Senior Technical Lead & Solutions Architect (.NET, Cloud

Position Overview

We are seeking a senior Technical Lead / Solutions Architect to provide hands-on technical leadership across enterprise software initiatives. This role is responsible for leading cross-functional technical teams, overseeing application and integration architecture, ensuring code quality, and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions across the full software delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor cross-functional technical teams, including developers, Dev Ops engineers, and QA resources.
• Own and oversee solution architecture, ensuring alignment with business objectives, scalability, security, and performance requirements.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, architectural patterns, and best practices across teams.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance across end-to-end software delivery, including design, development, testing, integration, deployment, and support.
• Review and approve code, design artifacts, and technical implementations to ensure quality and maintainability.
• Design and implement API-driven, microservices-based architectures using modern cloud and container platforms.
• Guide teams in applying Dev Ops practices, CI/CD automation, and cloud-native delivery models.
• Oversee data integration and pipeline design using Azure Data Factory and related cloud services.
• Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and architects to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify technical risks and proactively drive mitigation strategies.
• Support production environments, ensuring system stability, performance, and continuous improvement.

Key Skills

• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams delivering enterprise software solutions
• Enterprise application and integration architecture
• Code quality governance and technical standards enforcement
• Cloud-native, microservices, and API-based design
• Strong communication, mentorship, and decision-making skills

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Experience:
  
  12+ years of professional experience in software engineering and technical leadership roles
• Certifications:
  
  Current Microsoft / Azure certifications (latest versions required)
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale software delivery initiatives
• Strong understanding of Agile and Dev Ops delivery models

Technologies & Tools

• Backend & APIs: .NET Core, ASP.NET, Web API, SQL Server
• Frontend:
  JavaScript, Angular, React, jQuery
• Platforms & Integrations:
  Salesforce
• Cloud & Data:
  Microsoft Azure (latest versions), Azure Data Factory
• Dev Ops & Architecture:
  Azure Dev Ops, Kubernetes, Microservices
• Version Control:
  Git

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale public-sector or regulated environments
• Strong background in solution design for complex, multi-system ecosystems
• Experience establishing engineering governance models and technical roadmaps
• Ability to balance strategic architectural oversight with hands-on technical leadership

If you are interested in getting more information about this opportunity, please contact Irina Rozenberg at your earliest convenience.

At Ariel Partners, we solve the most difficult problems that inhibit technology from enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our vision is to be recognized by our stakeholders as an elite provider of IT solutions, so when they have their biggest challenges we’re on their short list. We’re looking for team members who share our values of:

Integrityto do the right thing even when it hurts;

Commitment to the long term success and happiness of our customers, our people, and our partners;

Courageto take on difficult challenges, accept new ideas, and accept incremental failure; and the constant pursuit of Excellence. Ariel Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.