Solution Architect / Cloud Native Lead- Lead Software Engineer 1

Capgemini • Chicago, ND

9d • $109,180 - $197,175 • Hybrid

About The Position

Capgemini is hiring an experienced software development professional to lead solution architecture and cloud transformation work. The role leads assessment and scoring workshops for ServiceNow-led, Salesforce-led, and hybrid cloud-native options, establishes evaluation criteria, and produces weighted scorecards with recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and an actionable business case. It also assesses mobile field-service platforms, designs reference architectures, develops data migration and AI-use-case plans, and creates transformation roadmaps culminating in a Phase-1 backlog. The architect advises executive stakeholders on architecture governance and transformation decisions and helps maintain alignment as trade-offs arise.

This is a hybrid role based across Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, New Jersey, Nashville, and Chicago. The posted base compensation range is $109,180–$197,175. Eligible regular full-time employees may receive paid time off, holidays, personal days, sick leave, medical, dental and vision coverage, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, employee assistance programs, and other benefits according to local policy and eligibility. The role may also be eligible for variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions.

Requirements

• 12+ years in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or cloud transformation.
• Hands-on platform experience with ServiceNow and Salesforce.
• Production-grade design and delivery experience on both Azure and AWS, including multi-account or subscription landing zones, hybrid connectivity, and cloud-native workloads on managed Kubernetes.
• Strong technical grounding in integration, APIs, microservices, security architecture, and digital transformation.
• Knowledge of cloud-native design, microservices, Kubernetes (AKS and EKS, Helm, service mesh, GitOps), serverless and event-driven patterns, enterprise architecture (TOGAF), Well-Architected frameworks, and Cloud Adoption Framework.
• Knowledge of API and integration architecture, including REST, GraphQL, event streaming, Azure API Management, Logic Apps, Service Bus, Event Grid, AWS API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Step Functions, and MuleSoft or equivalent iPaaS.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Salesforce, and hybrid cloud.
• Knowledge of Azure services and capabilities, including Entra ID, Landing Zones and Management Groups, Azure Policy, Virtual WAN, ExpressRoute, AKS, App Service, Functions, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Monitor, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure OpenAI, and AI Foundry.
• Knowledge of AWS services and capabilities, including Organizations and Control Tower, IAM Identity Center, VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, EKS, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Amazon Bedrock.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), zero-trust network and identity design, encryption and key management (Key Vault, KMS), FinOps and cost governance, and multi-cloud resilience and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of GenAI and agentic AI strategy, data governance, and data migration.

Responsibilities

• Lead assessment and scoring workshops across ServiceNow-led, Salesforce-led, and hybrid cloud-native options, including demos, scenario walkthroughs, and stakeholder sessions.
• Set evaluation criteria across functional fit, architecture, AI, implementation, financials, and strategic alignment.
• Produce weighted scorecards with clear recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and an executive-ready business case.
• Assess mobile field-service options, including Salesforce Field Service, ServiceNow FSM, and Neuron7.
• Design reference architectures covering service models, integration patterns, and security controls.
• Develop a data migration strategy, AI use-case roadmap, and transformation roadmap that ends in an actionable Phase-1 backlog.
• Advise executive stakeholders through architecture governance and transformation decisions, keeping them aligned as trade-offs arise.

Benefits

• Paid time off: vacation of 12–25 days depending on grade, company-paid holidays, personal days, and sick leave, subject to policy.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada.
• Retirement savings plans, such as 401(k) in the U.S. or RRSP in Canada.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility.
• Potential eligibility for variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions.

What This Job Offers

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