Enterprise Solutions Architect (Seattle)

Project: Enterprise Applications – Solution Architecture Services

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to provide enterprise-level architecture leadership across business and IT initiatives. The consultant will be responsible for designing, planning, governing, and implementing scalable, secure, maintainable, and integrated technology solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards and business objectives. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in enterprise application architecture, cloud platforms, data architecture, system integrations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and technology solution design. The Solution Architect will work closely with business stakeholders, project managers, technical teams, service owners, engineers, and external vendors throughout the solution lifecycle. Key Responsibilities1. Business and Technical Discovery Conduct workshops with business and technical stakeholders to understand business requirements, capabilities, constraints, and objectives. Assess existing business processes, applications, integrations, and technology platforms. Review functional and non-functional requirements. Identify technical dependencies, assumptions, risks, and constraints.2. Solution Architecture Design and Review Develop target-state solution architectures for enterprise projects and strategic initiatives. Create conceptual, logical, and physical architecture diagrams. Define application, integration, data, infrastructure, cloud, and security architecture components. Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and technology roadmaps. Evaluate alternative solutions and recommend appropriate technology approaches. Participate in architecture review boards and governance committees. Review vendor and project solution designs. Identify technical debt and recommend remediation opportunities. Maintain architecture documentation and repositories.3. Technology Evaluation and Recommendations Evaluate technology products, platforms, and vendor solutions. Participate in proof-of-concept (POC) evaluations. Prepare architecture decision records and technical recommendations. Support procurement activities, RFP evaluations, vendor demonstrations, and technical assessments. Conduct risk and trade-off analysis.4. Enterprise Integration Architecture Design integrations across enterprise applications, cloud services, SaaS platforms, and on-premises systems. Define API, event-driven, batch, and data exchange integration patterns. Establish integration standards and best practices. Review vendor integration approaches and recommend improvements.5. Data and Information Architecture Define data flows, data ownership, integration points, and data models. Ensure alignment with enterprise data governance standards. Collaborate with analytics, reporting, and data engineering teams. Support the development of conceptual, logical, canonical, and semantic data models.6. Security and Compliance Architecture Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to incorporate security-by-design principles. Review identity and access management (IAM), encryption, logging, and monitoring requirements. Ensure solutions comply with organizational security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.7. Project Delivery Support Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle. Support requirements clarification, design reviews, testing, and deployment planning. Participate in production readiness reviews. Resolve architecture issues and technical blockers. Collaborate with project managers, developers, engineers, stakeholders, and vendors.8. Operational Readiness and Transition Work with service owners to incorporate operational support requirements into solution designs. Ensure monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery considerations are addressed. Support service management, knowledge transfer, and operational handoff documentation.