Blend360 LLC
Director of Solutions Architecture
Columbia, MD, United States · Director
Sponsorship not specified$190k-$210kDetected 62 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentSnowflakeDatabricksDevOpsData ScienceLLMsRAGCadenceLeadership
About the role
- Blend is a premier AI services provider, committed to co-creating meaningful impact for its clients through the power of data science, AI, technology, and people.
- The company is dedicated to unlocking value and fostering innovation for its clients by harnessing world-class people and data-driven strategy.
- We believe that the power of people and AI can have a meaningful impact on your world, creating more fulfilling work and projects for our people and clients.
Responsibilities
- Architectural engagement: own the architecture narrative with client executives and enterprise/community architects-alignment meetings, steering forums, architecture reviews-translating technical choices into business outcomes and delivery commitments.
- SDLC integration: thread architecture through the engagement lifecycle-baseline/design increments, interface contracts, non-functional profiles (SLO/capacity/security/data classifications), environment strategy, integration sequencing, release/readiness checkpoints; align with client Agile/DevOps or waterfall hybrids without diluting architectural integrity.
- Delivery partnership: joint sequencing with engineering leads-dependency maps, technical spikes, migration/cutover strategies, feature-flag and rollback thinking-so architecture choices remain implementable and verifiable.
- Expectations and Scope: crisp scope boundaries for architecture work products; timely signals on change drivers (discovery surprises, dependency drift); support SOW/pursuit shaping when staffed on pursuits.
- Lead solution architecture on consulting engagements for Intelligent Applications:
- shape discovery (hypotheses, current-state, constraints, options), drive architectural engagement across client stakeholders and supplier ecosystems, embed architecture in SDLC cadence (milestones, environments, release/architecture checkpoints), and oversee delivery operations implications-observability acceptance, hypercare criteria, knowledge transfer, and steady-state architectural guardrails.
- Partner **FDE** leads so decisions ship.
- own the architecture narrative with client executives and enterprise/community architects-alignment meetings, steering forums, architecture reviews-translating technical choices into business outcomes and delivery commitments.
- crisp scope boundaries for architecture work products; timely signals on change drivers (discovery surprises, dependency drift); support SOW/pursuit shaping when staffed on pursuits.
Requirements
- 15+ years equivalent with repeated success leading architecture on enterprise consulting or embedded transformation programs-evidence across discovery → delivery → operate.
Nice to have
- Engagements bridging applications with Databricks/Snowflake-centric analytics-contracts, lineage, identity, cost/performance classes.
- It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range and determining factors for compensation are considered for each individual circumstance.
- Industry exposure where regulated AI or legacy estates complicate IA delivery.
- Strong partnership record with engineering directors on forward-deployed programs.
- Nice to have: Engagements bridging applications with Databricks/Snowflake-centric analytics-contracts, lineage, identity, cost/performance classes.
Compensation
- $190k-$210k
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