Sr. Technical Solutions Architect

Location:
Irvine, CA 92614 (5 days on-site)

Hyundai Auto Ever America (HAEA) is the dynamic IT powerhouse behind Hyundai Motor Corporation, a Fortune 500 global leader in the automotive industry. As a key affiliate, we provide cutting‑edge Professional and Managed IT Services and Support to top Hyundai affiliate brands including Kia, Genesis, Hyundai Translead, Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai Capital, and Glovis. At HAEA, we understand that IT is the cornerstone of today’s fast‑evolving digital world.

By uniting all IT resources under one roof, we deliver consistent, top‑quality solutions while serving as the crucial information link between Hyundai’s Global Headquarters and North American operations. HAEA offers a truly global and collaborative environment. Here, you’ll drive innovation, boost operational efficiency, and help shape the future of mobility for the Hyundai Motor Group. If you’re passionate about technology and eager to make a real impact at a world‑class company, Hyundai Auto Ever America is the place to grow your career.

Join us and be part of the transformation that’s driving the future of automotive innovation.

As a leading Professional & Managed Services Provider providing IT solutions to our affiliate brands, we are in search of a seasoned Technical Solutions Architect to provide proactive sales engagement focusing on supporting the delivery of technical and services engagements within the Hyundai family of companies. You will possess a proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical audiences, including executive‑level stakeholders and clients in order to:

• Act as the technical lead during the pre‑sales process, engaging with clients to understand business challenges, translate customer business requirements into high‑level technical designs and propose tailored IT solutions.
• Leverage your own and collaborate with other internal stakeholders’ expertise in our service portfolio to design scalable, secure, and cost‑effective architectures across cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise applications.
• Apply previous experience in a technical role within a sales organization, supporting solutions development, customer engagement, and/or pre‑sales efforts by leading technical discovery sessions, solution workshops, and proof‑of‑concept initiatives.
• Partner with sales and delivery teams to develop proposals, including scope, pricing, and timelines.
• Translate business requirements into high‑level solution designs, including architecture diagrams, integration strategies, and implementation of roadmaps that deliver against the customer’s business needs, targets and KPIs.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in enterprise IT architecture, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and modern application frameworks.
• Support campaigning into accounts in an effort to win future projects by sharing customer insights from previous successful project engagements to support future engagements with new customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of IT development and implementation/consulting experience in the software or internet industries consulting on multiple technologies. This includes a broad knowledge across vendors and product categories in various technology ecosystems to assess compatibility and recommend optimal solutions in line with desired business objectives.
• 8+ years of proven experience designing and presenting enterprise IT solutions, including infrastructure/cloud, security/networking, application services, and AI. This covers core technology domains such as software development, cloud computing, systems engineering, infrastructure, security, networking, and data analytics.
• 3 years in a pre‑sales or client‑facing technical role designing, implementing, or consulting on application and infrastructure solutions.
• Previous knowledge of a structured sales process, including understanding of the competitive landscape and the ability to work collaboratively with sales, delivery teams, and Key Account Managers to support proposals and customer…