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