Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect – AI & Microsoft Stack

IES Holdings; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

401K with employer match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability coverage

Insurance discounts

Job summary

IES Holdings is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to bridge business needs and the Microsoft stack, delivering end-to-end architectures across Azure, Fabric, .NET, and SQL Server.

You will prototype AI-driven solutions, mentor developers, and collaborate with stakeholders to align technology with strategic goals. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in IT with hands-on Microsoft stack expertise, strong communication, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional IT experience, including 5+ years in a solutions architecture, technical lead, or senior engineering role designing enterprise solutions.
• Deep, hands-on Microsoft stack skills — Azure (Functions, Logic Apps, Service Bus, API Management, Key Vault), .NET/C#, and SQL Server — sufficient to build solutions and prototypes independently.
• Experience integrating AI models into applications and automated workflows (e.g., Azure OpenAI or other LLM APIs), including prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and responsible AI practices.
• Solid understanding of ERP systems (e.g., Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, or similar), operational processes and their integration points.
• Expertise in integration patterns: REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven messaging, ETL/ELT, and middleware.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline development, Git, and DevOps.
• Proven ability to capture and document business requirements and translate them into technical designs and actionable work for development teams.
• Demonstrated experience guiding and mentoring developers, leading design reviews, and setting technical direction across teams.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to executives, business users, and developers alike and to build consensus.
• Flexibility and composure in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and adapt quickly to change.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders, department leaders, and subject-matter experts to elicit, capture, and document business requirements, translating them into clear functional and technical specifications.
• Develop solutions hands-on when needed, building rapid prototypes and proofs of concept that validate approaches, demonstrate value to the business, and give developers a working foundation to build on.
• Design and build AI-enabled solutions that integrate AI models (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, or other LLM APIs) into business applications and workflows to automate processes and improve efficiency.
• Design end-to-end solution architectures across the Microsoft stack — including Azure, Microsoft Fabric, .NET, and SQL Server — that are scalable, secure, cost-effective, and aligned with business objectives.
• Guide and mentor developers through delivery — leading design sessions, reviewing designs and code, and removing technical blockers — without formal people-management responsibility.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between the business and IT, clearly communicating options, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Evaluate competing approaches (build vs. buy, configure vs. customize) and recommend the option that best balances cost, risk, time-to-value, and long-term maintainability.
• Establish architecture standards, reusable patterns, and best practices, and maintain solution designs, integration specifications, data flow diagrams, and architecture decision records.
• Adapt quickly to shifting priorities while managing multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Ensure solutions meet IES security, compliance, and audit requirements, including Microsoft Entra ID access controls, protection of sensitive HR and financial data, and change management.
• Assess existing applications and integrations for modernization opportunities, technical debt, and cloud readiness, and develop pragmatic roadmaps for improvement.
• Provide technical estimates, dependencies, and risks to support project planning.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex issues involving architected solutions and integrations.

Skills

Azure

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

Service Bus

API Management

Key Vault

.NET/C#

SQL Server

AI integration

ERP integration

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

ETL/ELT

CI/CD

Git

DevOps

Architecture leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Azure OpenAI

Copilot Studio

Job description

IES Holdings is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect to bridge business needs and the Microsoft stack, delivering end-to-end architectures across Azure, Fabric, .NET, and SQL Server.

You will prototype AI-driven solutions, mentor developers, and collaborate with stakeholders to align technology with strategic goals. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in IT with hands-on Microsoft stack expertise, strong communication, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced environment.