Hiring: Principal Solution Architect, Enterprise Digital Technology Company: Guardian Life Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 07:43:24 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Accessibility, Agile, Embedded Systems, Event-Driven, MVP, Salesforce About the job Required Skills: •Operating at an enterprise or portfolio level, the Principal Solution Architect focuses less on individual solution delivery and more on establishing architecture patterns, standards, guardrails and building solutions that enable teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions at speed. •This role partners closely with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, and Platform teams to ensure solutions align to business strategy, are resilient and compliant, and can scale across multiple use cases—without becoming a bottleneck to delivery. •Own enterprise and business solution architecture strategy, standards, guardrails, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and cross-team design consistency across platforms and domains. •Lead complex design decisions across value streams and business units, translating business and technology strategy into actionable architecture direction, solution designs, and delivery choices. •Drive early architecture engagement to identify cross-platform dependencies, systemic risks, scalability constraints, build-versus-buy implications, integration patterns, and non-standard enterprise exceptions. •Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Risk, Compliance, platform, product, and engineering teams to embed enterprise standards, governance, security, resiliency, performance, and maintainability into solution design. •Influence Solution Architects, Portfolio Architecture leaders, Value Stream leaders, Product Managers, Product Owners, and Tech Leads to align roadmaps, MVP scope, technical trade-offs, and BU-specific architecture decisions. •Mentor architects and senior engineers, represent solution architecture in enterprise forums and architecture review boards, and elevate architectural maturity across the organization. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!