
Principal Solutions Architect
Vizient, Inc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • Texas • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $156,500 - $290,100 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as a Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect, driving the architecture and development of large-scale digital platforms
- Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex, cross-domain analytical products
- Define and drive technical strategy for enterprise data and analytics platforms
- Develop high-level architectural blueprints and provide guidance on modern data stacks
- Analyze complex business problems by conducting research and assessments
- Design robust data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and conceptual data models
- Lead proofs of concept (POCs), evaluate technology vendors, and oversee implementation of solutions
- Establish architectural patterns for data products
- Ensure architectures meet enterprise standards
- Drive adoption of AI/ML capabilities
- Partner with Data Science and Engineering teams to operationalize ML solutions
- Act as a trusted architectural advisor
Requirements
- High School diploma required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field preferred
- 10 or more years of experience in architecture roles
- Broad experience with large-scale database and data warehousing technologies
- Deep, hands-on experience with Databricks
- Strong background in data engineering and analytics architecture
- Experience integrating multiple data domains into cohesive, governed data products
- Expertise with cloud-native data platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
- Strong understanding of data governance, security, lineage, and data quality
- Proven ability to influence across teams without direct authority
- Experience in healthcare or adjacent regulated domains
- Hands-on experience designing semantic layers, metrics stores, or data product operating models
- Experience defining cross-domain KPIs, performance frameworks, or outcome-based analytics
- Strong background designing and implementing Generative AI and ML platforms at scale
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Exceptional visualization and storytelling skills for both technical and executive audiences
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plan
- Incentive eligibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise architecturedata engineeringanalytics architectureETL processesELT processesdata modelingcloud-native data platformsGenerative AImachine learningdata governance
Soft Skills
influence without authorityvisualization skillsstorytelling skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceTOGAF