Senior Principal Solution Architect

Aviatrix

69d • $196,945 - $231,700

About The Position

As a Senior Principal Solution Architect, you'll lead complex, enterprise-grade Aviatrix solutions that span multiple systems and domains. You'll serve as a trusted advisor to customers, technical partners, channel partners, and execs by guiding architectural decisions that align with long-term business objectives while driving technical innovation and establishing architectural consistency across engagements.

Requirements

• 20+ years of hands-on technical experience designing and delivering complex cloud and networking solutions across onprem, AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Proven track record leading enterprise-scale architecture engagements with cross-functional teams and multi-region deployments
• Deep expertise with advanced constructs like TGW, VPCs/VNets, firewalls, and observability pipelines in hybrid environments, and experience with IaC platforms
• Experience with cloud security frameworks, zero trust models, and integrating controls like DLP, firewalls, IAM, and advanced Observability security suites
• Demonstrated ability working across product, engineering, sales, and executive teams to drive outcomes
• Strong ability to simplify complex architectures, influence executives, and inspire technical communities
• Track record mentoring senior architects and guiding architectural best practices
• Experience building and scaling telemetry pipelines, distributed systems monitoring, and driving adoption across sysadmins and executives
• Ability to apply disciplined, mission-critical thinking in enterprise and military environments

Nice To Haves

• Experience driving cloud service provider architectures beyond enterprise use cases
• Familiarity with DevOps and Agile methodologies at scale with deep understanding of Terraform
• History building reference designs, frameworks, and standards in large organizations
• Track record of public thought leadership (blogs, talks, panels)

Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise Architecture Engagements
• Design and deliver strategic solutions for adoption by enterprise customers across multiple domains and technology stacks
• Serve as the senior technical leader in customer-facing engagements, shaping network and security architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments
• Guide entire solution lifecycles from discovery through deployment, ensuring architectural consistency and sustainability
• Drive Innovation & Product Influence
• Apply deep expertise in networking, cybersecurity, and observability to help customers modernize application delivery and secure distributed systems
• Provide architectural insights to Aviatrix product and engineering teams to influence roadmap direction based on field experiences
• Balance innovation with risk management, ensuring technical feasibility and business impact
• Executive Relationship & Strategic Alignment
• Partner with CxOs, engineering teams, and field organizations to translate business goals into actionable architectures and scalable deployments
• Navigate organizational complexity to align stakeholders and accelerate solution adoption
• Operate as trusted advisor to customer senior leadership, including VP-level stakeholders
• Technical Leadership & Mentorship
• Represent Aviatrix through thought leadership including white papers, reference architectures, webinars, and conference speaking
• Mentor and guide solution architects and engineers across the organization through technical leadership and knowledge-sharing
• Drive architectural workshops and executive briefings; regularly engage at the CxO level

Benefits

• 100% of employee premiums and 88% of dependent(s) premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage
• 401(k) match
• Short and long-term disability
• Life/AD&D insurance
• $1,000/year education reimbursement
• Flexible vacation policy
• Comprehensive benefits package outside the US, including pension, private medical for you and dependents, generous holiday allowance, life assurance, long-term disability, annual wellbeing stipend

What This Job Offers

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