What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solution Architect position at Andersen Lab?
The international IT сompany Andersen invites a Solutions Architect in Dallas with an onsite work format to join our dynamic and highly skilled professional team.
Andersen is a pre-IPO software development company providing a full cycle of services. For over 18 years, we have been helping enterprises and middle-sized firms worldwide transform their businesses by creating effective digital solutions using innovative technologies.
Today, we are working with organizations from various parts of the world, including North America, Western Europe, Israel, Australia, and the UAE. Our expertise covers FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, Media & Entertainment, Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, eCommerce, and other industries.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting multiple pre-sales initiatives, ensuring consistent architectural quality across domains and clients.
- Actively developing the technical community in Dallas, TX, and participating as a co-host, speaker, or leader.
- Guiding engineering teams on architectural decisions throughout all project phases to align with the solution vision.
- Collaborating with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and long-term goals.
- Translating business drivers into scalable, secure, and future-proof solutions across cloud, applications, and data layers.
- Defining the technology vision and high-level solution approach for client needs.
- Creating and presenting architectural artifacts (e.g., C4 diagrams, integration designs, cloud topologies).
- Leading technical workshops and deep-dive sessions with clients and internal teams.
- Collaborating with Delivery Managers, developers, and SMEs to refine scope and ensure feasibility.
- Identifying risks, dependencies, and constraints, and proposing mitigation strategies.
- Contributing to estimates, solution proposals, and RFP/RFI responses.
- Ensuring consistency and technical integrity across components and integrations.
- Promoting modern engineering practices, cloud-native approaches, and a long-term strategy.
- Building strong client relationships through clear communication and technical leadership.
- Acting as a trusted advisor, recommending improvements and architectural evolution paths.
- Supporting delivery transitions and optionally taking architectural ownership of client projects.
- Staying informed on industry trends, emerging technologies, and domain-specific patterns.
Must-haves:
- Hands-on experience as a Solution Architect or Enterprise Architect for 5 years.
- Prior experience in software development (ideally Python, Java, or .NET), enough to understand implementation complexity and architectural trade-offs.
- Proven ability to design complex distributed solutions for enterprise clients and/or high-growth startups.
- Ability to evaluate and compare architectural approaches, tools, and cloud services based on performance, scalability, cost, and maintainability.
- Strong domain experience in at least one of the following: Banking, FinTech, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Insurance, AI/ML-based systems, Data Platforms / DWH / ETL.
- Experience participating in (or leading) pre-sales, discovery phases and architectural consulting engagements.
- Strong experience designing cloud-native solutions on Azure (priority), AWS (priority), and optionally GCP.
- Ability to create clear architectural documentation (C4, sequence diagrams, ERD, context diagrams, etc.).
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Level of English – from Advanced and above.
Nice-to-haves:
- Experience participating in architectural reviews, audits, modernization assessments, or technical due diligence.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional/Associate).
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Administrator/Developer.
- TOGAF 9/10.
- Certified Kubernetes Application Architect (CKA/CKAD).
- Open Group OSA (Open Agile Architecture).
- SAFe Architect Certification.
Reasons why this job would be interesting to you:
- Experience in teamwork with leaders in FinTech, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom, and others. Andersen cooperates with such businesses as Samsung, Siemens, Johnson & Johnson, BNP Paribas, Ryanair, Mercedes, TUI, Verivox, Allianz, T-Systems, etc..
- The opportunity to change the project and/or develop expertise in an interesting business domain.
- Guarantee of professional, financial, and career growth! The company has introduced systems of mentoring and adaptation for each new employee.
- The opportunity to earn up to an additional 1,000 USD per month, depending on the level of expertise, which will be included in the annual bonus, by participating in the company's activities.
Access to the corporate training portal, where the entire knowledge base of the company is collected and which is constantly updated.
- Bright corporate life (parties / pizza days / PlayStation / fruits / coffee / snacks / movies).
- Certification compensation (AWS, PMP, etc).
- Referral program.
- English courses.
- Private health insurance and compensation for sports activities.
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