Senior Solutions Architect

Motorola Solutions; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Parental & Family Leave

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a seasoned Solutions Architect in the United States to lead the integration of complex public safety and enterprise deployments. You will collaborate with Pre- and Post-Sales teams, align customer requirements with the solution architecture, and guide technical decisions across the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in technical/engineering roles or 8+ years delivering public safety projects, strong presentation skills, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication in English.
• Willingness to travel approximately 25%.

Responsibilities

• Understand the technical requirements, concepts of operation, and architecture of the overall solution.
• Lead and defend the project's technical and programmatic decisions.
• Identify customer expectation gaps and work with the Project Manager to mitigate them.
• Tailor and apply change management and systems engineering processes.
• Collaborate with customers and engineering teams when implementing solutions including third-party applications.
• Assist Project Management in developing and managing costs and schedules by identifying technical risks and mitigation options.
• Serve as the technical counterpart to the Project Manager for meetings with third-party, customer, and internal stakeholders.

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

The Solutions Architect team is comprised of staff with various skill levels in various knowledge domains related to all the solutions in the Command Center suite. The Solutions Architect team delivers technical solutions by collaborating with Project Managers, Application Specialists, other Solutions Architects, customers, software developers, and any other resources needed to ensure the success of the project.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities: Responsibilities involve the integration of programmatic, technical, systems engineering, business, and personnel elements of a project, including:

• Understanding the technical requirements, concepts of operation, and architecture of the overall solution.
• It requires working closely with the Pre and Post-Sales teams to align the requirements with customer solution needs.
• Leading and defending the project's technical and programmatic decisions.
• It requires identifying customer expectation mismatches and working with the Project Manager to mitigate them.
• Tailoring and applying change management and systems engineering processes.
• Requires working with the customer and engineering teams when implementing solutions including third-party applications.
• Assists Project Management in developing and managing costs and schedules by identifying technical risks to the deployment plan and suggesting mitigation options for those risks.
• Participating as the technical counterpart to the Project Manager for the third-party, customer, and internal meetings.

Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor of Science or an Associate's Degree in a technical or engineering field and 6+ years of technical or engineering experience; OR 8+ years of experience in delivering Public Safety projects in a technical role or enterprise-level technical deployment projects. Excellent presentation skills, highly skilled with drawing and diagramming tools (such as MS Visio or similar). Strong verbal and written skills; fluency in English. Willing to travel, occasionally, ~ 25% of the time. This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice's "Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy" and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent fingerprint background check administered by Motorola Solutions Inc. customers.

Target Base Salary Range

$110,000 - $120,000 USD Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• High School diploma, Associate's, or Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering, or Technical field, plus 6+ years of Engineering and Technical experience, is required for this position.
• Candidates without a College Degree must have 8+ years of Engineering or Technical experience to qualify for this position.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required.
• Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

25-50% Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan Yes

Benefits

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match 10
• Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world.

If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS OVERVIEW At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Learn more at www.motorolasolutions.com.