Solution Architect

Role Overview

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.

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 Angular

JS 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.

• 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…