Solution Architect - Senior

Cummins; Columbus (IN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. is seeking a talented Senior Solution Architect to lead design of scalable, reliable architectures in our Systems/Information Technology group in Columbus, IN.

You will drive architectural standards, evaluate design options, and align technology with business goals. The role requires hands-on leadership, cloud platform experience, and strong collaboration with stakeholders across IT and business units to deliver high-value solutions and ensure adherence to governance and security

Qualifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree in relevant technical discipline, or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for export controls or sanctions regulations.
• Experience: Intermediate experience (2-4 years) in a relevant discipline area with architecture and design for cloud-based platforms.
• 10+ years of total professional experience in software development, application engineering, or related technical roles.
• 2-4+ years of experience in an Architect, Solution Design, or similar technical leadership role.
• Prior hands-on experience as a Software Developer and/or Technical Lead.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, reliable system architectures by defining component structures, allocating functionality, and establishing effective interfaces between systems and applications.
• Develop and recommend optimized technical solutions by evaluating multiple design options, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and aligning outcomes with business and technology requirements.
• Champion enterprise architecture standards, ensuring solutions leverage approved technology stacks, design patterns, and best practices across the organization.
• Create and maintain global reference architectures that promote consistency, standardization, and reusable technology building blocks across teams and regions.
• Influence solution development by driving architectural improvements and translating technical strategy into practical, business-focused technology solutions.
• Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders, customers, and technical teams to deliver innovative solutions that maximize business value and user adoption.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud platforms

Solution design

DevSecOps

Mulesoft

Azure

GitHub Actions

Education

College degree in technical discipline

Tools

Mulesoft

Azure APIM

Azure Data Factory

Job description

We are looking for a talented Solution Architect- Senior to join our team specializing in Systems/Information Technology for our Corporate organization in Columbus, IN.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Design scalable, reliable system architectures by defining component structures, allocating functionality, and establishing effective interfaces between systems and applications.
• Develop and recommend optimized technical solutions by evaluating multiple design options, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and aligning outcomes with business and technology requirements.
• Champion enterprise architecture standards, ensuring solutions leverage approved technology stacks, design patterns, and best practices across the organization.
• Create and maintain global reference architectures that promote consistency, standardization, and reusable technology building blocks across teams and regions.
• Influence solution development by driving architectural improvements and translating technical strategy into practical, business-focused technology solutions.
• Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders, customers, and technical teams to deliver innovative solutions that maximize business value and user adoption.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, software trends, and tools while leading pilot programs and proof-of-concept initiatives to validate new capabilities and future opportunities.
• Assess infrastructure capacity and future technology needs while providing strategic recommendations that support growth, performance, and long‑term business objectives.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.

Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.

Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.

Persuades - Using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment of others.

Strategic mindset - Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Change Management - Applies the Cummins structured process and tool set for engaging individuals and organizations through change to achieve and sustain business results and outcomes.

Architecture System Design - Defines and develops architecture deliverables, artifacts and building blocks (e.g. conceptual models, logical models, physical network designs, etc.) by applying architecture principles through the use of an architecture development framework and methodology that enables the organization to transform its systems in a controlled manner in response to business needs.

Solution Design - Creates and defines the solution design complete with instrumentation and measurement, using industry standards and tools, version control, and build and test automation to synthesize diagrams, models and documentation in order to build a solution that meets buildability, business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

Solution Functional Fit Analysis - Composes and decomposes a system into its component parts using procedures, tools and work aides for the purpose of studying how well the component parts were designed, purchased and configured to interact holistically to meet business, technical, security, governance and compliance requirements.

System Solution Architecture - Creates solution designs and patterns using the Cummins Technical Reference Model (CTRM), CLEAN standards, and existing reference patterns to maintain alignment to Cummins standards.

Project Issue and Risk Management - Manages the process to identify, assess and prioritize issues and risks using recommended tools and disciplines. Drives actions to minimize, monitor and control risks and issues and to maximize the most positive outcomes possible.

Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Education, Licenses, Certifications:

College, university, or equivalent degree in relevant technical discipline, or relevant equivalent experience required. This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Experience:

Intermediate experience (2-4 years) in a relevant discipline area is required with a demonstrated track record of architecture and design for cloud-based platforms. Knowledge of the latest trends in emerging technologies is highly preferred and includes:

• Analyzing complex business systems, industry requirements, and governance and creating solution designs from them
• Proven architecture and design experience for cloud-based platforms and enterprise applications

Intermediate experiences in the following are preferred:

• Experience with architecting and integrating enterprise systems and data
• Familiar with IoT technology
• Knowledge of Agile software development and DevSecOps
• 10+ years of total professional experience in software development, application engineering, or related technical roles.
• 2-4+ years of experience in an Architect, Solution Design, or similar technical leadership role.
• Prior hands‑on experience as a Software Developer and/or Technical Lead is required.
• Complex Application Solution Design utilizing technologies like Java/Angular/Kubernetes/.Net/PhP is needed
• Architecture development framework and methodology to design systems landscape and interactions within enterprise, utilizing Mulesoft, Azure APIM, Azure Data Factory, etc.
• Deep knowledge in DevSecOps areas of GitHub Actions, Copado, SonarQube and Veracode to suggest development teams better their code standards.

Job Systems/Information Technology

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On‑site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2436238

Relocation Package No

100% On‑Site No

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