Senior Solution Architect in Springfield

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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 )
• Integration architecture & distributed systems
• Backend & frontend platforms
• DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code
• Modern data and API design patterns
• Strong 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 field
• Microsoft / Azure / Dynamics / Architecture Certifications
• Experience delivering digital transformation initiatives across multiple industries
• Published thought leadership or conference speaking background

Core Impact Areas

• Strategic Solution Architecture
• Client Advisory
• Proposal & Estimation Leadership
• Enterprise Integration Strategy
• Governance & Architecture Standards
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Delivery Oversight
• Risk Analysis
• Roadmapping & Innovation Enablement

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