Director, Solutions Architecture & Innovation

Baldwin Group Colleague, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The Baldwin Group seeks a Director of Solutions Architecture to lead a team of architects and drive architecture strategy across applications, integrations, cloud, and emerging technology initiatives. You will partner with product, engineering, security, data, and infrastructure to establish standards and governance while guiding modernization and platform selection.

You will own the department budget, govern architecture practices, and advise senior leadership on AI-enabled capabilities and

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in solutions, application, integration, and cloud architecture within complex organizations.
• Experience leading architecture teams and governance processes.
• Professional certifications (AWS/Azure/TOGAF) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the solution architecture roadmap, standards, and operating model.
• Establish architecture principles, reference patterns, and decision-making frameworks.
• Lead architecture review processes and governance forums to resolve design challenges.
• Ensure solutions adhere to security standards, regulatory requirements, and resiliency objectives.
• Translate business strategies into scalable architectures and technology roadmaps.
• Guide API strategy, event-driven patterns, and interoperability across platforms and partners.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of enterprise platforms and cloud services with business leaders.
• Define reusable architecture frameworks and design standards to accelerate delivery.
• Champion cloud best practices in reliability, observability, scalability, security, and cost optimization.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (AI, automation) for practical business opportunities.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Cloud Architecture

AI & Automation

Security & IAM

Budgeting & Governance

Stakeholder Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

MuleSoft

Kong

Apigee

AWS

Azure

Job description

The Baldwin Group seeks a Director of Solutions Architecture to lead a team of architects and drive architecture strategy across applications, integrations, cloud, and emerging technology initiatives. You will partner with product, engineering, security, data, and infrastructure to establish standards and governance while guiding modernization and platform selection.

You will own the department budget, govern architecture practices, and advise senior leadership on AI-enabled capabilities and