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# Senior Solution Architect

- **Company:** Vizient, Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $135,200 - $236,600
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unity 3d, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Architectural Patterns, Generative AI, Data Layers, Data Lakes, Cisco, Databricks
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-solution-architect-chicago-il--b65bd6fa-27f9-44c8-940e-c487b8cd9498

## About the Role

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Analysis, Technical Strategy, Cisco Unity, Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, Data Modeling, Medical Products, Data Quality, Architectural Services

## Description

When you're the best, we're the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future., * Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex, cross-domain data, analytics, and AI products.

 * Define technical strategies and architectural blueprints for enterprise data and analytics platforms, with an emphasis on Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog.
 * Design scalable data architectures, pipelines, semantic layers, domain models, and data products that integrate clinical, spend, operational, and other enterprise data.
 * Establish architectural patterns and standards for scalability, performance, reliability, security, governance, data quality, observability, and business continuity.
 * Evaluate technologies and vendors, lead proofs of concept, and recommend solutions that support business priorities and long-term technology goals.
 * Design architectures for AI/ML and Generative AI capabilities, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, agents, and large language model orchestration.
 * Partner with product, engineering, data science, platform, and business clients to translate requirements into production-ready solutions and influence technology roadmaps and investment decisions.
 * Guide engineering teams in adopting architectural standards, frameworks, tools, and reusable solutions while balancing delivery needs with long-term sustainability.
 * Develop architecture diagrams, reference architectures, and technical documentation that clearly communicate designs, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to technical and executive audiences.
 * Mentor engineering teams and advocate for consistent architecture practices across products and the enterprise.