Principal Enterprise Solution Architect

DIRECTV • El Segundo, CA

8h • $134,363 - $244,036 • Remote

About The Position

The Principal Enterprise Solution Architect is a senior technical leader who partners with IT and business stakeholders to define technology roadmaps, drive architectural strategy, and lead the design of enterprise-wide solutions. The role serves as a subject matter expert in enterprise architecture and solution design, translating complex business requirements into integrated, scalable technology solutions. It has broad influence over architectural practices, standards, and decisions across the IT ecosystem, and requires navigating ambiguity, integrating knowledge across technical disciplines, and delivering strategic outcomes. Assignments are objective-based rather than detailed, and the role leads projects and initiatives with broad organizational scope. Architectural decisions have significant business impact.

This is a remote position located anywhere in the United States except Alaska. The position may require a background check because its duties involve routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customers’ proprietary data. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with applicable local ordinances and state law.

The stated base salary range across DIRECTV’s four U.S. labor market zones is $134,363–$244,036. Individual pay depends on work location and factors such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The listed ranges are base salary only and exclude bonus and benefits.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture, solution design, and technology strategy, typically gained through progressive senior technical roles.
• Demonstrated subject-matter expertise across multiple technical disciplines, such as application architecture, data architecture, integration, cloud, and security.
• Proven track record leading large-scale, complex architectural initiatives with broad organizational scope.
• Experience conducting technology evaluations, proofs of concept, and build-versus-buy analyses.
• Knowledge of non-functional requirements, including security, scalability, performance, and quality, and of system integration principles.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to influence without formal authority across cross-functional and business teams.
• Strategic thinking and ability to resolve ambiguous, complex problems with innovative solutions.
• Ability to integrate knowledge across multiple domains to produce sound, business-aligned outcomes.
• Strong analytical and risk-assessment capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop junior and mid-level architects or engineers.
• Comfort operating autonomously on objective-based assignments and exercising sound judgment where decisions have significant business impact.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Relevant architecture certifications, such as TOGAF or AWS, Azure, or GCP Solutions Architect certifications.

Responsibilities

• Partner with IT and business stakeholders to define domain technology roadmaps aligned with business and IT goals.
• Align technology strategy with broader business objectives and contribute to target architecture and roadmaps for the complete IT ecosystem.
• Lead enterprise architecture and solution delivery initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and technical decision-making forums.
• Establish architecture standards, modeling conventions, design patterns, and coding best practices, and influence architectural practices across the organization.
• Translate business requirements into integrated, end-to-end technology solutions.
• Define solutions for multiple concurrent business initiatives and support their implementation.
• Coordinate system, data security, quality, scalability, and performance requirements across solutions.
• Drive architectural initiatives and conduct in-depth technical analysis.
• Perform architecture risk assessments and develop mitigation plans.
• Support build-versus-buy decisions using structured evaluation frameworks.
• Evaluate new technologies and industry trends for organizational relevance and support technology and vendor/tool selection.
• Lead proofs of concept and technology assessments to validate solution approaches.
• Mentor engineering and architecture team members in architectural best practices and technical growth.
• Collaborate across functions and influence stakeholders without direct authority to drive alignment.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• The company describes its total compensation package as including bonus and benefits, but does not specify particular benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal