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Solutions Architect resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what solutions architects actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most solutions architects should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Solutions Architect who translates business requirements into scalable, secure technology designs across cloud and enterprise platforms. Comfortable working with executives, delivery teams and vendors to align technical decisions with budget and risk appetite. Known for clear documentation and architecture that survives contact with real implementation constraints.
Key skills
- Cloud infrastructure design (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Business requirements analysis
- Enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, ArchiMate)
- Vendor and licensing evaluation
- Risk and internal controls assessment
- Technical documentation and architecture diagramming (Lucidchart, Visio)
- Stakeholder management
- Project coordination using Jira and Confluence
- Data modelling
Experience: example bullet points
- Gathered and analysed business requirements from executive and operational stakeholders to define scope for enterprise technology solutions
- Designed end-to-end cloud and integration architectures, reducing manual handoffs between legacy and new systems
- Evaluated vendor products and licensing models, presenting cost and risk comparisons that informed executive sign-off decisions
- Produced architecture diagrams, solution roadmaps and technical documentation used by delivery teams through build and handover
- Led solution review sessions with security, compliance and delivery functions, resolving design issues before implementation began
- Coordinated with project managers to sequence architecture milestones against delivery timelines, keeping design decisions traceable in Confluence
Education
Bachelor degree in computer science, information systems or software engineering is the most common entry point, with many architects adding a postgraduate qualification or TOGAF certification as they move from senior technical roles into architecture.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Solutions Architect
- Enterprise architecture
- TOGAF
- ArchiMate
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cloud migration
- Business requirements analysis
- Risk and internal controls
- ASD Essential Eight
- Australian Privacy Principles
- APRA CPS 234
- Vendor evaluation
- Jira
- Confluence
- Solution design
- Technical roadmap
- Stakeholder management
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.