Strategic Solution Architect: Microsoft & Cloud Ecosystems

Plante Moran; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Flexible Time Off

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Plante Moran is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to optimize the Management Consulting technology stack, define end-to-end architectures, and drive governance across practice and enterprise teams. You will partner with Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions aligned with standards.

This exempt role emphasizes strategic impact and architecture leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (required)
• Ten years of architecture experience across multiple domains with depth in at least one area relevant to professional services and working knowledge across cloud, infrastructure, security, IAM, data architecture & integration, application development architectures, DevOps, and product management
• Broad working knowledge across the Microsoft portfolio including Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Compute & Networking, Security & Identity, Azure Integration Services, Application Development, Copilot and related AI capabilities
• Experience leveraging Microsoft capabilities with third-party platforms to deliver integrated end-to-end products
• Experience evaluating when to use native Microsoft capabilities, configuration, customization, custom development, or third-party solutions based on business fit
• Proven ability to architect the complete product experience including business processes, user experience, applications, workflows, data, integrations, security, automation, analytics, infrastructure, operations, and lifecycle management
• Deep analytical and design thinking skills
• Experience in professional services, consulting, or highly regulated services environment
• Experience working within a product-centric or platform-based delivery model
• Strong communication skills to explain technical topics to practice leaders
• Strong organizational and leadership skills
• Resilience, initiative, and high performance standards

Responsibilities

• Optimize the practice’s technology stack by identifying opportunities to consolidate tools, improve integration, streamline workflows, apply emerging technologies, and retire redundant or legacy solutions
• Develop a deep understanding of the practice’s objectives, processes, services, and data to guide solution architecture decisions
• Design end-to-end, scalable solutions that support the practice’s engagement lifecycle, delivery enablement, workflows, reporting, and analytics using shared platforms and integrations
• Act as the design authority for practice solutions, reviewing and approving architecture designs to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and patterns
• Define and maintain reusable solution patterns and reference architectures to enable consistency, scalability, and reduced technical debt
• Support the full product lifecycle for practice solutions, including roadmap definition, major enhancements, platform upgrades, and decommissioning decisions
• Partner with Enterprise, Platform, and Foundational Architects to apply security, data, AI, application, and infrastructure standards while aligning with firmwide decisions
• Advise Product Managers and Product Owners on architectural trade-offs between standard capabilities, configuration, and customization
• Represent the practice in architecture governance forums and align roadmaps across practice, platform, and enterprise technology

Skills

Architecture

Microsoft portfolio

Product management

Security

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Software Eng

Tools

Microsoft 365

Power Platform

Azure

Job description

Plante Moran is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to optimize the Management Consulting technology stack, define end-to-end architectures, and drive governance across practice and enterprise teams. You will partner with Product Managers, Enterprise Architects, and platform teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions aligned with standards.

This exempt role emphasizes strategic impact and architecture leadership.