Principal Solutions Architect
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10 hours ago
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Job Summary
N-iX is an international company with Ukrainian roots that helps businesses across the globe develop successful software products. Founded in 2002 N-iX has come a long way and increased its presence in nine countries spanning Europe the US and Latin America. Today we are a strong community of 2000 professionals and a reliable partner for global industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies.
At N-iX CTO Group we harness the power of technology to drive innovation and deliver exceptional business value. We specialize in designing and executing industry-relevant solutions that redefine standards in enterprise technology. Join a vibrant team committed to driving large-scale transformation across global enterprises.
As a Principal Solutions Architect you will play a key leadership role in shaping technology direction guiding cross-functional initiatives and enabling high-impact delivery. Youll be responsible for leading complex solution engagementsfrom discovery and advisory to implementationwhile mentoring architecture talent strengthening practices and contributing to company-wide strategic growth.
This role is ideal for a seasoned architect with strong consulting capabilities a track record of hands-on project delivery and the ability to scale architectural impact across multiple teams and accounts.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture visioning and cross-cutting strategic initiatives across a portfolio of enterprise clients.
- Drive practice growth by establishing frameworks methodologies and reusable assets for solution delivery and consulting engagements.
- Build and mentor architecture and engineering teams ensuring capability uplift and technical excellence across accounts.
- Act as a trusted advisor to client C-level executives and technology leaders helping shape digital strategy and technology roadmaps.
- Govern architecture implementation across the portfolio to ensure alignment with best practices maintainability and long-term value.
Delivery & Consulting Responsibilities:
- Lead or guide discovery phases assessments technical workshops and architecture audits.
- Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable sustainable architectural solutions.
- Own solution proposals during pre-sales and upsales including technical vision high-level design risk management and cost estimation.
- Lead project execution ensuring architecture is delivered according to vision.
- Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies aligning client needs with forward-thinking architectural approaches.
- Act as a Chief Architect and lead a team with subordinate architects on the complex accounts.
Qualifications
- 10 years of relevant experience in software engineering and solution architecture.
- 3 years in an architecture leadership or principal-level role.
- Proven ability to lead complex high-impact consultancy engagements with global enterprise clients.
- Demonstrated experience building solutions from scratch preferably for large-scale distributed systems (team size 30 duration 12 months).
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture with hands-on experience in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
- Strong background in microservices APIs integration patterns and distributed system design.
- Track record of coaching mentoring and team enablement within a matrixed or consulting environment.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skillsequally comfortable with engineers and executives.
- Fluent in modern delivery practices: Agile DevOps CI/CD Infrastructure as Code etc.
- English Upper-Intermediate or Advanced
Desirable Certifications
- SEI Software Architecture Professional
- TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture certification
- Cloud certifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional Azure Solutions Architect Expert)
- Domain-specific expertise in areas such as data platforms security or enterprise integration is a plus
We offer*:
- Flexible working format - remote office-based or flexible
- A competitive salary and good compensation package
- Personalized career growth
- Professional development tools (mentorship program tech talks and trainings centers of excellence and more)
- Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
- Education reimbursement
- Memorable anniversary presents
- Corporate events and team buildings
- Other location-specific benefits
*not applicable for freelancers
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Kubernetes
- S3
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cassandra
- System Architecture
- Redshift
- AWS
- Cloud Architecture
- NoSQL
- UML
- Kafka
- Distributed Systems
About Company
N-iX is a global software development company that helps world’s leading organizations achieve lasting business value using advanced technology.
