Job Title: Solutions Architect
Job Location: Hybrid
Job Type: Direct Hire
The Opportunity
As part of our talented and driven technology team, the Solutions Architect plays an important role in delivering business outcomes through well-designed, scalable, and secure technology solutions. The Solutions Architect partners closely with product owners, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into technical designs that align with enterprise standards and strategic direction. This role is hands-on, delivery-focused, and helps in ensuring solutions are practical, maintainable, and aligned with our long-term technology vision.
The Solutions Architect bridges the gap between business goals and technical execution— supporting solution design activities, collaborating with implementation teams, and ensuring quality outcomes that support the company's mission, vision, and growth.
Your Mission
On your journey, you will face challenges such as:
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Designing and maintaining architecture solutions that meet business requirements while aligning with architecture best practices and security policies. Producing solution architecture artifacts such as diagrams, interface specifications, and technical specifications.
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Partnering closely with product, engineering, and delivery teams throughout the full solution lifecycle—from concept and design through development, testing, deployment, and support. Providing architectural guidance and helping resolve design issues as they arise.
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Translating business needs into technical solutions, working directly with engineering and stakeholders to understand objectives. Supporting evaluation of options and trade-offs in collaboration with senior architects and delivery leaders.
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Ensuring solution designs address functional, integration, and security considerations. Reviewing designs and implementations to ensure they meet requirements and architectural expectations.
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Collaborating with Data Architecture and other architectural disciplines to ensure solutions align with standards and technology direction. Raising potential exceptions or gaps for review with senior leaders.
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Supporting one or more concurrent initiatives, within a defined solution area.
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Staying current on relevant technologies and patterns, contributing ideas and recommendations that improve solution effectiveness, scalability, and maintainability.
Your Expertise
To land this job, you will need:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering is preferred, or equivalent practical experience.
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5+ years of experience in software engineering or technical roles, with demonstrated experience contributing to solution design.
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Strong understanding of systems development, including software development lifecycle, requirements analysis, solution design, testing, deployment, and security.
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C# (or similar) and SQL coding experience.
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Experience designing solutions using relational database management systems and data integration patterns.
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Knowledge of service-oriented and API-based architectures, including web services, REST APIs, and integration technologies.
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Experience with Microsoft technologies such as Azure, Windows Servers, and SQL Server.
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Ability to evaluate trade-offs and make pragmatic architectural decisions in complex environments.
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Familiarity with both cloud-based and on-prem systems.
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Well-developed oral and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with business partners, engineering teams, and third-party vendors.
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Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to collaborate effectively and communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
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Passion for learning and applying emerging technologies where they add real business value.
The projected salary range for this position is $110,000 to $120,000.
ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.