CliftonLarsonAllen

Senior Solution Architect

CliftonLarsonAllen$108K — $185K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6 years of relevant experience required
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in lieu of formal education.
  • Expertise in solution architecture and cloud technologies.
  • Proficiency in enterprise architecture design and data pipeline development.
  • Strong knowledge of security and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

  • Shape technology landscape by designing solution architectures for analytical solutions.
  • Define and maintain enterprise AI architecture standards and governance frameworks.
  • Partner with stakeholders to align AI-enabled solutions with organizational goals.
  • Optimize AI systems for performance, cost, and efficiency.
  • Establish LLMOps practices for AI deployment and lifecycle management.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans.
  • 401k retirement savings plan.
  • Focus on physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.
  • Supportive culture promoting career growth and collaboration.
Full Job Description
CLA is growing and seeking to hire an experienced Senior Solution Architect to join our talented Information Technology team. The position offers growth, flexibility and a collaborative work environment.

In this position you should have the following; excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels. Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment. Most important, demonstrate a high level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.

This role is responsible for shaping the firm's technology landscape by partnering with key stakeholders to design solution architectures that enable insightful analytical solutions. This role creates a holistic view of AI solutions architecture and ensures technology initiatives align with business objectives. Provides strategic technical leadership, drives architecture standards, and ensures solutions are scalable, secure, and future-ready.

How you'll create opportunities in this Lead Modern Workplace SharePoint Engineer role:

AI Architecture, Strategy & Governance
  • Define and maintain enterprise AI architecture standards, reference architectures, governance frameworks, and best practices for Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Machine Learning solutions.
  • Partner with business and technology leaders to identify, design, and deliver AI-enabled capabilities aligned with organizational goals.
  • Establish and enforce AI governance, security, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI standards.
  • Develop AI technology roadmaps and evaluate emerging AI tools, platforms, models, and industry trends.
  • Lead architecture reviews and ensure AI initiatives align with enterprise architecture, security, and governance requirements.

AI Solution Design, Delivery & LLMOps
  • Design, implement, and oversee enterprise AI solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG, AI Agents, vector databases, and modern AI frameworks.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and cost-effective AI architectures and technical solutions.
  • Optimize AI systems for token efficiency, context management, retrieval relevance, response quality, performance, and cost.
  • Establish LLMOps practices including deployment, evaluation, monitoring, observability, testing, and lifecycle management.
  • Define and implement AI evaluation frameworks measuring accuracy, relevance, grounding, latency, and business outcomes.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship on AI architecture, prompt engineering, agentic systems, AI security, and operational best practices.


What you will need:
  • 6 years relevant experience required
  • Bachelor's degree or a combination of relevant experience and training may be considered in lieu of a degree.


Technical Competencies:
  • Enterprise Architecture Design - Ability to develop and maintain architecture frameworks and standards
  • Solution Architecture - Expertise in designing scalable, secure, and integrated technology solutions.
  • Data Architecture & Pipeline Development - Skilled in building data pipelines and enabling analytics solutions.
  • Cloud Technologies - Proficiency in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid architectures
  • Integration & API Management - Strong knowledge of system integration patterns and API design.
  • Security & Compliance - Understanding of security principles, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
  • Technical Governance & Documentation - Ability to enforce standards and produce clear architectural documentation.


Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.

The compensation range for this position in Minnesota is: 108,000.00 - $185,000.00

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Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

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About CliftonLarsonAllen

CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) is a professional services firm that provides audit, tax, and advisory services to clients in a variety of industries. The firm was formed in 2012 through the merger of Clifton Gunderson and LarsonAllen, and has since grown to become one of the largest accounting firms in the United States. CLA has over 6,000 employees and serves clients in all 50 states. The firm is committed to providing exceptional service to its clients and helping them achieve their goals.
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