Principal Architect, CSA, Rex

Principal Architect, CSA

The Principal Architect serves as the senior architectural authority within Customer Solution Architecture HPT Client Team, shaping enterprise-scale transformation across AI, data, hybrid infrastructure, and security domains. This role unifies strategic advisory, platform design, and architectural governance to guide clients from vision through execution while ensuring long-term scalability, performance, and risk mitigation.As a Principal Architect, you will hold a pivotal role in defining and governing enterprise-scale architectural direction across complex, multi-domain environments, ensuring alignment with client strategy, industry standards, and Softchoice platform best practices. Business travel will be required approximately 30% of the time.Lead Client Engagements&Advisory: Engage CIO, CTO, CISO, and executive stakeholders on multi-year platform strategy, investment prioritization, and architectural trade-offs across cost, resiliency, compliance, and innovation High‑Performance Architecture Design: Design and govern enterprise AI Factory architectures, integrating GPU compute, data platforms, orchestration, governance, security, and operating models to enable scalable, responsible AI adoptionBusiness Development, Relationship Management, and Technical Sales&Demonstrations: Develop and nurture relationships with key client stakeholders. Demonstrate proficiency in originating deals with C-level individuals. Lead pursuit teams, contribute to proposal development, and shape pricing strategies. Deliver demos showcasing AI and infrastructure value. Create and present technical architecture(s) and proposals.Solution Delivery Guidance&Integration: Identify architectural risk early and provide executive-level guidance on trade-offs between innovation, performance, regulatory compliance, and cost optimization Practice&Team Development: Contribute to practice development and serve as architectural authority across CSA, mentoring senior architects, defining reusable patterns and reference architectures, and influencing capability investment and solution packaging. Continuous Learning&Industry Expertise: Maintain deep understanding of emerging AI, Data, and Hybrid IT platforms. Cultivate a growth mindset, continually seeking new and improved technologies and methods with which to drive impact Compensation A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position in Atlanta is $174,490 to $218,120 annually + 20% as Target Incentive. Denver is $174,490 to $218,120 annually + 20% as Target Incentive. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including location, experience, skill set, education, and related certification. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Softchoice offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit plan to all full-time employees, which includes: Health and Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, and Vision Care, Flexible Spending Account, Employee Assistance Program Financial Benefits: 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance Paid Time Off: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at 20 days per year), Holidays, Parental Leave, Volunteer Days, Bereavement Leave Additional Perks: Employee Discount Program