Solution Architect

Penske • Reading, PA

75d

About The Position

As part of Penske’s Enterprise Architecture practice, the Solution Architect designs and delivers end-to-end solution architectures that align with business requirements and enterprise standards. The role translates functional and technical needs into scalable, maintainable, secure, and cost-effective designs across the digital solutions landscape.

The Solution Architect works with cross-functional business, development, and infrastructure teams to maintain architectural integrity throughout the development lifecycle. The position also contributes to architecture governance, technology evaluation, proof-of-concept efforts, and the improvement of technical delivery and solution quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10 or more years of experience designing and implementing software solutions across diverse technology stacks.
• Experience working within or closely with an Enterprise Architecture or solution governance practice.
• Background in solution architecture, integration design, and modern application patterns.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to evaluate and recommend technical approaches.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Dynatrace.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across business, development, and infrastructure teams.
• Technical depth in areas such as microservices, APIs, cloud-native architectures, and CI/CD practices.
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Willingness to travel as necessary and work the required schedule and at the required location.
• Must complete a Penske employment application and submit to a background investigation, including past employment, education, and criminal history, and drug screening.
• Must meet the physical and mental demands of the role, with reasonable accommodations available. Duties may require standing, walking, sitting, using hands to touch, handle, and feel, reaching with hands and arms, and occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds/12 kilograms. Required vision abilities include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Relevant certifications, such as AWS Architect, Kubernetes, or TOGAF.

Responsibilities

• Design and document solution architectures that align with enterprise standards and meet business and technical requirements.
• Develop solution-level design patterns, guidelines, and best practices to support consistency and reusability.
• Make architectural decisions that support system scalability, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align project solutions with broader enterprise goals.
• Provide technical insights to support decision-making during solution planning and delivery.
• Participate in architecture reviews and support compliance with architectural governance.
• Mentor developers and junior architects to improve technical delivery and solution quality.
• Support evaluation and integration of modern technologies and cloud-native services into solution designs.
• Contribute to proof-of-concept efforts to validate architectural approaches before adoption.
• Advocate for lean and agile practices to streamline design and implementation.
• Help align project outcomes with security, regulatory, and enterprise policy requirements.
• Perform other projects and tasks as assigned.

What This Job Offers

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