Senior Solutions Architect

NTT Limited; Texas; Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Employee assistance

Flexible spending account

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to design advanced, multi-technology solutions spanning application software, infrastructure, and related technology components. You will craft cloud and on‑premise architectures, develop detailed planning documents, and guide multi‑disciplinary teams through implementation while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.

You will lead security-focused engagements, mentor peers, and shape new offerings with ecosystem partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead security-domain discovery and workshops with clients.
• Define remediation logic, runbooks, and validation criteria.
• Lead technical engagement with OEMs on APIs and automation.
• Develop security-domain accelerators and agent policies.

Skills

Network Security

Security Architecture

Security Engineering

Cross-functional Collaboration

AIS/GenAI concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Business

Tools

TOGAF

ITIL

COBIT

Job description

Continue to make an impact with a company that is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. At NTT DATA, we are renowned for our technical excellence, leading innovations, and making a difference for our clients and society. Our workplace embraces diversity and inclusion – it’s a place where you can continue to grow, belong, and thrive. Your career here is about believing in yourself and seizing new opportunities and challenges. It’s about expanding your skills and expertise in your current role and preparing yourself for future advancements. That’s why we encourage you to take every opportunity to further your career within our great global team.

Your day at NTT DATA As a Senior Solutions Architect at NTT DATA, you will play an essential role in collaborating with clients and internal teams to create advanced, transformational designs and architectural visions for complex solutions. Your expertise will drive the development of multi-technology consulting services that span application software, infrastructure, and related technology components. You will contribute to complex solution architectures in specific business, infrastructure, or functional areas while evaluating alternative architectures for cost, performance, and scalability. By developing detailed specifications for cloud-based or on-premises components, you will ensure robust, cutting-edge solutions that meet our clients' unique needs. Your hands‑on role will involve preparing technical plans and designs that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards, remaining agile to adapt to changing project requirements. You will be accountable for understanding client requirements, collecting DATA, delivering thorough analysis, and providing effective problem resolution. Keeping ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, you will produce insightful reports and technology roadmaps, sharing your knowledge with internal teams and clients alike. By creating multiple design views, you will address both functional and non‑functional requirements, offering innovative solutions with proof‑of‑concept (POC) implementations. You will also mentor and guide less experienced colleagues, contributing to our collaborative culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Client advisory and Solution shaping Lead Security‑domain discovery and workshops to establish remediation processes, product families, tooling dependencies, control points, baselines and readiness gaps. Shape the target operating model and solution during pre‑sales, and remain the domain authority through Build, production proving and run. Engage executive and technical stakeholders to connect security outcomes, operational constraints and transformation priorities.
• Agentic Design & Domain Engineering Define remediation logic, execution patterns, MOP/runbook requirements, target versions, approval gates, maintenance windows, CAB requirements, validation criteria, rollback and exception handling. Guide AI and platform teams on agents for vulnerability intelligence, asset correlation, risk assessment, engineering recommendations, planning, change orchestration, remediation, validation, rollback and closure. Translate Network Security knowledge into agent inputs, decision logic, approved tool actions, guardrails, HITL points and validation criteria.
• Safety, Proving & Run Define HITL, least privilege, PAM, allowlists, guardrails, kill‑switch, safe‑stop, reactivation and audit requirements. Lead security product‑family proving across positive, negative and failure scenarios, including pre/post checks and rollback, and recommend product‑family readiness for enterprise scale. Review failures, overrides, agent accuracy, new OEM releases, versions and policy changes; guide re‑certification and continuous improvement of the digital workforce.
• OEM Ecosystem, Productization & Thought Leadership Lead technical engagement with Cisco Security, Palo Alto, F5, Check Point, Zscaler and relevant ecosystem partners on APIs, automation capabilities, lifecycle roadmaps and accelerator opportunities. Create reusable security‑domain accelerators, runbooks, validation packs, product‑family templates and agent policies. Develop NTT DATA's point of view on Agentic Network Security Operations and help shape new offers beyond patching.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

Domain & Technical Strong knowledge of Network Security operations, remediation lifecycle, security automation, MOP/runbooks, change controls, validation, rollback and agentic AI concepts. Advisory, Collaboration & Product Mindset Translates technical complexity into business outcomes and works effectively across clients, OEMs, AI/platform engineering, Network Engineering and operations in a matrix environment. Leadership and Influence Leads through expertise and influence, demonstrates executive‑level technical credibility, and makes sound risk judgements in complex production environments.

Required Experience

Extensive senior‑level experience in enterprise Network Security, security architecture, security engineering or operations within large, complex environments; demonstrated client advisory, large‑scale vulnerability remediation, patch/change governance, security automation/orchestration and production rollout experience. Practical exposure to Agentic AI, GenAI or AI‑assisted operations and experience collaborating with major Network Security OEMs and cross‑functional engineering/delivery teams. To thrive in this role, you need to have: Advanced knowledge of multi‑vendor service integrations and cross‑functional software, operating systems, and infrastructure designs. In‑depth understanding of how specific infrastructures and application software are deployed in line with methodologies such as TOGAF, Zachman, SOA, ITIL, and COBIT. Ability to develop and utilize advanced specialist knowledge of reference architectures. Extensive experience in technical, IT, or operations roles within large‑scale technology services environments. Strong client engagement and consulting experience, including needs assessment and change management. Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams such as sales, product, and delivery. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. A continuous learning mindset to stay updated on trends and developments in technology domains. A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business, or a related field.

Compensation and Benefits

NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay range for this remote role is $111K - $207K. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits including

• medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution
• flexible spending or health savings account
• lifeand AD&D insurance
• short and long term disability coverage
• paid time off
• employee assistance
• participation in a 401k program with company match
• additional voluntary or legally-required benefits

Workplace type: Hybrid Working

Equal Opportunity Employer

NTT DATA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a global culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to providing an environment free of unfair discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate based on age, race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, disability, pregnancy, marital status, veteran status, or any other protected category.

Your career here is about believing in yourself and taking on great opportunities and new challenges. It’s about growing your skills and expertise in your current role and preparing yourself for the future. That’s why we encourage you to take every opportunity to grow your career within our great global team.