IT Solution Architect and Technical Lead

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In short

Ericsson Inc. is looking for an experienced IT Solution Architect and Technical Lead for a hybrid position in Plano, Texas. This role involves providing architecture and technical leadership for enterprise applications, translating requirements into secure and scalable solution designs, and collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver solutions across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

Design and oversee solutions across enterprise applications, integrations, data, identity, security, and supporting technologies.
Lead solution design discussions, translating business and technical requirements into clear architecture and implementation direction.
Partner with Solution Architects and application owners to ensure cross-boundary solutions align with platform strategies, standards, and roadmaps.
Serve as the technical partner to business stakeholders for business-owned applications, evaluating needs, options, dependencies, and risks.
Architect integrations using APIs, integration platforms, middleware, and event-driven patterns.
Facilitate technical decisions across application teams, business stakeholders, Security, Data, vendors, and other functions.
Apply and promote enterprise architecture principles, reusable solution patterns, and governance standards throughout the solution lifecycle.
Provide technical leadership through implementation, including design reviews and resolution of complex cross-application issues.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in enterprise application design, implementation, or technical leadership, with meaningful Solution Architecture experience.
Strong architecture fundamentals across SaaS/cloud platforms, integrations, APIs, data, identity, security, and application lifecycle management.
Demonstrated experience designing solutions spanning multiple applications and technical domains, including integration patterns and data flows.
Strong integration architecture knowledge: APIs, middleware, synchronous/asynchronous patterns, and event-driven architecture.
Experience in diverse enterprise environments including SaaS, cloud services, custom solutions, and third-party applications.
Ability to lead multi-team technical discussions, facilitate decisions, identify trade-offs, and drive issues to resolution.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills — able to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
Ability to collaborate and influence without direct authority across business, engineering, security, and vendor teams.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with tools such as LeanIX, ServiceNow, Workato, AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Dynamics 365, Snowflake, or TOGAF is a plus.
Seeking talent who are ready to learn, adapt, and develop the skills needed to thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Benefits

Opportunity for an annual bonus based on business and individual performance.
Subsidized, nationwide PPO medical benefit options, including a low-deductible Point of Service Plan and a qualifying High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a company-provided HSA contribution.
Subsidized dental and vision coverage.
401(k) plan with a 4% company match and immediate vesting.
Company-paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance.
Company-paid disability benefits.
Minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation.
Up to 3 personal days per year.
11 annual holidays.
8 hours of volunteer time.
80 hours of sick time annually.
Up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave.
6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay.
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Program.
Mobile therapy.
Volunteer paid time off.

Skills

SaaScloud platformsAPIsdataidentity and access managementsecurityapplication lifecycle managementmiddlewareevent-driven architectureLeanIXServiceNowWorkatoAWSAzureSalesforceDynamics 365SnowflakeTOGAF

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