Principal Solution Architect

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Principal Solution Architect leading design and delivery of enterprise-scale technology solutions at TNC. Responsibilities include defining architecture strategy and driving innovation for cloud initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide architectural guidance to feature teams to accelerate speed to market while reducing long-term maintenance costs and ensuring alignment with non-functional and enterprise requirements.
  • Lead trade-off analysis and decision-making for complex, high-impact architectural choices, resolving technical conflicts across teams.
  • Collaborate to develop and promote reusable patterns, best practices, and reference implementations through proof-of-concepts (POCs), research, and experimentation.
  • Establish “paved roads” by defining pre-approved reference architectures that streamline development and enable self-service capabilities.
  • Partner across multiple business units and collaborate closely with other architects and technology leaders.
  • Act as a thought leader and strategic advisor to delivery and product teams.
  • Advocate for and evolve the Architecture Review Board (ARB), shifting from a governance-only model to an enablement-focused approach.
  • Present architecture strategies, designs, and recommendations to technical and business leadership across TNC.
  • Define, implement, and continuously improve architecture processes and governance models.
  • Engage with internal and external technology partners to enhance TNC’s capabilities and drive adoption of new solutions.
  • Contribute to the development of cloud, data, and enterprise technology standards to ensure interoperability and alignment with best practices.
  • May serve as a lead member of a Center of Excellence (CoE), mentoring team members and advancing organizational knowledge in key technology areas.
  • Maintain expertise in current and emerging technologies through training, research, and professional development.
  • Stay current on industry trends, with a particular focus on cloud, data, AI/ML, and generative AI advancements.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8 years of experience in Information Technology field with 6 years of recent relevant experience in a cloud environment (AWS / Azure)
  • Demonstrated expertise in cloud architecture, including:
  • Designing and deploying highly available, scalable, and secure solutions on AWS and/or Azure
  • Developing cloud-native solutions using APIs and services across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models
  • Effectively communicating cloud concepts and architectures to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong understanding of modern architecture challenges and patterns, including:
  • Migration to cloud-native, microservices-based, event-driven, and decoupled architectures
  • Driving enterprise data and analytics modernization strategies (e.g., leveraging platforms such as Databricks)
  • Enabling adoption of cloud and AI workloads across the organization
  • Deep understanding of the Well-Architected Framework, including security and compliance considerations
  • DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
  • Experience driving the adoption of generative AI and machine learning capabilities across enterprise systems, leveraging AWS or other leading AI platforms (e.g., Azure AI, Google Cloud, OpenAI)
  • Experience architecting and implementing AI-enabled enterprise solutions, including LLM-based applications, data pipelines, and modern cloud-native architectures for scalable production deployment
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor technical teams in architecture and solution development
  • Working knowledge across enterprise domains, including application, data, infrastructure, and security architectures
  • Proven ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences.

Benefits:

  • Health care benefits
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
  • Parental leave
  • Accrued paid time off
  • Life insurance
  • Disability coverage
  • Employee assistance program
  • Other life and work well-being benefits