Lead Architect

Cox Automotive Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 122,600 - 204,400; Full time

Job summary

Cox Automotive Inc. is seeking a Solution Architect to design comprehensive solutions, provide architectural guidance, and lead cross-functional teams in Atlanta.

The role focuses on aligning technical direction with business goals, enabling scalable, cloud-enabled architectures, and ensuring architectural standards are met. The candidate will engage in emerging technology evaluation, PoCs, and vendor selections, delivering architecture that reduces technical debt while supporting strategic

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of experience.
• Experience with vendor selection processes and management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Minimum 6 years of working experience designing, developing, and delivering web application solutions.
• Working experience architecting complex, multi-system solutions.
• Developing architecture principles and standards experience.
• Experience with cloud resiliency concepts and cloud-native applications.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with Spec Driven Development and Agentic driven SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to technology strategy by identifying external technology trends.
• Leads solution design and aligns to target architecture and standards.
• Facilitates architecture reviews ensuring adherence to standards.
• Creates solution options and architectures for complex multi-system integrations.
• Drives platform selection and reduces technical debt.
• Aligns enterprise architecture with business needs.
• Negotiates consensus among diverse stakeholders on target solutions.
• Provides guidance and communicates architecture across teams.

Skills

6+ years of experience in solution-

Web application design

Multi-system integration

Cloud-native architecture

DevOps & CI/CD

Vendor selection processes

Spec Driven Development/SDLC

Enterprise Architecture alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

AWS

SpringBoot

Modeling tools (Enterprise Architecture)

Job description

The Solution Architect is responsible for architecting and designing comprehensive solutions that meet functional requirements in support of a given initiative. The Solution Architect plays a role in establishing architectural vision and direction, architects solutions, provides advice and guidance, monitors emerging technologies, and assists in software and service procurements.

Architecture Vision and Direction

• Contributes to the technology strategy by identifying, assessing and recommending external trends in technology, technology solutions and methodologies.
• Exercises solution design leadership on initiatives, driving alignment to target architecture and design standards.
• Facilitates architecture reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards, and consistency across organizational and design boundaries.

Architecture Development

• Creates solution options and solution architecture, adhering to architectural standards and the technology roadmap, and minimizing technical debt.
• Designs solutions that involve complex, multi-system integration, possibly across BUs or domains.
• Drives alignment between Enterprise Architecture, Technical Architecture and business needs.
• Participates in application rationalization and the development of application architecture roadmaps.
• Identifies applications and platforms impacted by the solution, the need for new platforms, and drives platform selection.
• Contributes to backlog of development team.
• Facilitates large groups of diverse stakeholders to obtain consensus on target solution.

Advice & Guidance

• Provides guidance and oversight, ensures the viability of proposed solutions and provides direction on the appropriate approach to the solution throughout the project.
• Communicates solution architecture to stakeholders and other technologists.
• Performs due diligence during potential mergers and acquisitions.

Emerging Technology Monitoring

• Evaluates emerging technologies and the evolution of current technologies to define a future vision roadmap for optimal application of technology to meet business needs.
• Conducts Proof of Concept for feasibility studies.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar discipline and 6 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience; or 18 years' experience in a related field.
• Experience with vendor selection processes and management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Minimum 6 years of working experience designing, developing, and delivering web application solutions
• Working experience architecting complex, multi-system solutions
• Working experience developing architecture principles and standards
• Experience with cloud resiliency concepts
• Experience with building cloud applications (Born in the cloud preferred)
• Experience with continuous improvement/deployment and DevOps
• Familiarity with Spec Driven Development and Agentic driven SDLC

Preferred

• AWS Solution Architect Certification
• Experience with use of APIs and other modern technologies to help build integrated distributed apps
• Familiarity with OAuth / single sign-on
• Experience with the use, deployment and ongoing maintenance of an Enterprise Architecture model using commercial modeling products
• Experience with Java SpringBoot platforms and architecture patterns
• Experience with Single Page Application frameworks and models
• Consulting experience
• Background in SAFE

USD 122,600.00 - 204,400.00 per year

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $122,600.00 - $204,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

EOE, including disability/vets