{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"ce71f4d3e1dd6de92cfd7e3e","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ce71f4d3e1dd6de92cfd7e3e","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/ce71f4d3e1dd6de92cfd7e3e","title":"Solutions Architect","description":"Dealership:\n\nLithia & Driveway | Solutions Architect\n\nAt Lithia & Driveway (NYSE: LAD) our success is fueled by our high performing teams delivering Auto Done Easy for our customers. We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. We've built a retail model that champions entrepreneurial leadership, Growth Powered by People, and a strategy that creates possibilities and pushes us to reach our potential.\n\nWe're looking for an experienced Architect to drive discovery, architecture, and solution design across strategic business and technology initiatives. You'll work across engineering, data, cloud, security, and business teams to define solution approaches, guide architectural decisions, and ensure technology investments align with business objectives.\n\nThis is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thrives in complex environments, can balance strategic thinking with hands-on solution design, and enjoys solving business problems through thoughtful architecture and cross-functional collaboration.\n\nLocation: Remote - some travel needed (up to 4 times per year)\n\nTarget Hiring Range: $150,000–$175,000\n\nWhat You'll Do\n\nLead discovery and current-state assessments with business and technology stakeholders to understand existing systems, dependencies, and requirements, identify opportunities, and define solution approaches.\nDesign scalable, secure, and resilient architectures across applications, integrations, cloud platforms, data ecosystems, and emerging technologies.\nPartner with engineering, cloud, security, and data teams to ensure solutions align with architectural principles and operational requirements.\nDevelop clear, implementation-ready solution architectures, technical designs, system integrations, and implementation approaches for strategic initiatives.\nFacilitate architecture reviews and provide guidance on technical tradeoffs, risks, scalability, and long-term maintainability.\nSupport modernization initiatives, helping teams reduce technical debt and improve platform performance, reliability, and efficiency.\nEvaluate technologies, vendor solutions, and third-party platforms to support business objectives and technology evolution.\nContribute to architecture standards, reference patterns, and best practices while promoting consistency across solutions.\nCollaborate with technical and business leaders to translate strategic goals into practical technology solutions.\nServe as a trusted technical advisor throughout project planning, design, and delivery.\n\nWhat You'll Bring\n\n10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale software solutions, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications.\nExperience leading architecture and solution design efforts across multiple technology domains, including applications, cloud, integrations, data, and security.\nStrong background in requirements discovery, solution architecture, technical design, and stakeholder engagement.\nExperience evaluating technical options, documenting solution approaches, and guiding architecture decisions through implementation.\nExpertise with cloud platforms, APIs, system integration, scalability, security, and modern application architectures.\nFamiliarity with AI/ML technologies, including emerging enterprise AI capabilities, and an understanding of their architectural, security, and governance considerations.\n\nTotal Rewards\n\nAt Lithia & Driveway, we believe in pay transparency. The full compensation range for this position is $135,000–$185,000, reflecting the earning potential and growth opportunities available within the role. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Final pay decisions are made through the interview process and in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.\n\nWe offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:\n\nCompetitive pay\nMedical, Dental and Vision Plans\nPaid Holidays\nPTO: 80 hours front-loaded on day 1\nShort and Long-Term Disability\nPaid Life Insurance\n401(k) Retirement Plan\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan\nLithia Learning Center\nVehicle Purchase Discounts\nWellness Programs\n\nAdditional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at totalrewards.lithiadriveway.com\n\nHigh School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. We are a drug free workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity (regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status). We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.\n\nReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.\n\nThis position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. 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We create simple, transparent, and convenient customer experiences throughout the vehicle-ownership lifecycle by leveraging our hundreds of store locations and our key adjacencies - Driveway, DFC, and GreenCars. We've built a retail model that champions entrepreneurial leadership, Growth Powered by People, and a strategy that creates possibilities and pushes us to reach our potential.\n\nWe're looking for an experienced Architect to drive discovery, architecture, and solution design across strategic business and technology initiatives. 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The full compensation range for this position is $135,000–$185,000, reflecting the earning potential and growth opportunities available within the role. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Final pay decisions are made through the interview process and in accordance with applicable pay equity and transparency laws.\n\nWe offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you and your family, including:\n\nCompetitive pay\nMedical, Dental and Vision Plans\nPaid Holidays\nPTO: 80 hours front-loaded on day 1\nShort and Long-Term Disability\nPaid Life Insurance\n401(k) Retirement Plan\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan\nLithia Learning Center\nVehicle Purchase Discounts\nWellness Programs\n\nAdditional information about our Total Rewards benefits can be reviewed on our careers site at totalrewards.lithiadriveway.com\n\nHigh School graduate or equivalent, 18 years or older required. 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