Solution Architect

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The Enterprise Architect – Solution Architecture role at Pearson VUE is a strategic, high‑impact position responsible for defining technical solutions that drive new customer acquisition, support entry into emerging markets, and expand capabilities for existing customers. The architect will provide enterprise‑level guidance, governance, and technical leadership to drive scalable, secure, and future‑ready solution architectures that evolve VUE products toward their target‑state architecture, including modernization, cloud‑native design, resiliency and AI‑enabled capabilities.

• Develop robust, end‑to‑end solution architectures that balance customer needs with Pearson VUE’s strategic technology direction.
• Lead solution shaping for RFP/RFI responses, pre‑sales engagements, and complex customer implementations.
• Architect solutions that advance key modernization objectives – cloud‑native deployments, microservices, event‑driven patterns, resiliency, horizontal scalability, and platform consolidation.
• Evaluate and recommend technology patterns, integration frameworks, and architectural approaches that optimize both customer outcomes and long‑term product evolution.
• Produce architectural deliverables including high‑level solution approach/designs, conceptual models, sequence diagrams, data flows, standards, and reference architectures.
• Translate business and technical constraints into actionable design options and implementation guidance for engineering and delivery teams.
• Resolve day‑to‑day integration and build issues, ensuring technical consistency and stability across assigned products or services.
• Consult on technical feasibility for major features or updates, raising significant challenges to senior experts as needed.
• Mentor platform and product architects and engineers, sharing best practices and supporting their technical growth.
• Ensure conformance to established framework guidelines and documentation standards.
• Collaborate across teams to enable smooth integration and knowledge transfer, driving project efficiency.
• Adapt quickly to shifting requirements, maintaining solution stability and project momentum.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Significant experience designing and implementing software architectures in enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on expertise in cloud platforms, API management, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong background in technical mentoring and cross‑team collaboration.
• Experience resolving integration and build issues in complex systems.

• Experience in high‑availability, high‑volume platforms such as scheduling, proctoring, content delivery, or secure assessment systems.
• Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, SAFe Architect).
• Experience applying AI/ML or Agentic
  
  AI concepts within enterprise products.
• Familiarity with security frameworks, compliance standards, and multi‑region deployment strategies.

• Travel:
  Occasional travel may be required for customer engagements or internal meetings.
• Reports to:
  
  Vice President of Product Management & Enterprise Architecture.
• Location:
  
  Remote.
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑time.
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The minimum full‑time salary range is between $125,000 and $150,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E‑Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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