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A leading Consulting Company is seeking a Sr. Solutions Architect for a 6 month contract to hire role.
Are you passionate about shaping enterprise technology strategy and designing modern, scalable solutions that solve complex business challenges?
The client is seeking an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join our growing consulting practice supporting enterprise clients in the Salt Lake City, UT area. This is an outstanding opportunity for a technology leader who combines deep technical expertise with strategic thinking to architect innovative, cloud-native solutions that accelerate digital transformation and deliver lasting business value.
This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll work closely with engineering teams to guide solution implementation, review technical designs, resolve complex architectural challenges, and ensure successful delivery.
As a trusted advisor, you will collaborate with executive stakeholders, business leaders, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to define technology roadmaps, design enterprise-scale solutions, and guide the successful delivery of mission-critical initiatives

You'll help organizations modernize their technology landscape through cloud adoption, AI-enabled capabilities, event-driven architectures, microservices, enterprise integration, and modern software engineering practices.
At CGI, you'll work alongside highly skilled consultants on challenging, high-impact projects while enjoying a collaborative culture that encourages innovation, continuous learning, and professional growth. Your expertise will help shape our clients' technology strategies while influencing the future of enterprise digital transformation.
Location: This position is based onsite at a client location in the Salt Lake City, UT area.
Your future duties and responsibilities
How you'll make an impact
As a Senior Solution Architect, you will provide both strategic and technical leadership across enterprise initiatives, ensuring technology solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, and long-term organizational strategy.
Strategic Business Partnership
Build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, business leaders, product owners, and technical teams
Partner with business and technology leadership to translate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions
Participate in enterprise planning, technology strategy, and investment discussions
Support business case development, technology assessments, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis, and modernization initiatives
Advise leadership on technology selection, architecture decisions, innovation opportunities, and emerging industry trends
Support application portfolio management, including modernization, lifecycle planning, and technology rationalization
Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
Design secure, scalable, resilient, and cloud-native enterprise solutions supporting mission-critical business capabilities
Translate complex business and technical requirements into comprehensive solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards
Develop architecture blueprints, reference architectures, solution roadmaps, and integration strategies
Design modern distributed systems leveraging:
Cloud-native architectures
Microservices
Event-driven architectures
API-first integration
Enterprise messaging
AI-enabled services
Lead application modernization initiatives, including legacy transformation and cloud migration
Ensure architectural decisions promote scalability, security, maintainability, observability, and operational excellence
Establish architecture principles, governance standards, reusable design patterns, and engineering best practices
Partner with development teams to ensure successful implementation of architectural designs
Enterprise Architecture & Governance
Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to ensure solution alignment with long-term technology strategy
Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) and governance processes
Evaluate technology risks, technical debt, and modernization opportunities
Develop future-state technology roadmaps that support evolving business capabilities
Promote standardized, reusable, secure, and automated architectural approaches
Drive architecture documentation, design standards, and governance throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Innovation & Engineering Excellence
Champion innovation through the adoption of AI, automation, cloud-native engineering, and emerging technologies
Mentor architects, developers, and technical teams on architecture principles and engineering excellence
Foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and technical leadership
Stay current with industry trends, cloud platforms, AI technologies, enterprise integration patterns, and software architecture best practices
Improve engineering productivity through automation, DevSecOps, AI-assisted development, and platform modernization
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
What you'll bring
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience)
Experience
8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise application development
Demonstrated progression from senior software engineer into architecture, technical leadership, or enterprise solution design roles
Experience designing enterprise-scale, cloud-native applications supporting complex business environments
Proven success leading architecture decisions across multiple concurrent initiatives
Experience collaborating with executive stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams
Technical Expertise
Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise solutions utilizing technologies such as:
Programming
Java
Python
Modern object-oriented programming languages
Cloud Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - Preferred
Architecture & Design
Microservices
Event-driven architecture
Enterprise integration patterns
API-first design
Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
Distributed systems
Integration Technologies
RESTful APIs
JSON
XML
API Management platforms
Enterprise messaging
Apache Kafka or comparable event-streaming technologies
DevOps & Cloud Engineering
Docker
Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar)
CI/CD pipelines
Git
Azure DevOps
GitHub
Data Technologies
SQL
Relational databases
Data modeling and query optimization
Operating Systems
Linux
Shell scripting
AI & Emerging Technologies
Generative AI
Agentic AI
AI-assisted software development
Intelligent automation
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable:
Enterprise Architecture frameworks (TOGAF or equivalent)
Cloud migration and modernization initiatives
API Management platforms (Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft, Azure API Management, etc.)
Event streaming platforms (Kafka, Event Hubs, or similar)
Data integration and analytics platforms
Security architecture, identity, and access management (IAM)
DevSecOps practices
Observability and monitoring platforms (Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.)
Experience within financial services, government, healthcare, or other regulated industries
Agile, Scrum, and SAFe delivery environments
Technical leadership across geographically distributed engineering organizations
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