Technical Consulting Manager & Lead Solutions Architect

Allata, LLC; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Allata, LLC is seeking an experienced Technical Consulting Manager & Lead Solutions Architect to lead engagements, evaluate, design, and modernize complex software and infrastructure architectures.

In this role, you will wear two hats: acting as the Engagement & Technical Lead driving small, high-performing consulting teams to deliver milestones on time, while serving as a trusted technical advisor to client leadership and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical workstreams and consulting teams.
• Deep experience evaluating and designing distributed architectures, high-throughput pipelines, microservices, APIs, and message-driven systems.
• Expertise identifying bottlenecks (CPU, memory, I/O, DB concurrency) and readiness for exponential growth.
• Hands-on Azure and hybrid infrastructure knowledge (App Gateways, VNets, load balancers, compute, security) and on-prem virtualization.
• Ability to guide multi-stack codebase analyses to uncover architectural couplings and risks.
• Experience creating executive-level reports, modernization roadmaps, and standard diagrams (C4, Visio, Lucidchart).
• Working knowledge of Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Docker, and modern CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural discoveries, modernization roadmaps, and scalability assessments.
• Drive small consulting teams to deliver milestones on time and within scope.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to client leadership and engineering teams.
• Synthesize findings into executive-level reports and architecture diagrams.

Skills

Technical Delivery & Team Leadership

Architecture & System Design

Scalability & Performance Analysis

Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure

Codebase & Technical Debt Evaluation

Deliverable Synthesis & Diagramming

IaC & Automation Fundamentals

Job description

Allata is a global consulting and technology services firm founded in 2016, with 350+ employees across the US, India, and Argentina. We partner with some of the world's largest enterprises to move AI from idea to production — building intelligent agents, data foundations, and governance frameworks that scale.

Our teams work at the intersection of strategy, engineering, data, and design, helping clients modernize their technology, unlock data value, and create meaningful digital experiences. At Allata, you'll join an agile, cross-functional team that works closely alongside clients — making a real impact and building lasting partnerships.

We are looking for an experienced Technical Consulting Manager & Lead Solutions Architect to lead consulting engagements and partner with client stakeholders to evaluate, design, and modernize complex software and infrastructure architectures. In this role, you will wear two key hats: acting as the Engagement & Technical Lead driving small, high-performing consulting teams to successfully deliver milestones on time, while simultaneously serving as a trusted technical advisor to client leadership and engineering teams. You will lead architectural discoveries, scalability and technical debt evaluations, infrastructure assessments on Azure and hybrid environments, and synthesize actionable modernization roadmaps.

Hard Skills:

• Technical Delivery & Team Leadership: Proven experience leading technical workstreams and small consulting teams (analysts, engineers, specialists); assigning tasks, reviewing work output, synthesizing disparate findings into unified deliverables, and keeping engagements on scope and on schedule.
• Architecture & System Design: Deep experience evaluating and designing distributed software architectures, high-throughput telemetry/data pipelines, microservices, API gateways, and message-driven systems.
• Scalability & Performance Analysis: Proven ability to identify architectural and infrastructure bottlenecks (CPU, memory, I/O, database concurrency, network) and evaluate readiness for exponential growth (horizontal vs. vertical scaling).
• Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure: Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Azure (App Gateways, VNet topology, load balancers, compute, security) and on-premises / colocation virtualization platforms (Linux, Proxmox, VMware, KVM).
• Codebase & Technical Debt Evaluation: Ability to guide the team in analyzing multi-stack codebases and system topologies to uncover architectural couplings, fragile integration points, and structural risks.
• Deliverable Synthesis & Diagramming: Track record of authoring executive-level technical reports, prioritized modernization roadmaps, and industry-standard architecture/topology diagrams (C4 model, Visio, Lucidchart).
• IaC & Automation Fundamentals: Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates), containerization (Docker), and modern CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).

Nice to have:

• Microsoft Azure Certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305, Azure Administrator AZ-104).
• Prior experience within professional services or technology consulting firms.
• Experience with high-volume telemetry ingestion, event streaming, or cybersecurity/SOC platforms (SIEM, SOAR, alert correlation engines).
• Familiarity with cloud migration roadmapping (on-prem/colo to Azure cloud) and high-level AI-readiness architectures.

Soft Skills / Business Specific Skills:

• Client & Stakeholder Management: Excellent written and spoken English; experienced in facilitating SME discovery sessions, navigating client dynamics, managing executive expectations, and delivering polished final readouts to C-level stakeholders.
• Team Enablement & Mentorship: Strong ability to provide direction, mentor technical analysts/engineers, unblock challenges, and ensure deliverable quality control.
• Strategic Prioritization & Analytical Thinking: Ability to translate complex engineering risks into clear business impacts, helping clients prioritize near-term remediation vs. long-term investments.
• Ownership & Drive: Highly organized, proactive, and resilient in navigating ambiguity and tight, time-boxed project schedules.

At Allata, we value differences.

Allata is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Allata makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability or any other legally protected category.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.