Sr Principal Enterprise Solution Architect

Description

The company is a global edge-to-cloud business that helps other organizations connect, protect and analyze their data and applications, from the edge to the cloud, so they can act on what they learn.

This is a senior principal enterprise solutions architect role that shapes the IT landscape of the company's customers. It is a highly visible leadership position in which you advise C-level executives and business leaders on enterprise-wide transformation with measurable results.

You will be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on complex technology problems, including modernization, cloud adoption, security and large digital transformation programs.

The role combines deep architecture skills with executive consulting, strategic planning and thought leadership across enterprise environments.

The role is onsite, and you will mainly work from an HPE partner or customer office.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise transformation for medium-sized and large organizations.
• Build long-term technology roadmaps that match business strategy and organizational goals.
• Work with CIOs, CTOs, business executives and senior stakeholders to define future-state architectures.
• Guide customers through cloud transformation, infrastructure modernization, data protection, security and operational excellence.
• Set up enterprise architecture governance and frameworks for technology decisions.
• Assess emerging technologies and recommend strategic investments that support business growth.
• Run executive workshops and advisory sessions.
• Lead architecture teams on complex, multi-disciplinary programs.
• Create business cases, transformation strategies and operating models.
• Serve as a trusted advisor across the full customer lifecycle.
• Work with solution architects, delivery teams, consulting teams and account executives to deliver good outcomes.
• Support strategic pursuits, bids and executive presentations for large, complex opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders.
• Question existing ways of working and drive meaningful change.
• Explain complex technical topics in terms of business value.
• Handle competing stakeholder interests and political dynamics.
• Lead executive conversations on technology investment and transformation priorities.
• Influence decisions without direct authority.
• Guide organizations through organizational and technological change.
• You can enter a customer meeting with a vague or undefined challenge and uncover the real business problem.
• You ask the right questions, spot strategic opportunities and link business goals to technology capabilities.
• You build consensus among stakeholders, guide customers through difficult transformations and bring clarity to highly complex environments.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, IT strategy or digital transformation.
• Extensive experience advising executive stakeholders.
• A proven record of delivering enterprise-wide technology transformation programs.
• Experience working in highly complex business and IT environments.
• A strong grasp of business strategy and organizational change.
• Experience leading large, geographically spread teams and stakeholders.
• Experience influencing enterprise technology investment decisions.
• Strong experience in several of these areas: enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, ArchiMate), cloud transformation (Azure, AWS, hybrid cloud), enterprise infrastructure, data protection and resiliency, security and compliance, digital transformation, business continuity and disaster recovery, enterprise storage platforms, strategic IT planning, governance and operating models, application and infrastructure modernization, technology portfolio management, and consulting and leadership.
• The ideal candidate pairs strategic vision with excellent stakeholder management.
• Preferred: a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or a related field.
• Preferred: an understanding of architectural concepts.
• Preferred: experience in enterprise consulting or global systems integration environments.
• Preferred: experience presenting at executive and industry events.
• Preferred: proven thought leadership within architecture communities.

Conditions

The role is onsite, mainly at an HPE partner or customer office.

Job level: TCP06. Job area: Services.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and makes decisions based on qualifications, merit and business need, and it complies with laws on employer use of arrest and conviction records.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellbeing benefits covering physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
• Personal and professional development programs to help you reach career goals, such as becoming a subject expert or moving into another division.