solution architect

Client: Wipro
Location: Chaska MN or Hebron KY Onsite
Job Type: Contract
Rate: $50-$55/Hour on W2
Experience: 12 Years Overall IT Experience
Mandatory Skill: OT Device Management for IoT
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect - OT Device Management for IoT with 12 years of overall IT experience and 4 years in a dedicated Solution/Technical Architect role.
The architect will own the end-to-end solution vision architecture and technical governance for large-scale enterprise engagements. This role requires a combination of deep technical expertise strong customer-facing skills and the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable secure resilient and cost-optimized solutions across IoT OT cloud infrastructure integration and digital platforms.
The ideal candidate will serve as the primary technical point of contact for the customer while working closely with offshore delivery teams to ensure successful architecture implementation and delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Act as the primary technical point of contact at the customer location owning end-to-end solution architecture and alignment with business objectives.
Design and architect OT Device Management and IoT solutions for large-scale enterprise environments.
Engage directly with customer stakeholders business owners and enterprise architects to gather challenge and refine requirements and success criteria.
Lead architecture workshops technical discussions design sessions and solution presentations.
Evaluate solution alternatives and drive architecture decisions based on scalability security performance reliability and cost.
Develop technical roadmaps architecture strategies proposals and transformation/modernization plans.
Translate business requirements into high-level and low-level architecture designs clearly communicating design decisions trade-offs dependencies and technical impacts.
Serve as the bridge between customer stakeholders and offshore delivery teams ensuring clear technical direction priorities and architectural standards.
Own technical governance at the client site including architecture reviews design approvals standards enforcement and technical risk management.
Identify and resolve critical architecture infrastructure integration security and IoT/OT technical issues.
Support presales solutioning estimation proposals and account-growth initiatives.
Coordinate cross-functional teams across network security data application infrastructure cloud and IoT/OT.
Provide regular status updates technical risks mitigation plans and escalation management to customer and Wipro leadership.
Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture security compliance and governance standards.
Required Technical Skills
12 years of overall IT experience.
4 years of experience in a dedicated Solution Architect or Technical Architect role.
Mandatory: Strong hands-on experience with OT Device Management for IoT.
Proven experience architecting IoT/OT platforms device management solutions and enterprise-scale distributed systems.
Experience designing highly available secure scalable and resilient solutions across:
AWS
Azure
GCP
On-premises environments
Hybrid cloud environments
Strong understanding of:
OT/IoT architectures
Device lifecycle management
Device provisioning and configuration
Device monitoring and management
IoT connectivity and communication
Edge/OT environments
Enterprise IoT integrations
Strong grounding in application integration data network security and infrastructure architecture.
Experience with modern architecture patterns including:
Microservices
REST APIs
Event-driven architecture
Containers
Kubernetes
DevOps
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Experience creating architecture artifacts including:
HLD / LLD
Solution blueprints
Reference architectures
Non-functional requirements
Technology selection documents
Ability to conduct technical due diligence effort estimation risk assessment capacity planning and trade-off analysis.
Strong understanding of enterprise security compliance governance and architecture frameworks.
Customer & Stakeholder Management
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to influence and communicate effectively with:
Customer stakeholders
Enterprise architects
Business leaders
Technical teams
Engineering teams
Offshore delivery teams
Executive leadership
Strong experience conducting customer-facing architecture workshops and technical presentations.
Ability to manage technical escalations and drive issues through resolution.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent.
BE / / MCA preferred.
Architecture certifications such as:
TOGAF
AWS Solution Architect
Azure Solution Architect
Google Cloud Solution Architect
Other relevant platform-specific certifications
Experience in one or more of the following domains is an advantage:
Manufacturing
Energy & Utilities
BFSI
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Retail & CPG
Telecom
Public Sector
Work Location
Chaska MN OR Hebron KY Onsite
Contract Details
Client: Wipro
Contract: W2
Rate: $50-$55/Hour