Role : Principal Solutions Architect

Position Overview :

The Principal Solutions Architect is responsible for leading end to end architecture, solutioning, and technical validation across complex, multi domain engagements spanning Agentic AI, cloud, data, and security.

This role serves as the primary technical authority in client facing and internal engagements, with full accountability for translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and production ready systems.

The individual is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, driving architectural decisions under ambiguity and ensuring that solutions are not only well designed, but also executable and validated through implementation.

Key Accountabilities :

1. End to End Solution Ownership :

Own the complete solution lifecycle from discovery through production readiness :

- Translate business objectives into structured architecture and system design

- Define end to end solution blueprints across infrastructure, application, data, AI, and integration layers

- Ensure alignment with scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and security requirements

2. Solutioning and Decision Making :

Lead architecture definition in high complexity, multi stakeholder environments :

- Evaluate multiple solution approaches and define clear trade offs across cost, latency, scalability, maintainability, and risk

- Drive decisions to closure in scenarios involving incomplete requirements and competing constraints

- Act as the single point of accountability for architecture direction

3. Solution Build and Validation :

Ensure architectural decisions are grounded in execution reality :

- Validate designs through prototypes, POCs, or reference implementations where required

- Step into implementation for critical or high risk components to de risk solution feasibility

- Guide engineering teams in translating architecture into working systems

- Ensure minimal gap between architecture design and delivery execution

4. Customer Facing Technical Leadership :

Act as the primary technical advisor in client engagements :

- Lead discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and executive discussions

- Own technical solutioning for proposals, RFPs, and strategic pursuits

- Present complex architectures with clarity, connecting business outcomes to technical decisions

5. Cross Domain Integration :

Drive unified architecture across multiple technology domains :

- Integrate inputs from AI Agents, Cloud Infra, Data, and Security teams into a cohesive solution

- Eliminate fragmented or siloed designs

- Resolve conflicting recommendations with clear and structured direction

6. Architecture Quality and Engineering Rigor :

Ensure all solutions meet enterprise grade standards :

- Design for scalability, fault tolerance, and low latency

- Incorporate failure handling, recovery strategies, and observability into system design

- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and operational best practices

7. Cloud and Platform Expertise :

Demonstrate strong working knowledge of Amazon Web Services :

- Select appropriate services and architectural patterns based on use case requirements

- Balance managed services and custom implementations

- Optimize for cost, performance, and operational complexity

8. AI and Data Integration :

Design and implement AI and data driven systems as part of broader architectures :

- Integrate AI capabilities such as RAG pipelines, model orchestration, and agent based systems into enterprise workflows

- Ensure alignment with data platforms, APIs, and operational systems

- Evaluate the necessity and impact of AI driven approaches based on business context

9. Architecture Governance and Reusability :

Drive consistency and scale in solutioning :

- Define and apply architecture principles, patterns, and standards

- Conduct architecture reviews and guide engineering teams

- Build reusable reference architectures and solution accelerators

Core Competencies :

- System Level Thinking : Ability to design cohesive systems across AI Agents, infrastructure, application, data, and Security layers

- Decision Making Under Constraints : Strong judgment in environments with incomplete information and competing priorities

- Execution Depth : Ability to move between architecture and hands on implementation when required

- Structured Communication : Ability to articulate complex systems clearly to both technical and business stakeholders

Experience and Qualifications :

- 10+ years of experience in designing and building distributed systems and enterprise architectures

- Proven experience in both :

Solution architecture :

- Hands on system implementation or engineering

- Strong expertise in Amazon Web Services

Broad exposure across multiple domains such as :

Data platforms :

- Agentic AI and machine learning systems

- Distributed application design

- Security and networking

- Demonstrated experience in customer facing roles including presales, architecture workshops, and technical discussions

Measures of Success :

- Consistent delivery of production ready architectures with minimal rework

- Reduction in dependency on multiple domain experts for solutioning

- Faster and higher quality turnaround for solutions and technical responses

- Strong customer confidence in both architecture and execution capability

Role Context :

This role is positioned as the central point of architectural ownership across engagements.

The expectation is to bring clarity, consistency, and execution depth to solution design, ensuring that complex, multi domain problems are translated into practical and scalable systems.

A key outcome of this role is to reduce reliance on centralized technical leadership by enabling independent, high quality architecture decision making.