Principal Solution Architect
Overview:
We are seeking an accomplished Principal Solution Architect to join our architecture and innovation team focused on our TIME (Hi-tech, Information Services, Media & Entertainment) business unit. This senior architect role will serve as a critical bridge between sales, delivery, and innovation teams, driving strategic architectural decisions, delivering innovative solutions, and supporting our clients through cutting-edge emerging technologies including generative AI and AI/ML.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with clients, sales, and delivery teams to deeply understand client requirements, business challenges, and technical environments to deliver tailored solutions and compelling points of view.
- Architect comprehensive technology solutions, including creating proposals, conducting architecture consulting sessions, and developing proofs of concept (POCs) to validate approaches.
- Serve as the principal advisor and technical expert for generative AI, large language models (LLMs), and AI/ML projects within the TIME business unit, ensuring alignment with business objectives and technological best practices.
- Partner closely with the innovation and incubation teams to ideate, design, and develop new offerings, solutions frameworks, and demonstrations to showcase value to customers.
- Provide thought leadership, strategic guidance, and mentorship within architecture teams, enhancing capability across the business unit.
- Engage proactively in industry trends, maintaining expertise in cutting-edge technologies relevant to hi-tech, information services, media, and entertainment sectors.
- Collaborate with corporate technology practices teams to support proposal development and contribute reusable assets and architectural patterns.
- Apply expertise in solutioning in product engineering, cloud engineering (across AWS, GCP, and Azure), data engineering, quality assurance, and DevOps practices to build comprehensive, scalable, and secure solutions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Minimum 15+ years of progressive experience in solution architecture roles, with significant exposure to hi-tech, information services, media, or entertainment industries.
- Deep expertise and hands-on experience with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and AI/ML technologies.
- Proven track record of successfully leading architecture consulting engagements, delivering POCs, and winning client confidence through effective solution demonstrations.
- Solid experience in product engineering lifecycle, cloud-native architecture across AWS, GCP, and Azure, and modern data engineering platforms.
- Working knowledge of QA strategies, automation frameworks, and full-stack DevOps practices.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including executives and technical teams.
- Demonstrated capability in innovation, strategic thinking, and problem-solving with a client-centric approach.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries, build consensus, and influence outcomes at all levels.
Why Join Us:
- Become a key player in a highly strategic role shaping the future of cutting-edge technology solutions.
- Collaborate with leading brands and clients across vibrant industry segments.
- Access extensive opportunities for career growth, leadership, and professional development.
We invite visionary architects who are passionate about solving complex challenges and driving innovative technological solutions to apply and help shape the future of our TIME business unit
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Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.
Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.
Virtusa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive fair and impartial treatment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or on any other basis which is protected under applicable federal, state or local law.
Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government-issued ID during each interview. All candidates must be authorized to work in the USA.
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