Solution Architect III

GM Financial

• $110K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Advanced knowledge of Agile methodologies and cross-functional collaboration in business and technology teams
  • Expertise in multi-tier application architecture and API integration
  • In-depth knowledge of Adobe Experience Cloud tools (Adobe Analytics, Experience Manager, etc.)
  • Experience designing customer journey orchestration and digital communication solutions
  • Proficiency in integrating Adobe platforms with enterprise data systems
  • Experience in building cloud solution architecture with IaaS and PaaS
  • Strong communication skills to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences

Responsibilities

  • Define the technical vision for Adobe marketing solutions and assess platform capabilities
  • Evolve solution architecture based on input from diverse technology and business teams
  • Outline components, data flows, and integrations within Adobe Experience Cloud and other platforms
  • Develop architecture enablers through research and prototyping for Adobe tools
  • Collaborate with teams to transform business requirements into technical specifications
  • Ensure compliance with governance and security requirements for marketing communications
  • Participate in demos and architecture reviews to identify risks and improvement opportunities

Benefits

  • Generous benefits package from day one
  • 401K matching
  • Bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid)
  • Tuition assistance and training opportunities
  • GM employee auto discount
  • Community service pay
  • Nine company holidays
  • Hybrid work environment, 2 days a week in office
Full Job Description
Job Description

Responsibilities

About the role:

Solution Architect (SA III) provides technical leadership for agile teams and defines a shared technical vision for marketing technology and customer engagement solutions. The SA architects end-to-end solutions across Adobe Experience Cloud capabilities, including Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Journey Optimizer, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, and related integration patterns. This role translates business, marketing, compliance, and customer experience needs into scalable, secure, and resilient technical solutions that enable personalized digital engagement and customer communications.

In this role you will:
  • Define the technical and architectural vision for Adobe marketing and customer engagement solutions, including evaluation of platform capabilities, integration options, and trade-offs
  • Continuously evolve solution architecture with input and feedback from marketing technology teams, product owners, application architects, software engineers, cybersecurity, compliance, and business stakeholders
  • Outline the primary components, interfaces, data flows, and integrations across Adobe Experience Cloud, enterprise data platforms, APIs, event-driven services, and downstream communication channels
  • Plan and develop architecture runway enablers through research, prototyping, and analysis of alternatives for Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Journey Optimizer, Adobe Experience Manager, and related marketing technology capabilities
  • Work with Product Managers, Product Owners, Application Architects, and Software Engineering teams to elaborate business and marketing requirements into technical requirements and implementation-ready stories
  • Support governance, security, privacy, consent, and compliance alignment for marketing communications, customer journey orchestration, personalization, and data activation use cases
  • Participate in solution demos, program planning, architecture reviews, and cross-functional working sessions to identify risks, dependencies, reusable patterns, and opportunities for improvement


Qualifications

What makes an ideal candidate?
  • Advanced knowledge of Agile methodologies, product delivery, and cross-functional collaboration across business, marketing, technology, data, security, and compliance teams
  • Advanced knowledge of multi-tier application architecture, API integration, event-driven architecture, cloud platforms, and enterprise integration patterns
  • Advanced knowledge of Adobe Experience Cloud capabilities preferred, including Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Journey Optimizer, Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, and related marketing technology tools
  • Experience designing customer journey orchestration, segmentation, personalization, campaign execution, consent-aware engagement, and digital communication solutions preferred
  • Experience with customer communication management platforms or enterprise correspondence solutions is a plus
  • Experience integrating Adobe platforms with enterprise data sources, customer profile data, APIs, events, messaging platforms, and downstream servicing or communication systems preferred
  • Experience in building cloud solution architecture using Public Clouds (IaaS and PaaS) preferred
  • Experience in containerization, DevOps, CI/CD, release governance, and environment management preferred
  • Ability to evaluate platform capabilities, vendor options, non-functional requirements, and architectural trade-offs to recommend fit-for-purpose solutions
  • Ability to multitask and work independently with minimal direction and maximum accountability
  • Ability to self-manage time and priorities in a complex multi-team agile environment while maintaining high-quality deliverables
  • Works through others to achieve more than individual contribution
  • Strong communication skills - proficient in communicating technical solutions to technical and non-technical audiences of varying skillset and levels of the organization


AI Skills Preferred:
  • Experience with AI assisted software development or automation
  • Knowledge of prompting techniques to improve output quality
  • Awareness of emerging GenAI capabilities and limitations


Work Experience and Education
  • 4-6 years of relevant experience required
  • High School Diploma or equivalent required
  • Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent experience preferred


What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility.

Work Life Balance: Hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office.

NOTE: We are unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship for this position
This position is not open to agency submissions

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