) in enterprise software environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automated testing practices.
• Experience with high-availability, customer-facing, or mission-critical platforms.
• Exposure to security best practices, authentication/authorization, and data protection requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work with 3rd party review partners to analyze the DVSA platform architecture to ensure it meets the Pearson VUE and DVSA requirements for best practices in coding, testing and release management.
• Own and work with the DVSA platform architects to evolve the end-to-end architecture supporting the DVSA program within the Test Delivery ecosystem.
• Design solution architectures that balance functional requirements, non-functional requirements, and delivery constraints.
• Define and document architectural patterns including service boundaries, APIs, data flows, integrations, and deployment models.
• Ensure solutions align with Test Delivery and enterprise modernization goals such as cloud-native design, resiliency, scalability, and maintainability.
• Translate business, regulatory, and operational requirements of the DVSA program into clear, actionable architectural guidance for DVSA product architects and engineering teams.
• Review and approve significant design and implementation decisions related to DVSA program solutions.
• Identify and resolve architectural, integration, and systemic issues to maintain consistency and platform stability.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture standards while appropriately tailoring solutions to DVSA program–specific needs.
• Provide ongoing architectural guidance throughout development, testing, and release cycles for the DVSA program.
• Partner closely with DVSA program architects and VUE engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented correctly, pragmatically, and sustainably.
• Perform design and code reviews with an architectural focus on quality, security, scalability, performance, and operability.
• Identify technical risks early and collaborate with delivery teams to define mitigation strategies.
• Ensure DVSA program solutions meet security, privacy, availability, compliance, and BCDR requirements.
• Support incremental modernization and refactoring of existing DVSA program solutions toward target-state architecture.
• Balance architectural rigor with delivery velocity, making informed trade-offs when necessary.
• Act as the primary architectural point of contact for the DVSA program.
• Collaborate closely with: DVSA program leadership and internal stakeholders
• Test Delivery platform architects and Enterprise architects to ensure alignment with shared services and standards
• Product Managers to: Shape technically feasible and sustainable roadmaps for the DVSA program
• Oversee the technical aspects of the Escrow process, ensuring that all technical needs are met to provide business continuity in the case of an escrow event.
• Architects, engineering leads and developers (globally based) to align on implementation strategy
• QA and operations teams (globally based) to ensure production readiness and operational excellence
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers, raising overall architectural and engineering maturity.
• Facilitate architectural discussions and decision-making within and across DVSA program teams.
• Clearly communicate architectural intent, trade-offs, and rationale to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Promote consistent architectural and engineering best practices across DVSA program delivery teams.

Benefits

• This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here [https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpearsonbenefitsus.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Ctasha.scott%40pearson.com%7C2c256513c79f4679be7c08d9e7287ebb%7C8cc434d797d047d3b5c514fe0e33e34b%7C0%7C0%7C637794983376381246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=t1YQPUL7BgoclUd7yE2i86QAirLf4z3z8OEWgr42q7c%3D&reserved=0].

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level