Solution Architect - Leave Solutions (Virtual)

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com.

About the Role

Lead architects, define architecture best practices, development, evolution of solution blueprints, design patterns, and architecture standards.

Responsibilities

• Understanding the business & product requirement and evaluate the high-level technical feasibility, translate them into architecture solutions.
• Leading solution architecture initiatives across the Leave Solutions domain in alignment with enterprise architecture direction.
• Establishing, evolve, and govern architecture blueprints, solution reference architectures, and reusable design patterns.
• Defining and Ensuring adherence architecture principles, frameworks, and non-functional requirements including security, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Collaborating with and provide leadership to other technical architects, creating a culture of architectural excellence and innovation.
• Translating complex business requirements into well-architected, extensible, and robust digital solutions.
• Ensuring designs enable agility, extensibility, and long-term maintainability while integrating with broader organizational platforms.
• Overseeing the evolution of architectural roadmaps for your domain based on product requirements and long-term vision. Balance various aspects like feature development, reducing technical debt and strategic architectural objectives

Requirements

• Demonstrate experience in technology platforms and modern technologies/approaches to drive technology that is innovative, competitive, secure and resilient.
• Have exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to lead and influence cross functional teams.
• Have an ability to quickly evaluate options, unlock enterprise challenges, make technology recommendations.
• 12+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in solution architecture role.
• Design of server applications, encompassing APIs and micro-services, containers, databases, cloud infrastructures, and cloud services
• Demonstrate expertise with distributed computing architectures, including race conditions, parallelism, and concurrency control
• Implement in-depth knowledge of microservices architecture, cloud-native design, integration patterns (API, event, messaging), and security models.
• Have expertise with Jenkins, CI/CD Pipeline, GIT and other DevOps principles.
• Have familiarity with architectural frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and tools (e.g., Draw Io, ArchiMate, Lucid chart).
• Have expertise in .NET.
• Advance knowledge with low-code BPM platforms (Appian, Pega, etc.)

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and "Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs" 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it's important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that people with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com.

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

Salary Pay Range

Minimum :
90,200 USD
Maximum :
143,100 USD

Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate's experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: https://bit.ly/Alight_Benefits

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.