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# Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect

- **Company:** ITC Infotech
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Bioinformatics, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Cursor, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Open Source Technology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Data Streaming, Enterprise Data Management, Spring Cloud, GitHub Copilot, Large Language Models, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Data Lakes, Templating, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Terraform, Data Pipelines, AWS EKS, Docker
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/7d43accc-59de-4836-971f-c3a2fed5e595/solutions-architect-data-open-source-

## About the Role

The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering fundamentals, modern data architecture expertise, cloud-native experience, and excellent customer-facing communication skills., * Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a highly related technical field.
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 * Overall Professional Experience: Minimum of 12+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, data platform engineering, and enterprise systems.
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 * Architectural Leadership: 5+ years of experience in a Principal or Lead Architect role, with a proven track record of designing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade enterprise software architectures.
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 * Customer-Facing Technical Liaison: 3+ years of experience interacting directly with client stakeholders (Directors, VPs, and Technical Leads) to share architectural vision and translate business requirements into technical specs.
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 * Core Engineering Stack: 8+ years of deep hands-on development experience in Java, Python, and advanced SQL.
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 * Modern Data Pipelines & Streaming: 5+ years of hands-on experience with streaming/messaging systems (Kafka) and data orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt).
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 * Cloud & DevOps Ecosystems: 5+ years of experience architecting on public cloud environments (with a strong preference for AWS), utilizing containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
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 * AI-Led Engineering (Realistic Market Threshold):1-2 years of practical experience integrating LLM patterns (e.g., LangChain, vector databases) and leveraging AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) within the SDLC.
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 * Experience modernizing legacy enterprise data platforms.
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 * Strong understanding of event-driven and distributed systems.
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 * Experience with data lakes, data platforms, streaming architectures, and cloud-native applications.
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 * Experience working with open-source technology ecosystems.
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 * Experience in customer-facing consulting or technology advisory roles.
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 * Experience working in large enterprise transformation programs.
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 * Experience with AI/GenAI adoption within enterprise engineering organizations.

## Description

This is a high-impact, customer-facing architecture role. The successful candidate will serve as a technical visionary and strategic partner to customer engineering leadership while remaining hands-on with architecture, design, engineering standards, and delivery.


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