Pearson VUE

Solution Architect

Pearson VUE

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $125,000 - $150,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudMicroservicesVue.js

About the role

  • Develop robust, end-to-end solution architectures that balance customer needs with Pearson VUE’s strategic technology direction.
  • Lead solution shaping for RFP/RFI responses, pre-sales engagements, and complex customer implementations.
  • Architect solutions that advance key modernization objectives—cloud-native deployments, microservices, event-driven patterns, resiliency, horizontal scalability, and platform consolidation.
  • Evaluate and recommend technology patterns, integration frameworks, and architectural approaches that optimize both customer outcomes and long-term product evolution.
  • Produce architectural deliverables including high level solution approach/designs, conceptual models, sequence diagrams, data flows, standards, and reference architectures.
  • Translate business and technical constraints into actionable design options and implementation guidance for project teams.
  • Resolve day-to-day integration and build issues, ensuring technical consistency and stability across assigned products or services.
  • Produce high-quality design artifacts, including models, documentation, and reference architectures, with minimal revision cycles.
  • Consult on technical feasibility for major features or updates, raising significant challenges to senior experts as needed.
  • Mentor platform/product architects and engineers, sharing best practices and supporting their technical growth.
  • Ensure conformance to established framework guidelines and documentation standards.
  • Collaborate across teams to enable smooth integration and knowledge transfer, driving project efficiency.
  • Adapt quickly to shifting requirements, maintaining solution stability and project momentum.
  • Translate solution architectures into actionable implementation guidance for engineering and delivery teams.
  • Provide architectural oversight during development, integration, and rollout to ensure adherence to design principles and best practices.
  • Identify technical risks early and develop mitigation strategies to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
  • Support ongoing enhancement of existing systems by aligning technical decisions with target-state architecture and modernization goals.
  • Partner with product managers, product architects, platform architects, engineering teams, and customer-facing groups to align on solution direction and roadmap priorities.
  • Provide thought leadership and mentorship to architecture and engineering teams, promoting consistent architectural principles and best practices.
  • Lead technical discussions with customers, stakeholders, and executive audiences to articulate architectural strategies and decision rationale.
  • Influence product roadmaps by incorporating customer needs, industry trends, competitive insights, and enterprise architecture standards.
  • Represent Enterprise Architecture in customer engagements and strategic initiatives, strengthening Pearson VUE’s technical credibility and competitive positioning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • Significant experience designing and implementing software architectures in enterprise environments.
  • Hands-on expertise in cloud platforms, API management, and infrastructure automation.
  • Strong background in technical mentoring and cross-team collaboration.
  • Experience resolving integration and build issues in complex systems.
  • Preferred: Experience in high-availability, high-volume platforms such as scheduling, proctoring, content delivery, or secure assessment systems.
  • Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, SAFe Architect).
  • Experience applying AI/ML or AgenticAI concepts within enterprise products.
  • Familiarity with security frameworks, compliance standards, and multi-region deployment strategies.
Benefits
  • This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is __here__.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
solution architecturecloud-native deploymentsmicroservicesevent-driven patternsintegration frameworksAPI managementinfrastructure automationhigh-availability platformsAI/MLAgenticAI
Soft skills
technical mentoringcross-team collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershipadaptabilityproject managementstakeholder engagementinfluencingthought leadership
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in EngineeringTOGAFAWS ArchitectAzure ArchitectSAFe Architect