Senior Solutions Architect — AI-Driven Enterprise Platforms

Vizient, Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 157,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior architecture leader to guide the Advisory Engineering portfolio, translating business needs into enterprise-scale solutions across APIs, cloud services, data, and security.

You will mentor teams, align with enterprise standards, and drive modernization initiatives to enable product innovation and long-term value. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Data and Security to shape architecture roadmaps, assess build-versus-buy options, and communicate

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise application development.
• 5+ years leading architecture for enterprise applications or complex technology solutions.
• Experience designing cloud-native applications, APIs, integrations, distributed systems, data platforms, and enterprise software architectures.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications while maintaining business continuity.
• Experience designing AI-enabled or data-driven solutions using modern cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to influence architecture decisions across Product, Engineering, Security, Data, and business stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead architecture partner for the Advisory Engineering portfolio, providing technical direction across products, platforms, and strategic initiatives.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, business stakeholders, and Enterprise Architecture to define scalable solution architectures aligned with business strategy and enterprise standards.
• Translate business requirements into end-to-end technical solutions, including application architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud services, data, security, and operational support.
• Lead architecture assessments, modernization strategies, and technology roadmaps for legacy and emerging platforms.
• Evaluate build, buy, partner, and reuse options, providing recommendations based on business value, scalability, cost, risk, and sustainability.
• Design secure, governed AI-enabled solutions aligned with enterprise AI standards.
• Establish architecture patterns for data, integrations, interoperability, and enterprise platform capabilities in partnership with Data Governance and Security teams.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring, and resolution of complex technical challenges.
• Review third-party solutions to ensure architectural integrity, operational readiness, and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Communicate architecture strategies, technical risks, and recommendations to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Executive communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a senior architecture leader to guide the Advisory Engineering portfolio, translating business needs into enterprise-scale solutions across APIs, cloud services, data, and security.

You will mentor teams, align with enterprise standards, and drive modernization initiatives to enable product innovation and long-term value. You will partner with Product, Engineering, Data and Security to shape architecture roadmaps, assess build-versus-buy options, and communicate