Principal Solution Architect

Chevron • Houston, TX

8h

About The Position

Chevron is hiring a Principal Solution Architect to design and oversee implementation of homegrown and commercial off-the-shelf IT solutions using Microsoft Azure and integrate them with other systems and applications. The role collaborates with stakeholders, evaluates technology options, and guides development teams in delivering scalable, secure, and efficient solutions, including solutions tailored to the oil and gas industry.

The architect provides technical and architectural leadership throughout the project lifecycle, creates architectural designs and documentation, and defines patterns for resiliency, availability, security, and business continuity. The role also includes mentoring architects and engineers, reviewing existing solutions, staying current with emerging technologies, and demonstrating proposed solutions through proofs of concept. The position requires strong technical depth across cloud architecture, engineering, DevOps, data and AI platforms, security, and—in relevant industrial contexts—OT/IT convergence. The architect works across business, product, engineering, and operations teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10 or more years of experience in solution architecture, software engineering, or related technical roles, including designing and delivering enterprise solutions.
• Skill in designing and implementing cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure services, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL Database.
• Skill in implementing architectural styles, design patterns, and software development best practices.
• Skill in evaluating technology and product options and conducting trade-off analyses for architecture and design decisions.
• Skill in designing and implementing security best practices and meeting oil and gas industry compliance requirements.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Hands-on engineering background as a developer, software engineer, or solution architect, with systems shipped to production.
• Designed and delivered cloud-native and hybrid solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Practical DevOps and platform engineering experience, including CI/CD, observability, SRE practices, and resilience engineering.
• Hands-on security architecture experience, including zero trust, identity and access management, threat modeling, and secure SDLC practices.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across business, product, engineering, and operations teams.
• Demonstrated leadership and influence in solution design decisions and adoption of architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop architects and engineers.
• Demonstrated experience in more than one industry vertical.
• Ability to quickly gain knowledge of business domains, data, workflows, and processes.
• Experience translating business objectives and goals into technical solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant certifications, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert or similar.
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Experience with data integration, data warehousing, and big data technologies.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise AI and agentic solutions using Microsoft Foundry, agent frameworks, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Responsible AI practices.
• Knowledge of Responsible AI, AI security, data governance, identity and access controls, and production-readiness practices for AI-enabled applications.
• Current proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, C#, Java, or Go.
• Experience with microservices, API-first and event-driven designs, containers/Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Experience with modern data and AI platforms, such as lakehouse and streaming architectures, Microsoft Fabric/Databricks, data governance, and ML/generative AI patterns including MLOps and responsible AI.
• Familiarity with OT/IT convergence in oil and gas or process industries, including SCADA, historians such as PI/AVEVA, edge computing, industrial IoT, and ISA/IEC 62443.
• Strong track record of staying current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and evolving architecture practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead implementation of end-to-end solutions using Microsoft Azure services for the oil and gas industry.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain architectural blueprints, solution designs, and technical documentation.
• Lead integration of systems and applications to ensure data flow and interoperability.
• Provide technical and architectural leadership to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mentor and guide junior architects and engineers.
• Review and audit existing solutions to identify areas for improvement.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Develop and present proofs of concept to demonstrate the feasibility of proposed solutions.
• Evaluate technology options and architecture alternatives, balancing business value, cost, risk, and maintainability.
• Define solution architecture patterns supporting resiliency, availability, security, and business continuity.
• Collaborate across business, product, engineering, and operations teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Drive solution design decisions and promote architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentor and develop architects and engineers while fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Translate business objectives and goals into technical solutions.

What This Job Offers

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