Senior Enterprise Principal Architect

3Cloud is hiring a Senior Enterprise Principal Architect to lead technical direction and solution strategy for complex modernization projects, working directly with executive stakeholders to align architecture decisions with business outcomes.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $145,200—$217,800 USD

Responsibilities

• Lead solution shaping and technical win strategy for complex modernization pursuits from discovery through close.
• Run executive discovery to surface desired outcomes, constraints, nonfunctional requirements, and key risks early.
• Translate discovery into clear solution options, architecture narratives, and multi-year roadmaps with phased transformation plans.
• Define scope boundaries, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria to reduce ambiguity at close and kickoff.
• Identify architectural, security, and feasibility risks during presales and drive specific mitigations into proposals and commercial terms.
• Serve as a trusted executive technology advisor across strategic accounts.
• Set credible technology vision and transformation strategy that executives can fund, sequence, and govern.
• Frame decisions in business terms by clearly explaining options, tradeoffs, and risk.
• Set technical direction across enterprise modernization spanning applications, cloud platforms, and data and artificial intelligence.
• Make principled tradeoffs across speed versus quality, custom build versus platform, and innovation versus stability.
• Step in when decisions are contested or delivery risk rises, restore clarity, and align teams on a path forward.
• Establish clear decision making under uncertainty using lightweight decision frameworks and written decision records.
• Create and scale reference architectures, solution playbooks, and guardrails that improve pursuit speed and delivery consistency.
• Contribute to consulting offerings and accelerators that are deliverable at scale and aligned with market demand.
• Provide thought leadership through client forums and executive briefings.
• Align with Microsoft field teams and partner stakeholders to strengthen joint solutioning and pursuit execution.
• Mentor senior architects and technical leaders through influence and hands on guidance.
• Track emerging technology and industry shifts and translate them into practical client options.
• Turn innovation into clear recommendations, pilot approaches, and phased adoption paths that balance value, risk, and operational readiness.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading solution shaping and technical win strategy for complex modernization pursuits, from discovery through close.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture, including enterprise scale adoption, governance, security, and integration.
• Experience setting technical direction for enterprise modernization across applications, cloud platforms, and data, including governance and operating model implications.
• Demonstrated ability to surface architectural, security, and feasibility risks early and drive clear mitigations into proposals and plans.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical decisions into business impact, constraints, and risk.
• Track record resolving contested decisions and restoring momentum when ambiguity rises.
• Experience leading through matrix influence across account, engineering, security, and delivery stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel up to 25 percent as needed.
• Maintain, or be willing to obtain and maintain, relevant professional certifications.

Benefits

• Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work.
• 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay.
• Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days.
• Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you.
• Option for vision and dental coverage.
• 100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance.
• Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents.
• Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
• $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance.
• Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role.
• Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges.

Additional Information

• This role is primarily remote within the US.
• The position is a senior, client-facing role with matrix leadership responsibilities.
• The role involves setting strategic technical direction, solution shaping, and executive advisory.
• The salary range is $145,200 to $217,800 USD.
• The posting expires on June 8, 2026.
• Applicants should be willing to travel up to 25% and maintain relevant professional certifications.