Senior Solution Architect & Delivery Leader

EY; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 346,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

EY’s Platforms Practice seeks a Senior Manager in Solution Architecture to drive the delivery of complex, cloud-native solutions for top clients. You’ll manage budgets, oversee project delivery, and build essential client relationships while guiding architectural decisions across multi-cloud environments.

You’ll engage with executives and engineering teams, own end-to-end architecture, and contribute to thought leadership in AI/ML and modern tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s preferred.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in architecture/solutions.
• Experience architecting and delivering large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on software engineering in at least two modern languages (e.g., Java, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Deep expertise in microservices, event-driven systems, serverless, APIs, data architecture, scalability, resiliency, multi-cloud and security-by-design.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of technical solutions, ensuring quality and managing risks.
• Engage in delivery leadership, project management, and client interactions across project phases.
• Travel frequently to meet client needs and project requirements.
• Solve complex problems using proven methods and evaluative criteria.
• Influence policy and procedural changes with potential broad business impact.
• Provide direction and feedback to teams, support performance evaluations and hiring.

Skills

Solution delivery

Budget management

Client relationships

Cloud architectures

Leadership & coaching

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Java

C#

JavaScript/TypeScript

Job description

EY’s Platforms Practice seeks a Senior Manager in Solution Architecture to drive the delivery of complex, cloud-native solutions for top clients. You’ll manage budgets, oversee project delivery, and build essential client relationships while guiding architectural decisions across multi-cloud environments.

You’ll engage with executives and engineering teams, own end-to-end architecture, and contribute to thought leadership in AI/ML and modern tech.