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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Solutions Architect (Remote) - **Company:** Inspira Financial - **Location:** Oak Brook, IL, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Applications Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Data Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Event Driven Architecture, Information Technology - **Published:** August 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/lead-solutions-architect-remote-oak-brook-il-usa-58897464 ## About the Role services, with priorities * Communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences * Support portfolio planning, investment decisions, and long-range technology strategy Tasks * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience * 12+ years of software engineering, solution/enterprise architecture, or related leadership roles * Proven success leading architecture across large-scale, cross-functional initiatives * Deep understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, data architecture, and cloud-native design * Experience establishing architecture governance processes, standards, and reusable patterns * Experience designing and governing solutions on modern cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure * Strong understanding of security, compliance, resiliency, observability, and operational readiness practices * Excellent communication, aaaa decisions stakeholder management, and influence skills * Preferred: experience in regulated industries, mentoring, enterprise strategy influence, frameworks familiarity * Relevant cloud, architecture, security, or integration certifications Key requirements * ## Description Experteer Overview As Lead Solution Architect, you shape architecture strategy across multiple domains and align technology investments with business goals. You will guide cross-portfolio decisions, establish standards and roadmaps, and mentor teams to achieve scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. You act as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders, driving architectural governance and engineering excellence. This role offers impact across platforms, services, and product teams, enabling modernization and resilience at scale. Compensation / Benefits * Define and evolve architecture roadmaps and target-state architectures for one or more business domains * Translate business strategy into practical technology strategies and implementation roadmaps * Provide architectural leadership across multiple concurrent initiatives and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives * Evaluate emerging technologies, trends, and vendor capabilities to identify opportunities and risks * Guide architecture decisions across products, platforms, data domains, and shared services * Resolve architectural conflicts and balance cost, risk, complexity, and delivery goals * Lead modernization, platform evolution, debt reduction, and operational resiliency planning * Establish and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, and design patterns * Lead architecture reviews and governance activities for strategic initiatives * Promote consistency, reusability, security, and ADR-driven documentation practices * Identify and address architectural risks, dependencies, and systemic weaknesses * Collaborate with security, infrastructure, operations, and engineering to align with controls and standards * Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity, and platform resiliency planning * Mentor architects and engineering teams, fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing * Partner with product, engineering, security, data, and business stakeholders to align investments with priorities * Communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences * Support portfolio planning, investment decisions, and long-range technology strategy Tasks * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience * 12+ years of software engineering, solution/enterprise architecture, or related leadership roles * Proven success leading architecture across large-scale, cross-functional initiatives * Deep understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, data architecture, and cloud-native design * Experience establishing architecture governance processes, standards, and reusable patterns * Experience designing and governing solutions on modern cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure * Strong understanding of security, compliance, resiliency, observability, and operational readiness practices * Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and influence skills * Preferred: experience in regulated industries, mentoring, enterprise strategy influence, frameworks familiarity * Relevant cloud, architecture, security, or integration certifications Key requirements * ## Related Videos - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [The Cloud is Calling: Answer with In-Demand Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/945-the-cloud-is-calling-answer-with-in-demand-skills) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Developer Tools for Microsoft Azure](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/450-developer-tools-for-microsoft-azure) - [Reference Architecture of AI in the Cloud](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1613-reference-architecture-of-ai-in-the-cloud) - [Solution Architecture: A Startup Perspective](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/778-solution-architecture-a-startup-perspective) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Why Upskilling And Reskilling is Important For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/428-why-upskilling-and-reskilling-is-important-for-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)