Leads enterprise solution architecture across applications, infrastructure, data, integrations, and processes. Defines technology blueprints, architecture roadmaps, modernization strategies, governance standards, and transformation plans. Partners with executives, business leaders, product owners, and engineering teams to align technology investments with business objectives. Evaluates emerging technologies and vendors, guides complex programs, manages technical debt, develops business cases, and mentors architects while promoting architecture excellence.
The Principal Solutions Architect proactively and holistically leads and supports EA activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions. Solutions include projects, systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information), shared infrastructure services and shared application services.
What Will you do:
- Lead enterprise solution architecture by translating business strategies and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and future-ready technology blueprints that drive business outcomes.
- Partner with business leaders, product owners, and engineering teams to define architecture roadmaps, ensure strategic alignment, and support long-term product and platform evolution.
- Design end-to-end solutions across applications, infrastructure, data, integrations, and processes while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards and best practices.
- Drive technology modernization initiatives by identifying technical debt, legacy system constraints, architectural gaps, and opportunities for cloud, platform, and process transformation.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, market trends, and vendor solutions to recommend innovative capabilities that enhance business agility, operational efficiency, and competitive advantage.
- Provide architectural leadership and governance through reference architectures, standards, design patterns, and solution reviews to ensure compliance, quality, and consistency across the technology landscape.
- Lead architecture efforts for complex, cross-functional programs and products, guiding solution design decisions and supporting delivery teams throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop current-to-future state transformation roadmaps that enable business capability growth while optimizing application portfolios, technology investments, and operational models.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and consultant to executives, product teams, architects, and technology partners, influencing strategic decisions and ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives.
- Champion architecture excellence and continuous improvement by fostering communities of practice, mentoring architects, and promoting best practices across agile delivery organizations.
What We're Looking For:
15+ years of progressive experience across enterprise architecture, application development, cloud platforms, infrastructure, networking, integration, and data management, delivering large-scale business-critical solutions.
- Proven ability to define and execute enterprise architecture strategies, target-state roadmaps, and technology blueprints that align technology investments with business objectives.
- Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed architectures, leveraging technologies such as Azure, Java, .NET, Python, microservices, APIs, databases (SQL/NoSQL), and modern integration platforms.
- Strong understanding of emerging technologies and industry trends, with the ability to evaluate, recommend, and implement innovative solutions that drive business transformation and operational efficiency.
- Extensive experience leading Agile, DevOps, and product-centric delivery teams, providing architectural governance while balancing innovation, scalability, security, and technical debt management.
- Expertise in enterprise architecture disciplines, including application architecture, integration architecture, data architecture, infrastructure, networking, security, ITSM/ITIL, and technology governance frameworks.
- Demonstrated success partnering with senior executives, business leaders, and engineering teams, translating strategic business capabilities into scalable technical solutions and investment roadmaps.
- Strong financial acumen, including solution business case development, cost optimization, technology investment planning, vendor evaluation, and ROI/TCO analysis.
We expect the starting salary for this opportunity to be around $215,000. The actual salary will be determined based on years of relevant work experience
What You’ll Get:
- Up to 40% off the base rate of any standard Hertz Rental
- Paid Time Off
- Medical, Dental & Vision plan options
- Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching
- Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
- Employee Assistance Program for employees & family
- Educational Reimbursement & Discounts
- Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness
- Perks & Discounts –Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more
At Hertz, we champion and celebrate a culture of diversity and inclusion. We take affirmative steps to promote employment and advancement opportunities. The endless variety of perspectives, experiences, skills and talents that our employees invest in their work every day represent a significant part of our culture – and our success and reputation as a company.
Individuals are encouraged to apply for positions because of the characteristics that make them unique.
EOE, including disability/veteran
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