Solutions Engineering Architect

Role Overview

The Solutions Engineering Architect will design and guide enterprise-scale cloud solutions that support digital transformation and business growth. You will partner with architecture, engineering, security, and business teams to create scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud strategies, influencing cloud adoption, modernization, and architectural standards across large environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, govern, and evolve cloud-native architectures across infrastructure, data, security, and application domains
• Define architectures for compute, networking, data, identity, and security
• Translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to set technical strategies and implementation approaches
• Lead cloud migration, modernization, and platform consolidation initiatives
• Establish architectural standards, best practices, and governance frameworks
• Evaluate cloud technologies and recommend solutions for business and long-term sustainability
• Produce architecture artifacts (e.g., documentation, diagrams) and lead architecture reviews
• Balance priorities across time-to-market, cost optimization, security, reliability, and maintainability
• Support adoption of containerized, serverless, and managed cloud services
• Promote FinOps and cloud cost transparency/optimization, working with engineering and finance

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical field
• 8+ years in software engineering, cloud architecture, or solution architecture
• Deep expertise designing cloud-native solutions on at least one major platform
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, identity management, and security
• Experience leading cloud migration/modernization/enterprise platform transformation
• Knowledge of containerization, serverless, and managed data services
• Ability to create architecture documentation and present to senior/executive audiences
• Proven ability to lead architecture reviews and influence technical direction
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
• Cloud architecture certification from AWS, Azure, or GCP

Nice to Haves

• Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud experience
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
• Experience in regulated industries with strict compliance requirements
• Experience driving FinOps and cloud cost optimization

Compensation

• $175,000–$200,000 annual salary (based on experience and qualifications)