Techno-Functional Solutions Architect

HI ,

We are seeking a highly experienced Techno-Functional Solutions Architect to serve as a Seller-Doer within our Hi-tech account portfolio. This strategic role combines pre-sales leadership with hands-on enterprise architecture delivery, requiring an industry expert capable of driving solution strategy, authoring winning proposals, and leading enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate will be equally comfortable engaging with C-level executives during pursuit phases and serving as a billable technical architect during implementation. Candidates with prior experience at Apple or other leading technology organizations are highly preferred.

Role: Techno-Functional Solutions Architect
Location: Santa Clara, CA (Onsite)
Type: Long-Term Contract

Ex-Apple is preferred.

Job Summary

Mandatory Technical & Professional Skills

Candidates must meet all the following criteria to be considered:

Experience: 15+ years in enterprise software delivery, with 5+ years strictly designing scalable microservices, API-first, and event-driven architectures.
Legacy Modernization: Proven track record of breaking down legacy monolithic applications into distributed, containerized systems.
Cloud Architecture: Deep expertise in AWS (preferred) or Azure, including container orchestration via Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS).
Polyglot Backend Depth: Hands-on architectural fluency in at least two: C#/.NET Core, Java, Python, or Node.js.
Data & Messaging: High-throughput integration experience using Kafka or RabbitMQ, alongside SQL (PostgreSQL/SQL Server) and NoSQL (MongoDB/DocumentDB).
Pre-Sales & Commercials: Demonstrated success writing RFPs/SOWs, creating effort estimations, pricing models, and presenting technical business cases to C-suite executives.
AI Solutioning: Practical experience designing and implementing AI/GenAI solutions to drive operational efficiency and cost reductions.
 

Key Responsibilities

Act as the primary technical advisor during client pursuits, discovery sessions, and solution workshops.
Design end-to-end enterprise architectures for large-scale digital transformation and modernization programs.
Lead technical solutioning for RFPs, RFIs, proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), effort estimation, and pricing models.
Present technical strategies, solution roadmaps, and business value propositions to executive stakeholders and C-suite leadership.
Architect scalable, cloud-native applications using microservices, APIs, containerization, and event-driven architectures.
Lead modernization of legacy monolithic applications into distributed, cloud-native platforms.
Design secure, resilient, and highly available solutions on AWS (preferred) or Azure.
Provide architectural leadership during project delivery, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and best practices.
Drive adoption of AI and Generative AI solutions to improve operational efficiency, automation, and cost optimization.
Collaborate with engineering, product, delivery, and business teams throughout the solution lifecycle.
Mentor development teams on architecture principles, cloud-native design, and engineering best practices.