Solution Architect

Houston, United States | Posted on 04/01/2026

Indigo Beam Consulting provides a common-sense approach to solving business problems through technology.

Born out of Bluware Inc. which has been in business for twenty-seven years, Indigo Beam was conceived as a full-service business consulting company that deeply cares about creating technology solutions that are in harmony with the environments in which they exist.

We believe that for a technology solution to be sustainable, it must be congruent with the business processes it serves, indigenously maintainable, and cognizant of the unique traits of the organization which it calls home.

Location: Houston, TX – Onsite

Employment Type: 6- 12 months contract (1099 or C2C)

As a Solution Architect, you’ll be a key technical leader providing end-to-end architecture development, consultancy, and assurance across projects, ensuring that applications are well-designed and aligned with client’s standards and reference architecture. You will be working specifically in the Products portfolio for client’s Trading and Supply business. You will specifically work on a project team implementing a global Energy Trade and Risk Management (ETRM) solution on Azure to create a scalable, secure, and strategic landscape that enables the transformation of the Trading capabilities.

• Architecture and Technical Leadership
  • Provide strong leadership skills, including fostering collaboration, driving consensus, and effectively communicating complex technical concepts.
  • Not only lead in your area of expertise but also play a key role in shaping and transforming the role itself—identifying opportunities, driving innovation, and delivering impact that extends beyond the initial remit. As the organization grows, your role is expected to evolve, offering continuous opportunities for development, influence, and leadership.
  • Serve as the primary contact for architectural aspects of IT projects.
  • Integrate business process, data, application, technical, and information security dimensions into cohesive IT solutions.
  • Ensure solution architectures are documented using standard templates and tooling complying with client’s architectural standards.
  • Guide detailed designers and business analysts during the design phase.
  • Review and formally approve detailed solution designs.
  • Support Lead Architect and participate in Architecture Review Board sessions as required.
• Reference Model Stewardship
  • Actively contribute to the documentation, enhancement, and maintenance of Reference Models in Bizz Design or any other standard tooling.
  • Elevate project deliverables to conceptual and logical architecture levels.
• Technology Foresight
  • Monitor emerging IT technologies and apply this insight to design future-ready solutions.
• Standards Alignment
  • Stay informed of developments in client’s IT standards and services, ensuring they are incorporated into solution designs.
• Community Engagement
  • Champion architectural excellence within the organisation.
  • Engage with stakeholders to address architectural concerns and drive strategic improvements.

• Knowledge of the end-to-end Trading Business from deal inception through to settlement

• 10+ years in software and architecture delivery.
• Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading.
• Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions.
• Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value.
• TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments.
• Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions.
• Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities.

• Diagnose problems and implement innovative solutions fitting into the wider Trading…