Principal Solution Architect

🕒 June 25

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $250k - $320k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💻 Solutions Engineer

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AHEAD

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1001 - 5000 employees

💼 Consulting

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $5.7M Venture Round - AHEAD on 2024-05

Consulting • Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise

AHEAD is a technology consulting and systems-integration firm that accelerates digital transformation by engineering integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, and security. The company specializes in AI transformation and AI-enabled infrastructure, data platform and platform/workload modernization, secure and resilient architectures, operational excellence, and managed services including IT lifecycle and procurement (AHEAD Hatch) and hardware integration (AHEAD Foundry). AHEAD delivers end-to-end services from strategy and financial consulting to build and run operations, partners with major cloud and infrastructure vendors (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, VMware, NVIDIA, ServiceNow, Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik, etc. ), and serves enterprise clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and public sector.

📋 Description

• Serve as the senior technical leader for large, complex, and strategic Data and Analytics engagements • Lead strategy, roadmap, architecture, design, and planning workshops for enterprise clients • Act as Engagement Lead and/or Technical Architecture Lead on customer-facing projects, when assigned • Own delivery success by managing scope, objectives, requirements, milestones, dependencies, risks, timelines, and stakeholder expectations • Guide cross-functional delivery teams through the successful execution of consulting engagements • Ensure deliverables are high quality, aligned to client business outcomes, and presented effectively to technical and executive stakeholders • Break down complex risks or issues into manageable parts, identify root causes, and drive practical resolution paths • Support enterprise stakeholder management across business, data, analytics, cloud, and technology teams • Apply knowledge of AHEAD’s project lifecycle management practices to support successful delivery from initiation through closure • Lead clients through modern data and analytics transformations, including data strategy and governance, data lifecycle management, platform modernization, data engineering, reporting, analytics, and AI enablement

🎯 Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred, but not required • Minimum of 15 years of consulting, architecture, engineering, and related experience, or commensurate work experience • Prior experience in a senior leadership, principal architect, program leadership, or practice leadership role • Demonstrated success leading large, complex, client-facing delivery engagements • Demonstrated experience owning or leading pre-sales pursuits, including discovery, scoping, and proposal development • Deep experience designing and delivering modern data and analytics solutions such as data platforms, data pipelines, cloud data architectures, reporting and analytics solutions, and AI-enabling data foundations • Strong knowledge of enterprise data strategy, governance, platform architecture, engineering, and analytics operating models • Experience working with modern data and analytics technologies such as cloud-native data platforms, data warehouses, lakehouse platforms, orchestration tools, business intelligence platforms, and AI or machine learning ecosystems • Strong executive communication and presentation skills in virtual and in-person settings • Demonstrated business acumen and the ability to connect technical strategy to business value • Ability to solve complex, abstract problems and guide teams through ambiguity • Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, collaboration, and stakeholder influence • Executive presence with the ability to build trust across client and internal leadership teams • Demonstrated experience as a technology change agent • Professional and/or technical certifications aligned to cloud, data, analytics, or AI disciplines preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • 401(k) • Paid company holidays • Paid time off • Paid parental and caregiver leave • Plus more! See benefits https://www.aheadbenefits.com/ for additional details.