Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect

D.R. Horton; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holidays

Other benefits

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., seeks a Solutions Architect to bridge enterprise architecture and feature-level implementation across engineering teams. You will ensure high availability, reliability, and performance while upholding architectural standards.

You will review designs, enforce non-functional requirements, and guide teams on cloud, distributed systems, and integration patterns, with travel overnight as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• 8–10 years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.
• 3+ years in an Architecture or Principal Engineer role.
• Experience in Fortune 500 environments or large enterprises.
• Ability to translate complex technical risks into clear business language for executives.
• Deep mastery of API management, event-driven architectures and ERP integration.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a deep understanding of the enterprise architecture and translate it into practical implementation patterns for feature teams.
• Evaluate proposed designs for alignment with standards, scalability, and operational best practices.
• Define and enforce non-functional requirements including availability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Identify architectural risks early and prescribe mitigation strategies before production.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and integration patterns.
• Review IaC, deployment configurations, and integrations to ensure availability and resilience.
• Drive adoption of patterns such as fault tolerance, graceful degradation, circuit breaking, and observability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for alignment with standards and maturity.
• Facilitate architecture review sessions and translate directives into actionable team requirements.
• Conduct business professionally to serve customers and the company.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field

Tools

API management

Event-driven architectures

ERP integration

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc., the largest homebuilder in the U.S., seeks a Solutions Architect to bridge enterprise architecture and feature-level implementation across engineering teams. You will ensure high availability, reliability, and performance while upholding architectural standards.

You will review designs, enforce non-functional requirements, and guide teams on cloud, distributed systems, and integration patterns, with travel overnight as required.