IT Solution Architect and Technical Lead

Ericsson • Plano, TX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ericsson Inc. is seeking an experienced Solution Architect / Technical Lead to provide architecture and technical leadership across its enterprise application landscape. The role has primary architecture responsibility for non-core and business-owned applications and collaborates with Solution Architects for core platforms and application owners across business areas. It is a hands-on position based in the United States, requiring the ability to work with business stakeholders and technical teams, translate requirements into secure, scalable, practical solution designs, and coordinate delivery across application and organizational boundaries.

The position is hybrid, with an expectation to work onsite three days per week at the Ericsson office in Plano, Texas. Relocation is not offered. Ericsson does not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this position, including specified immigration filings, and does not hire F-1 candidates working on CPT or EAD for this role.

The role includes designing and overseeing solutions across enterprise applications, integrations, data, identity, security, and supporting technologies. The architect leads solution design discussions, supports technical decisions and implementation, and promotes enterprise architecture principles, reusable patterns, and governance standards throughout the solution lifecycle.

Ericsson offers a competitive compensation package, including an opportunity for annual short-term variable compensation. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match and immediate vesting; company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance and disability benefits; vacation, personal, holiday, sick, and volunteer time; paid maternity and parental or adoption leave; and employee assistance and mobile therapy programs.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in enterprise application design, implementation, or technical leadership, with meaningful Solution Architecture experience.
• Strong architecture fundamentals across SaaS/cloud platforms, integrations, APIs, data, identity, security, and application lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated experience designing solutions spanning multiple applications and technical domains, including integration patterns and data flows.
• Strong integration architecture knowledge, including APIs, middleware, synchronous and asynchronous patterns, and event-driven architecture.
• Experience in diverse enterprise environments, including SaaS, cloud services, custom solutions, and third-party applications.
• Ability to lead multi-team technical discussions, facilitate decisions, identify trade-offs, and drive issues to resolution.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including explaining technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to collaborate and influence without direct authority across business, engineering, security, and vendor teams.
• Must work onsite three days per week at the Plano, Texas office; relocation is not offered.
• Ericsson does not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this position and does not hire F-1 candidates working on CPT or EAD.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with tools or frameworks such as LeanIX, ServiceNow, Workato, AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Snowflake, or TOGAF.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills for an AI-enabled future.

Responsibilities

• Design and oversee solutions across enterprise applications, integrations, data, identity, security, and supporting technologies.
• Lead solution design discussions, translating business and technical requirements into clear architecture and implementation direction.
• Partner with Solution Architects and application owners to ensure cross-boundary solutions align with platform strategies, standards, and roadmaps.
• Serve as the technical partner to business stakeholders for business-owned applications, evaluating needs, options, dependencies, and risks.
• Architect integrations using APIs, integration platforms, middleware, and event-driven patterns.
• Facilitate technical decisions across application teams, business stakeholders, Security, Data, vendors, and other functions.
• Apply and promote enterprise architecture principles, reusable solution patterns, and governance standards throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Provide technical leadership through implementation, including design reviews and resolution of complex cross-application issues.

Benefits

• Competitive employee benefits package.
• Opportunity for annual short-term variable compensation bonus, subject to eligibility and applicable rules.
• Subsidized nationwide PPO medical benefit options, including a low-deductible Point of Service Plan and a qualifying High Deductible Health Plan with a company-provided HSA contribution.
• Subsidized HMO option through Kaiser for California employees.
• Subsidized dental coverage.
• Subsidized vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with a 4% company match and immediate vesting.
• Company-paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance.
• Company-paid disability benefits.
• Minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation for new employees.
• Up to 3 personal days per year.
• 11 annual holidays.
• 8 hours of volunteer time.
• 80 hours of sick time annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave.
• 6 weeks of paid parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
• Mobile therapy.
• Volunteer paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed