Senior AI-Driven Solutions Architect & Delivery Leader

CO1003 CDW Technologies, LLC; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Solution Architect to blend hands-on engineering with strategic advisory across full project lifecycles. You will partner with client executives to define outcomes, design end-to-end solutions, and prepare compelling proposals, SOWs, and RFP responses.

In this hybrid role, you will lead delivery teams, ensure architectural guardrails, and apply AI-enabled practices to achieve client outcomes while protecting margins.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of software engineering and architecture experience, or 14+ years with hands-on development.
• 1+ year in AI & Engineering: LLM design, tools, agents, orchestration, responsible AI.
• Agent harness engineering with tool integration and memory management.
• 5+ years leading architecture across apps, data, and cloud.

Responsibilities

• Qualify opportunities with clients, lead technical discovery, and uncover business problems.
• Architect end-to-end solutions with clear scope, estimates, staffing, and risk assessments.
• Own the delivery staffing mix and approach, including AI-accelerated delivery.
• Lead multi-year engagements and deliver high-quality client outcomes.

Skills

Executive stakeholder comms

AI adoption strategies

Architectural leadership

Agentic development

Cloud platforms depth

Education

Bachelor's degree + 10+ yrs

14+ yrs in software/architecture

Tools

Claude Agent SDK

LangGraph

Microsoft Agent Framework

REST/GraphQL API Design

Job description

CDW is seeking a Solution Architect to blend hands-on engineering with strategic advisory across full project lifecycles. You will partner with client executives to define outcomes, design end-to-end solutions, and prepare compelling proposals, SOWs, and RFP responses.

In this hybrid role, you will lead delivery teams, ensure architectural guardrails, and apply AI-enabled practices to achieve client outcomes while protecting margins.