Sr. Principal Solution Architect NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES, MUST BE LOCAL AND WORK ON A W2 BASIS

Sr. Principal Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of advanced technology solutions that align with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards. This role requires a strong understanding of business goals, processes, and system integration to deliver scalable, resilient, and maintainable solutions.
The Solution Architect will analyze stakeholder requirements, define architectural frameworks, and develop high-level and review detailed solution designs. They will collaborate cross-functionally with Product Managers, Product Owners, Agile development teams, and IT leadership to ensure solution integrity, alignment with roadmaps, and successful system integration.

8+ years of experience in IT and business/industry including architecture experience (design, development, deployment, road-mapping), systems life cycle management, and infrastructure planning and operations
Snowflake and Data Build Tool (DBT)

Design solutions across a portfolio that address significant business problems and deliver measurable value.
Evolve and maintain conceptual and high-level architecture, ensuring consistency with enterprise and domain-level guiding principles and business objectives.
Ensure solutions meet broad non-functional requirements, including resiliency, availability, maintainability, upgradeability, and scalability.
Shepherd the detail design ensuring the detail design aligns with the high-level design and architecture direction.
Communicate architectural approach to stakeholders, translating technical concepts for business and cross-functional understanding.

Strong knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies, including waterfall, agile, SAFe, DevOps, and others.
Strong technical expertise across modern IT ecosystems, such as SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, SOA, APIs, microservices, event-driven IT, and predictive analytics.
Proficient in backend development languages including SQL, Python, Java, JavaScript, Go, and CSS.
Strong leadership in solution architecture and strategic delivery, from vision through execution, including cross-functional team management and stakeholder communication.
Strong skills in translating business needs into technical solutions and mentoring team members through knowledge sharing and collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor s degree in related field (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, System Analysis, etc.) or equivalent combination of education and work experience
Typically, 8+ years of experience in IT and business/industry including architecture experience (design, development, deployment, road-mapping), systems life cycle management, and infrastructure planning and operations
Experience in working in multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
Native-level proficiency/fluent in English
Experience in DevOps and Agile technology environments (preferred)
Snowflake and Data Build Tool (DBT) would be very strongly preferred if not required.

NO THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ON A W2 BASIS WITHOUT ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE SPONSORSHIP NEEDED.