Solution Architect - Senior

We are looking for a talented Solution Architect - Senior to join our team specializing in Systems/Information Technology in Columbus, IN. 

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:  

• Translate business goals into scalable end-to-end solution architectures that deliver measurable outcomes such as improved speed to market, operational efficiency, cost optimization, and business agility.
• Design and implement modern cloud-native, API-driven, event-based, and microservices-enabled solutions that accelerate digital transformation and enable future growth.
• Apply enterprise architecture standards and frameworks to ensure solutions are interoperable, secure, reusable, scalable, and aligned across multiple business and technology domains.
• Develop solution roadmaps that support incremental modernization, continuous delivery, and long-term alignment with business capability and technology strategies.
• Drive technology simplification and cost reduction by promoting the reuse of shared platforms, services, architectural patterns, and enterprise capabilities.
• Partner with enterprise, principal, product, and business architects to identify technology gaps, influence strategic platform decisions, and improve cross-functional alignment.
• Advocate for secure-by-design, data-driven architectures that enhance system resilience, strengthen decision-making capabilities, and improve operational performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, infrastructure capacity, platform performance, and technical debt, leading proof-of-concept initiatives and recommending innovations that create long-term business value.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:  

• Develop expertise in solution design and systems architecture, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, integrated solutions that align with enterprise standards and deliver measurable business value.
• Apply strong business architecture principles to connect business strategy, capabilities, value streams, and operating models, ensuring technology investments support organizational priorities and transformation goals.
• Create and maintain strategic technology roadmaps that balance business objectives, technical capabilities, risk, capacity, and long-term modernization needs while delivering incremental value.
• Embed security, privacy, compliance, and data management principles throughout the solution lifecycle, ensuring systems are resilient, compliant, scalable, and built on trusted, high-quality data.
• Demonstrate strategic and innovative thinking by evaluating emerging technologies, anticipating future business needs, identifying opportunities for innovation, and recommending solutions that create sustainable value.
• Maintain deep technical knowledge and continuously expand expertise in relevant technologies, architecture frameworks, tools, and methodologies to serve as a trusted technical leader and advisor.
• Build strong relationships across business, product, engineering, and architecture teams by communicating with clarity, influencing stakeholders, fostering collaboration, and ensuring alignment around solution strategies.
• Drive results with a customer-first mindset by taking ownership of complex initiatives, navigating ambiguity, valuing diverse perspectives, and delivering solutions that improve adoption, satisfaction, operational performance, and long-term business success.

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 

• College, university, or equivalent degree in relevant technical discipline, or relevant equivalent experience required. 
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience: 

• 6+ years of experience in solution or system architecture in large, complex organizations. 
• Demonstrated architecture and design experience, strong knowledge of modern architectural patterns, cloud platforms and integration technologies.

Additional Information: 

• Strong hands‑on experience with React.js/Angular, Node.js, TypeScript. Java, Python, SpringBoot, supporting both new development and legacy modernization
• Extensive experience with AWS services (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, S3 etc).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
• Deep understanding of microservices, event‑driven architectures, domain‑driven design, and integration patterns across enterprise systems
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS Database, Normalization
• Knowledge of secure system design, data privacy, encryption, and access control.
• Integration Frameworks - Mulesoft, ESB, Kafka etc
• Good experience of end-to-end SDLC lifecycle with hands on experience in software management and development tools - Atlassian (JIRA, Confluence), Visual Studio, GitHub Copilot, Draw.io etc
• Experience utilizing agentic AI framework for automated code generation and workflow orchestration
• Root cause analysis, debugging and resolving of code defects and software issues
• Enforce Security and Architecture standards in assigned area
• Develop software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle; Document and demonstrate solutions; Develops flow charts, layouts and documentation
• Provide information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and issues while protecting IT assets by keeping information confidential; Improve applications by conducting systems analysis recommending changes in policies and procedures
• Define applications and their interfaces, allocate responsibilities to applications, understand solution deployment, and communicate requirements for interactions with solution context, define Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs)

Leadership & Soft Skills:

• Ability to lead, execute and deliver work independently with minimal leadership support
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and influence architectural decisions.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work in complex, multi‑stakeholder, global environments.
• Ability to balance hands‑on development with strategic technical leadership.
• Primary technical owner for multiple mission‑critical applications, including full accountability for L3/L4 production issues

Compensation: 

Please note that the salary range provided is a good faith estimate on the applicable range. The final salary offer will be determined after considering relevant factors, including a candidate’s qualifications and experience, where appropriate.