The Principal Domain Architect role is responsible for driving the integration of pioneering technologies in the design of highly complex technology solutions within a specific domain, while considering business goals, technical feasibility, and long-term scalability. The incumbent will provide strategic direction, training and mentoring to various stakeholders across the business in the IT-aligned business functional areas using their deep expertise in their specific domain. The role will define and lead the architecture and development of solutions aligned with the overall business and technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring business functional outcomes are achieved and the architectural runway is in place at the functional level. The incumbent will advocate and drive collaboration among stakeholders and various communities of practice to understand business needs and implement the best solutions to meet their needs, while ensuring alignment with overall IT strategy and roadmap.

Education

• Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or in lieu of a degree, at least 15 years of experience in IT

Required Knowledge & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in the specific domain and designing solutions

• Proven track record in designing and architecting complex systems at the functional or enterprise level

• Expertise in technology integration and the design of interfaces between systems

• Expertise in Software Development Lifecycle Methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.)

• Proven track record in working with enterprise application integration and service-oriented architecture

• In-depth expertise in cloud providers and modern architectures (i.e., microservices, serverless, containerization, etc.)

• Extensive knowledge of existing and emerging enterprise architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

• 6+ years of experience with Azure, AWS or Oracle Cloud products
• Experience with approved Kubernetes platforms (Rancher, AKS, OKE) across on‑prem and cloud environments.
• Proficiency with automation and CI/CD tools including ArgoCD, AWX (Ansible), and GitHub Actions.
• Hands‑on experience implementing Kong Mesh and integrating networking, DNS, and hybrid‑cloud services.
• Familiarity with observability technologies such as Sysdig, Elastic Cloud, ELK, Fluentd log forwarding,Prometheus, and Grafana.
•  Knowledge of identity and security tools (OUD, OpenLDAP containers, Vault agents, WebSSO/OpenIDC), as well as secrets management integrations such as Hashi Corp Vault.
• Knowledge of platform‑level runtimes, including ingress controllers (e.g., NGINX) and TLS certificate lifecycle management (e.g., cert‑manager).
• Experience with container host technologies such as Terraform and Python.

Technical Skills

• Virtualization Technologies

• Enterprise Storage Architecture

• Cloud Technologies & Platforms

• Web Services, APIs, Microservices, and SOA

• Application Architecture

• Data Architecture

• Project Management Methodology

• Architecture Governance & Standards

• Solution Architecture Patterns

• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Methodology

• Emerging Technologies and Automation Tools

• Technology Cost Optimization

• Domain Knowledge

• Change Management

WHAT THE ROLE WILL DO:

• Define and drive the integration architecture designs that are aligned to the organization’s business goals (e.g., speed, reliability, scalability)

• Develop and leverage expertise in domain-driven design principals to improve upon conceptual and logical models and advocate for their organization-wide adoption in adherence to architectural principles, policies, standards, and frameworks

• Create detailed execution plans to implement recommendations for solution designs and ensure consistency and compliance with architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks

• Introduce industry differentiators to refine and support business strategies and execution models by providing insights on how updated end to end delivery capabilities can drive business goals

• Advocate and drive collaboration among various stakeholders across the business, ensuring seamless communication and alignment of architectural principles, policies, standards, and frameworks in a unified manner

• Using technical expertise, develop training opportunities to empower technical teams in support of the implementation of solution design

• Drive and foster strategic communications regarding technical considerations and impacts to stakeholders helping them understand implications in detail

• Maintain and leverage strong business networks to ensure ongoing alignment between business operations and IT strategy

• Proactively contribute and influence the development of the overall IT strategy and roadmap, proposing innovative solutions that drive business goals

• Propose and evaluate emerging technologies and trends to help the organization maintain a competitive advantage, driving innovation within the organization

• Create a standardized reference architecture for cloud/application deployment including: establishing standardized patterns, developing reusable components that can be applied across various projects, providing clear instructions for the application of these standardized architectures and patterns

• This role is not remote/ hybrid. This role will report to our office in Cleveland, OH.

• This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa. Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.

• Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships