Principal Solutions Architect
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting5 days ago
Responsibilities
- Lead technical discovery, current-state analysis, requirements gathering, target-state architecture, gap identification, and implementation roadmaps.
- Design and own solution architectures spanning applications, data, cloud, integration, and enterprise technology.
- Provide senior technical guidance on architecture decisions, technology selection, implementation approaches, scalability, security, cost, and risk.
- Translate complex business requirements into scalable technology solutions and communicate recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.
- Define future-state data architectures, data management strategies, integrations, and modern technology operating models.
- Serve as a senior technical escalation point across client engagements and resolve complex architecture and implementation challenges.
- Lead and mentor technical teams across engineering, data, product, and business functions.
- Build proofs of concept and reference implementations for hands-on technical validation.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI and generative AI, for business value.
- Contribute to solutioning and new business opportunities through technical discovery, proposals, statements of work, estimates, and executive presentations.
- Develop reusable architecture patterns, technical standards, and assets for client engagements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or related technical or quantitative discipline; an advanced degree is a plus.
- 10+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, software engineering, technology consulting, or a related technical discipline.
- Significant experience in client-facing consulting, professional services, systems integration, or technology delivery environments.
- Proven experience designing and delivering technology solutions in complex enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of solution and enterprise architecture principles across application, data, cloud, integration, and technology operating models.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP, with deep expertise in at least one.
- Strong experience with data platforms, databases, data modeling, data integration, and data management.
- Experience with modern software engineering and delivery practices, including APIs, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containerization, monitoring, and observability.
- Exposure to AI, machine learning, generative AI, or other emerging technologies is preferred.
- Proven ability to lead technical teams and provide senior-level guidance across complex engagements.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills with senior and executive stakeholders.
- Strong commercial awareness, an entrepreneurial approach to consulting and solution delivery, and willingness to travel up to 80%.
Benefits
- Competitive salary with annual profit-sharing opportunity.
- 401k matching.
- 25 days of accrued annual paid time off.
- Supplemented medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses.
- North America team-wide training and retreats.
- Professional certification and training sponsorship with up to 5 days of paid training time.
- Client-facing role requiring willingness to travel up to 80%.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Alpha Financial Markets Consulting
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is a London‑headquartered consultancy for financial services, delivering sector‑focused strategy, operating model change, and technology implementation for asset and wealth managers, alternatives firms, and insurers. It earns fees for consulting engagements and provides data and SaaS-based benchmarking and solutions. Founded in 2003, it operates across North America, Europe, MENA and APAC, and in 2024 was acquired by Bridgepoint.