Senior Solution Architect

Summary:

The Senior Solution Architect (Consultant) is a strategic, client-facing technology leader responsible for designing innovative, scalable solutions that drive business value. This role is a key contributor to business development and actively participates in all phases of proposal development including solution estimation, resource planning, and shaping winning strategies for strategic client engagements. With a strong consulting mindset and deep technical expertise, the Senior Solution Architect leads solutioning efforts across complex enterprise and client initiatives, balancing quick wins with long-term architectural integrity. As a confident advisor who thrives in ambiguity, this role communicates effectively with executive stakeholders and consistently delivers high-impact results in fast-paced environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver innovative, enterprise-grade architectures that align with business goals for complex initiatives ($3M-$30M), balancing short-term wins with long-term sustainability with sometimes limited inputs
• Maintain a big-picture perspective while managing technical details, ensuring solutions align with long-term enterprise architecture and business strategy
• Drive end-to-end solutioning across complex client and internal initiatives, ensuring technical feasibility, scalability, and strategic alignment
• Act as a trusted advisor, translating business requirements into actionable technical strategies and confidently recommending and communicating architectural decisions with clarity
• Apply deep knowledge across backend, frontend, DevOps, infrastructure, and cloud platforms with a focus on Microsoft services, including hybrid and distributed systems
• Utilize design patterns, integration strategies, and microservices principles to build resilient, maintainable systems
• Champion Emerging Technologies by staying ahead of technological trends and incorporate modern stacks and innovations into solution designs
• Demonstrate an understanding of complex business challenges and constraints in developing solutions that deliver measurable value while managing trade-offs
• Support project and change management efforts, ensuring smooth transitions from design to implementation
• Work closely with product owners, delivery teams, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful execution
• Provide strategic guidance to clients, challenge assumptions constructively, and influence decision-making with data-driven insights
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship to peers and junior architects, fostering a culture of continuous learning and architectural excellence
• Collaborate with Client Services and business development teams to shape solution strategies, contribute to proposal development, and present technical vision to prospective clients, ensuring alignment with accurate scopes, timelines, and resource requirements
• Incorporate enterprise architecture governance, security standards, and regulatory compliance into solution designs
• Create and promote reusable components, templates, and reference architectures to accelerate delivery and maintain consistency
• Define KPIs and success metrics for architectural solutions and support post-implementation reviews to ensure business value realization

Qualifications

• 20+ years of enterprise technology experience, including 10+ years in solution estimation and proposal development, preferably with a proven background in a professional consulting or digital agency environment
• Proven success leading complex initiatives valued at $3M - $30M across diverse industries and client landscapes
• Deep technical proficiency across backend, frontend, DevOps, infrastructure, and cloud platforms with particular emphasis on Microsoft services including the Azure suite of network and data services, Dataverse, MS SQL, MS Dynamics, PowerApps, and MS365 Accessibility.
• Hands-on experience in modern technology stacks, integration strategies, and distributed systems
• Proven experience with design patterns, microservices, and emerging technologies, with the ability to balance technical rigor with business constraints
• Exceptional ability to translate business and client needs into technical solutions, influence stakeholders, and communicate effectively up to executive levels
• Skills in project and change management processes and techniques, with a strategic mindset that connects the big picture vision to detailed execution
• Demonstrate thought leadership, confident decision making, and the ability to mentor teams while fostering collaborative client relationships
• Forward-thinking approach to technological trends, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and adapt solutions to evolving business and client needs

Other Beneficial Skills

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Industry certifications in relevant technologies and methodologies
• Experience with digital transformation and enterprise modernization
• Background across multiple industry verticals
• Published thought leadership or speaking experience at industry events
• Experience leading large, distributed technical teams

Core Services Delivered

• Strategic Solution Architecture
• Client Advisory & Innovation Leadership
• Proposal Development & Estimation
• Enterprise Integration & Platform Strategy
• Governance & Architecture Standards
• Technical Oversight & Delivery Assurance
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Mentorship
• Risk Management & Trade Off Analysis
• Technology Road-mapping & Portfolio Planning
• Thought Leadership & Knowledge Enablement