Senior Solutions Architect: Cloud & Enterprise Integration

D. R. Horton; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and HCM

Job summary

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to bridge enterprise architecture with feature-level implementation across engineering teams.

The role ensures high availability, reliability, and performance while adhering to architectural standards. The successful candidate will lead architectural reviews and mentor teams in cloud and distributed systems practices. Ideal candidates bring 8–10 years in software engineering or cloud infrastructure with 3+ years in an Architecture role,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• 8–10 years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure.
• 3+ years in Architecture or Principal Engineer role.
• Experience in Fortune 500 or large enterprise environments.
• Ability to translate complex technical risks into clear business language for executives.
• Deep mastery of API management, event-driven architectures, and ERP integration.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of the enterprise architecture and translate into practical implementation patterns for feature teams.
• Evaluate designs for alignment with architectural standards, scalability requirements, and operational best practices.
• Define and enforce non-functional requirements including availability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Identify architectural risks early and prescribe mitigation strategies before production.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and integration patterns relevant to the organization’s technology stack.
• Review infrastructure-as-code, deployment configurations, and system integrations to ensure availability and resilience.
• Drive adoption of architectural patterns such as fault tolerance, graceful degradation, circuit breaking, and observability.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and tools for alignment with enterprise standards and current capabilities.
• Facilitate architecture review sessions and design discussions across teams, building shared understanding and consensus.
• Translates enterprise architecture directives into team-level actionable requirements.
• Conduct business professionally to serve customers and increase goodwill and profit.
• Ability to travel overnight.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Distributed systems

API management

Event-driven architecture

ERP integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical field

Job description

D.R. Horton, Inc. is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to bridge enterprise architecture with feature-level implementation across engineering teams.

The role ensures high availability, reliability, and performance while adhering to architectural standards. The successful candidate will lead architectural reviews and mentor teams in cloud and distributed systems practices. Ideal candidates bring 8–10 years in software engineering or cloud infrastructure with 3+ years in an Architecture role,