.NET SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT_Remote

Lithia & Driveway; Lorida (FL); Remote; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid Holidays

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Lithia & Driveway is seeking a Solutions Architect to design scalable, secure architectures across cloud platforms and enterprise applications. You will partner with engineering, security, data, and cloud teams to guide implementation and ensure alignment with architectural principles and business goals.

The role emphasizes leading architecture design efforts, evaluating technologies, and supporting modernization initiatives while communicating tradeoffs and risks to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software solutions, distributed systems, and cloud-native apps.
• Experience leading architecture and solution design across applications, cloud, data, and security.
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and governance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, secure architectures across applications and cloud platforms.
• Partner with engineering, security, data and cloud teams to align with principles and requirements.
• Develop implementation-ready architectures, designs, and integration approaches.
• Facilitate architecture reviews, tradeoffs, risks, and long-term maintainability.
• Support modernization, reduce technical debt, and improve platform performance.

Skills

Enterprise software architecture

Cloud architecture

Distributed systems

APIs & integrations

Security architecture

AI/ML concepts

Technical leadership

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Dealership: Lithia & Driveway | Solutions Architect

At Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) our success is fueled by our high performing teams delivering Auto Done Easy for our customers. We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. You'll work across engineering, data, cloud, security, and business teams to define solution approaches, guide architectural decisions, and ensure technology investments align with business objectives.

Location: Remote - some travel needed (up to 4 times per year)

Target Hiring Range: $150,000–$175,000

Design scalable, secure, and resilient architectures across applications, integrations, cloud platforms, data ecosystems, and emerging technologies.

Partner with engineering, cloud, security, and data teams to ensure solutions align with architectural principles and operational requirements.

Develop clear, implementation-ready solution architectures, technical designs, system integrations, and implementation approaches for strategic initiatives.

Facilitate architecture reviews and provide guidance on technical tradeoffs, risks, scalability, and long-term maintainability.

Support modernization initiatives, helping teams reduce technical debt and improve platform performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Evaluate technologies, vendor solutions, and third-party platforms to support business objectives and technology evolution.

Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout project planning, design, and delivery.

10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software solutions, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.

Experience leading architecture and solution design efforts across multiple technology domains, including applications, cloud, integrations, data, and security.

Experience evaluating technical options, documenting solution approaches, and guiding architecture decisions through implementation.

Expertise with cloud platforms, APIs, system integration, scalability, security, and modern application architectures.

Familiarity with AI/ML technologies, including emerging enterprise AI capabilities, and an understanding of their architectural, security, and governance considerations.

The full compensation range for this position is $135,000–$185,000, reflecting the earning potential and growth opportunities available within the role. Final pay decisions are made through the interview process and in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.

• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Paid Holidays
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Additional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at totalrewards.

High School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.