[Hiring] Principal Global Solutions Architect @Exponential Technology Group

Role Description

The Principal, Global Solution Architect is the senior technical leader responsible for enterprise-wide solution architecture across all IT domains, including:

• Infrastructure
• Security
• End-user experience/digital workplace
• Business applications
• Integration
• Data/analytics
• AI

This role provides technical expertise to a global Solution Architecture team and ensures technology solutions align with business strategy. Operating within a Microsoft-first ecosystem (Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics, Microsoft 365), the role partners closely with business and IT leaders to enable scalable platforms, integrations, data, and AI capabilities. The role chairs the Architecture Review Board and has final architecture recommendation authority prior to VP of IT approval for major change initiatives.

Accountabilities

• Define and drive enterprise-wide solution architecture vision, target state, and roadmaps across all IT domains.
• Chair the Architecture Review Board to ensure architectural alignment and quality across major initiatives and delivery lifecycles.
• Provide senior technical advisory and decision support for high-impact programs, platform selections, and tradeoff decisions.
• Provide technical leadership for the solution architecture community by mentoring architects and establishing reusable reference architectures.
• Shape and assure architecture outcomes across the Microsoft-first ecosystem.
• Additional duties and projects as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Ten (10) plus years of progressive solution architecture experience across various domains.
• Strong integration and data/analytics expertise enabling scalable AI use cases.
• Experience leading and mentoring global teams, partnering with senior stakeholders, and supporting M&A due diligence and integration.

Requirements

• Enterprise and solution architecture mastery, including target state architecture design and multi-year roadmaps.
• Strong Microsoft ecosystem depth (Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics, Microsoft 365).
• Cloud platform and infrastructure architecture expertise.
• Security architecture competence, including security-by-design and Zero Trust concepts.
• Integration architecture expertise across applications, platforms, and data systems.
• Executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• End-user experience and digital workplace architecture capability.
• M&A architecture capability; assessing, planning, and delivering transition and target-state architectures.

Benefits

• A great benefits package that includes Medical/Dental/Vision, 401(k)/Roth plan with matching, Healthcare Savings Accounts.
• Educational Assistance (Tuition Reimbursement).
• Ongoing training throughout your employment with opportunities for professional and personal development.
• A strong focus on giving back to our communities through philanthropic opportunities.
• Great culture and opportunities for growth and advancement.