Principal Solutions Architect

Nexus Cognitive

Principal Solutions Architect embedded at a Tier 1 bank improving data architectures. Driving technical farming and design authority for NX1 integration across financial institutions

Posted 5/11/2026full-timeAtlanta • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowCloudKafkaKubernetesSpark

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Hold design authority over NX1 deployment patterns at the customer
Attend and actively contribute to architecture review boards, security reviews, and data governance forums
Design and defend the integration architecture across the customer's data stack: identity federation, CDC patterns, governance metadata, data lineage, network segmentation, encryption
Identify the next workloads NX1 is positioned to support before the customer has fully articulated them
Produce high-quality design documents
Serve as the technical escalation point when NX1 deployment issues arise at the customer
Own the NX1 internal cadence on the account and keep team aligned
Maintain executive-level relationships with customer business and IT leadership
Translate architectural farming insights into AE-usable expansion theses
Own escalation leadership when something breaks
Navigate vendor governance at a major bank

Requirements

What you’ll need

12–18 years in enterprise data/cloud architecture as an SA, principal engineer, or equivalent
At least one prior multi-year embedded engagement at a Tier 1 bank or equivalent regulated enterprise
Hands-on depth in the modern OSS data stack: Spark, Trino, Airflow, Iceberg, Kubernetes, S3-compatible object storage, Kafka
Experience producing and defending design documents in front of hostile architecture review boards
Track record of identifying expansion or net-new use cases through architectural insight at a large customer
Willingness to be on-site at the customer in Charlotte, NC (primary) and NYC (secondary) at 80%+ cadence
Deep familiarity with bank IT culture and governance: risk and control frameworks, TPRM, change management, audit cycles, regulatory reporting patterns

Benefits

Comp & perks

A collaborative team culture built on curiosity and respect
Challenging work where your contributions clearly matter
A leadership team that invests in learning and development
The opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud, data, and AI innovation

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Hard Skills & Tools

data architecturecloud architecturedesign documentationintegration architecturedata governanceidentity federationCDC patternsdata lineageencryptionnetwork segmentation

Soft Skills

technical escalationrelationship managementcommunicationleadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityinsight generationdefense of designalignment