Solutions Architect

The Solution Architect partners with business stakeholders and technical development leads to design scalable, secure, and cost-effective systems. This role is responsible for translating business vision into end-to-end architecture, guiding delivery teams from proposal and discovery through project execution and ensuring long-term platform scalability and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders, product owners and delivery teams during proposal, discovery, and project initiation phases to define solution architecture aligned with business objectives and company strategy
• Collaborate with Technical Development Leads to ensure architectural decisions are feasible, scalable, and aligned with delivery timelines
• Define end-to-end system architecture, including application design, data flows, integrations, security, and infrastructure components
• Translate business requirements into technical blueprints, architecture diagrams, and design artifacts that guide development teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Ensure long-term technical scalability, maintainability, and performance by selecting appropriate platforms, frameworks, and architectural patterns
• Provide architectural governance and guidance throughout development, ensuring adherence to best practices, standards, and non-functional requirements
• Lead technical design reviews and proactively identify architectural risks, trade-offs, and mitigation strategies
• Align solution designs with enterprise architecture standards, cloud strategies, and organizational technology roadmaps
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to stakeholders, clearly articulating technical decisions, impacts, and value to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Other duties as requested by ECS Leadership

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• 10 years of related experience
• If driving for, or on behalf of, any ECS subsidiary, a valid drivers license is required
• Strong background in cloud-native architectures, enterprise integration, and cross-functional technical leadership.
• Strong abilities in the following:
  • Enterprise & Solution Architecture
  • System Design & Technical Governance
  • Cloud & Infrastructure Architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Scalability, Performance & Reliability Engineering
  • API, Integration & Microservices Architecture
  • Security, Compliance & Risk Management
  • Stakeholder & Executive Communication
  • Agile/SAFe/DevOps Alignment
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

ECS Group of Companies (ECS) was founded in 1988 with the goal to raise the standards of professional engineering consulting. Today, we are a leader in geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities consulting services. We are employee-owned with more than 3,000 employees in 100+ offices and testing facilities coast to coast. ECS is currently ranked #60 in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms (April 2026), #148 in Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms (October 2025) and #50 in Zweig Group's Hot Firm List (May 2025). For additional information about ECS, visit: www.ecslimited.com.

ECS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To learn more, clickhere.