Solution Architect

Howden • San Diego, CA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

DUAL North America is seeking a Solution Architect to design practical, scalable, secure, and sustainable technology solutions that connect business needs with modern engineering delivery. The role partners with business, product, engineering, security, infrastructure, and enterprise architecture teams to shape solution direction, evaluate options, guide implementation decisions, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards and long-term technology strategy.

The architect provides guidance throughout the solution lifecycle, from discovery and design through delivery, release readiness, production adoption, and continuous improvement. The role also supports architecture governance, risk management, technical debt management, modernization, innovation, and technology roadmaps. This is a full-time, exempt position reporting to the SVP Digital Implementations, with 10–20% travel. It is hybrid and may be based in San Diego, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, or Philadelphia. The salary range is $160,000–$180,000.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and enterprise architecture.
• Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale technology solutions across complex environments.
• Deep expertise in solution architecture, system integration, application design, cloud technologies, and enterprise technology platforms.
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, cloud-native solutions, and integration frameworks.
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, governance frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead architecture governance processes and influence technology strategy across multiple teams.
• Experience collaborating with business leaders, product organizations, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic-thinking capabilities.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent certifications.
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or highly regulated industries.
• Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, cost-effective, and aligned to business capabilities.
• Create solution architecture artifacts, including current- and future-state views, integration patterns, application designs, data flows, deployment models, and transition plans.
• Ensure solution designs comply with enterprise architecture direction, security standards, data governance expectations, regulatory obligations, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate solution options and recommend approaches that balance business value, technical feasibility, complexity, risk, and total cost of ownership.
• Provide architecture guidance from discovery and design through delivery, release readiness, production adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, product, and delivery teams to implement approved architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews and design sessions to identify risks, dependencies, and optimization opportunities.
• Recommend technology platforms, tools, and design patterns to improve scalability, maintainability, and operational efficiency.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, and modern application design practices where appropriate.
• Advise project teams and business stakeholders, helping resolve design tradeoffs and unblock delivery decisions.
• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, delivery leaders, and engineering teams to understand objectives, constraints, dependencies, and desired outcomes.
• Translate business requirements into solution designs, technical requirements, assumptions, decision records, and implementation guidance.
• Support business case development by evaluating solution options, costs, risks, and expected business outcomes.
• Collaborate with project and program teams to maintain architectural alignment throughout delivery.
• Present solution designs in architecture governance activities, document key decisions, and ensure adherence to approved standards and patterns.
• Review proposed solutions for consistency, interoperability, scalability, maintainability, security, and fit within the enterprise technology landscape.
• Identify and mitigate architecture, technology, security, and operational risks.
• Manage technical debt and support long-term modernization strategies.
• Ensure solutions meet performance, availability, recoverability, and security requirements.
• Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for business value.
• Drive innovation initiatives involving cloud computing, artificial intelligence, automation, data platforms, and modern architecture practices.
• Promote reuse, standardization, and architectural best practices across technology teams.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps supporting future business capabilities, platform modernization, and organizational growth.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Wellbeing offers
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid volunteer days

What This Job Offers

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