Senior Solution Architect — Cloud-Native & Strategy

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

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