Blockchain Solutions Architect Job Description Template

The blockchain solutions architect works with clients or business units to turn a requirement into a workable blockchain design. The role is client facing as much as technical, covering discovery, solution design, proof of concept and the honest assessment of whether the proposed benefit is real. It suits people who can hold a technical discussion and a commercial one in the same meeting.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to understand requirements and constraints
• Design blockchain solutions that meet those requirements realistically
• Assess whether distributed ledger technology genuinely fits the problem
• Build proofs of concept demonstrating feasibility
• Estimate cost, throughput and operational implications
• Present designs and trade offs to technical and business audiences
• Support delivery teams through implementation
• Evaluate platforms, protocols and vendors against requirements
• Advise on governance, key management and operational model
• Document solutions and hand them over cleanly

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field

Required Skills and Experience

• 5+ years in solution architecture with blockchain delivery experience
• Ability to design across both public and permissioned platforms
• Hands on technical capability, not architecture in slides alone
• Strong client communication and expectation management
• Understanding of integration with existing enterprise systems
• Honesty about where blockchain adds no value
• Experience building proofs of concept quickly
• Clear written solution documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Consulting background
• Experience with Hyperledger or an enterprise platform