Principal Solution Architect

Chevron • Houston, TX

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About The Position

Chevron is hiring a Principal Solution Architect to design and oversee the implementation of homegrown and commercial off-the-shelf IT solutions using Microsoft Azure, integrating them with 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 leads end-to-end solution design and implementation, defines architecture patterns for resiliency, availability, security, and business continuity, and provides technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle. The role also develops architectural blueprints, solution designs, documentation, and proofs of concept; leads integrations; mentors architects and engineers; and assesses existing solutions and emerging technologies.

The position calls for broad technical depth across cloud and hybrid architecture, software engineering, DevOps and platform engineering, data and AI platforms, security architecture, and—where relevant—OT/IT convergence. The architect works across business, product, engineering, and operations teams to align technical decisions with business objectives, communicate architecture decisions, promote engineering standards, and support continuous improvement. Chevron will not consider relocation or expatriate assignments and cannot sponsor employment visas or consider applicants on time-limited visa status.

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 designing and implementing cloud-native solutions using a broad range of Microsoft Azure services, including Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL Database.
• Skill implementing architectural styles, design patterns, and software development best practices.
• Skill evaluating technology and product options and conducting trade-off analyses for architectural and design decisions.
• Skill designing and implementing security best practices and meeting compliance requirements in the oil and gas industry.
• Excellent 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.
• Experience designing and delivering cloud-native and hybrid solutions on Azure, AWS, or GCP, including microservices, API-first and event-driven designs, containers/Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Practical DevOps and platform engineering experience, including CI/CD, observability, SRE practices, and resilience engineering.
• Experience with modern data and AI platforms, including lakehouse and streaming architectures, data governance, and ML/generative AI patterns such as MLOps and responsible AI.
• 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 and align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Demonstrated leadership and influence in driving solution design decisions and promoting architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills, including communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to mentor and develop architects and engineers.
• Demonstrated track record of staying current with emerging technologies, industry trends, and evolving architecture practices.
• Demonstrated experience in more than one industry vertical.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Familiarity with OT/IT convergence in oil and gas or process industries, including SCADA, historians (PI/AVEVA), edge computing, industrial IoT, and ISA/IEC 62443.

Responsibilities

• Design and lead implementation of end-to-end solutions using Microsoft Azure services tailored to 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, ensuring data flow and interoperability.
• Provide technical and architectural leadership to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Mentor and guide junior architects and engineers.
• Conduct regular reviews and audits of 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 that support resiliency, availability, security, and business continuity requirements.
• Collaborate across business, product, engineering, and operations teams to align technical solutions with business objectives.
• Drive solution design decisions and promote adoption of architecture standards and engineering best practices.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement while developing architects and engineers.
• Translate business objectives and goals into technical solutions.

What This Job Offers

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