Job Description
Senior Solution Architect
Location : Hybrid – Chicagoland HQ or Springfield, IL
Employment Type : Full-Time / Permanent
Organization : Consulting Services / Service Delivery
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect who brings both strategic advisory capability and hands-on technical depth across modern enterprise platforms. This is a client-facing leadership role responsible for shaping solution strategy, influencing executive stakeholders, and guiding the delivery of scalable, future-ready architectures.
This role plays a key part in business development , helping craft proposals, solution estimates, resource models, and architectural roadmaps for complex enterprise engagements.
What You’ll Do
- Lead solution architecture for large-scale initiatives ($3M–$30M) , balancing quick wins with long-term sustainability.
- Translate business needs into clear technical strategies and architecture roadmaps.
- Drive end-to-end solution design across backend, frontend, DevOps, infrastructure, and cloud ecosystems.
- Act as a trusted advisor to clients and executives—communicating decisions with clarity and confidence.
- Architect solutions leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem (Azure, MS SQL, Dataverse, Dynamics, Power Platform, M365).
- Apply integration patterns, microservices, distributed systems, and resilience design principles.
- Partner closely with Product, Delivery, and Client teams to ensure alignment and execution success.
- Support proposal development, estimation, and technical pre-sales conversations.
- Mentor architects and technical delivery teams; promote reusable frameworks and reference architectures.
- Embed governance, compliance, and security standards into solution designs.
What You Bring
20+ years of enterprise technology experience.10+ years solutioning and estimating complex architectures, ideally in a consulting or professional services environment.Proven leadership designing and guiding multi-disciplinary technical teams.Deep technical expertise across :Cloud (Azure preferred)Integration architecture & distributed systemsBackend & frontend platformsDevOps, CI / CD, Infrastructure-as-CodeModern data and API design patternsStrong executive communication and stakeholder influence skills.Ability to work in ambiguous, high-stakes environments with pace and confidence.Nice to Have
Advanced degree in CS, Engineering, or related fieldMicrosoft / Azure / Dynamics / Architecture CertificationsExperience delivering digital transformation initiatives across multiple industriesPublished thought leadership or conference speaking backgroundCore Impact Areas
Strategic Solution Architecture
Client AdvisoryProposal & Estimation LeadershipEnterprise Integration StrategyGovernance & Architecture StandardsCross-Functional CollaborationDelivery OversightRisk AnalysisRoadmapping & Innovation Enablement