Principal Solution Architect

Job Requisition ID #25WD89237Position Overview:As a Principal Solution Architect, you will be a technical subject matter expert with experience in defining, automating, and integrating technical/functional Autodesk solutions that create competitive advantage for companies in the industry space. You’ll work closely with our customers’ leadership teams to architect and design innovative solutions with specifications that can be traced to business strategy and success metrics.Employing industry standard methodologies and frameworks, you’ll lead a team to build solutions that improve our customer’s business processes, workflows, and lifecycle management with seamless integration into their enterprise systems. By educating customers on key architecture considerations, estimating effort and resources required, and advising on implementation decisions, you create a clear path to successfully develop, integrate, and deploy new solutions.You will report to a manager who leads a team of Solution Architects. You will work closely with a team of Solution Architects collaborating to improve the teams’ capabilities and to ensure customer success. You will also work with a team of technical consultants who will implement our solutions.  You will be asked to work with sales teams helping to define strategies that will lead to better outcomes for Autodesk and for our customers.Responsibilities:Define Software and IT System architecture by evaluating and translating customer business needsDefine Solution architecture and/or validate customer’s architecture feasibilityCreates a path to develop, integrate and deploy Autodesk solutions into enterpriseKeeps abreast with technology trends (innovative and disruptive) affecting our customersUnderstand data pipelines to promote efficient enterprise data flow and ML and AI solutionsProvides input to stakeholders for arriving at best possible solutionEducates and highlights key architecture considerations to implement solutionGathers input on non-functional requirements for solutionMay act as liaison between customer IT and Business stakeholders within the scope of solutionEstimates effort and resources requiredHelps customer establish enterprise architecture practices in their organizations enabling them define and realize their business goalsValidates Autodesk API capabilities to be used in the solutionBe effective voice of Autodesk solutions in various outlets such as conferences, whitepapers and blogsContributes towards Customer’s Change Management framework and identifies division of laborGathers and internalizes rich customer feedback, using it to generate innovative solutions that fill core or future needs.Acts as “Trusted Advisor” to the customer and guide them to successWorks with project managers and project sponsors to provide enterprise solutions to specific business problems and issues across many domainsPrepares and presents project documentation for the customer stakeholdersEvaluates design approaches, makes architectural recommendations, and implements improvements to adoption strategiesPresent “point of view” on implementation roadmap to multiple types of stakeholdersDevelop “reference architectures” and promote re-use in implementing Autodesk technologiesLead and Mentor developers and 3rd party consultantsParticipate in code reviews to ensure new code conforms to highest standardsMinimum Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or similar field8+ years of software engineering experience with relevant BS degree, or 8+ years with advanced degreeDatabase Knowledge: In-depth understanding of database structure principles.Experience working on large scale, customer facing, web and cloud applicationsStrong .NET skills. Our language of choice on the server side is .NETCandidate have implemented applications in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, Google.Candidate has architected solutions to integrate workflow from traditional desktop to cloud applicationsPractical experience building or integrating web servicesPreferred Qualifications:Understanding of data pipelines, ETL processes, and data governanceExperience with relational, No SQL, and graph databasesStrong experience with Amazon Web Services OR AzureExperience in solutions in Manufacturing IndustryExperience in solutions in AEC IndustryKnowledge of or Certified in Architecture Assessment Methods like TOGAFPresented and acted as “advisor” to stakeholders in past job historyExperience with Autodesk softwareStrong verbal and written communication skillsLeadership experience as a Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Architect in previous roles#LI-KH1Learn MoreAbout AutodeskWelcome to Autodesk! 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