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Principal Solution Architect

AI summary of the role

This Solution Architect role optimizes the Management Consulting technology stack by consolidating tools, improving integrations, and retiring legacy solutions.

No longer in the current catalog. Last included 2026-09-09. Check the employer’s posting for availability.

What you’ll do

  • Optimize the practice’s technology stack by identifying opportunities to consolidate tools, improve integration, streamline workflows, apply emerging technologies, and retire redundant or legacy solutions
  • Design end-to-end, scalable solutions that support the practice’s engagement lifecycle, delivery enablement, workflows, reporting, and analytics using shared platforms and integrations
  • Act as the design authority for practice solutions, reviewing and approving architecture designs to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and long-term sustainability
  • Define and maintain reusable solution patterns and reference architectures that enable consistency, scalability, and reduced technical debt

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
  • At least ten years of experience spanning multiple architecture domains with depth in at least one relevant to professional services solutions
  • Experience designing solutions in a professional service, consulting, or highly regulated services environment
  • Experience working within a product-centric or platform-based delivery model

Technologies

Cloud and Infrastructure · Security · Identity and Access Management · Data Architecture and Integration · Application Development Architectures · Process Analysis · DevOps · Product Management

About Plante Moran

Independent audit, tax, consulting, and wealth management firm serving middle-market and enterprise clients through integrated professional-services teams.

Bootstrapped · 2000–5000 people

Source and classification

Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:

Count on us. Our "we-care" culture is more than just a motto; it's a promise. From day one, we prioritize your growth, well-being, and success. You can count on us to support your career journey and help you achieve your professional goals. Join us. As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for optimizing the Management Consulting technology stack by identifying opportunities to consolidate tools, improve integration, streamline workflows, apply emerging technologies, and retire redundant or legacy solutions to create measurable business value. You will also be defining and governing end-to-end solution architectures that enable practice-specific capabilities, offerings and processes. You will partner with Product Managers, Product owners, Project Managers, Enterprise Architecture and other Solution Architects to ensure Management Consulting solutions align to enterprise
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Count on us. Our "we-care" culture is more than just a motto; it's a promise. From day one, we prioritize your growth, well-being, and success. You can count on us to support your career journey and help you achieve your professional goals. Join us. As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for optimizing the Management Consulting technology stack by identifying opportunities to consolidate tools, improve integration, streamline workflows, apply emerging technologies, and retire redundant or legacy solutions to create measurable business value. You will also be defining and governing end-to-end solution architectures that enable practice-specific capabilities, offerings and processes. You will partner with Product Managers, Product owners, Project Managers, Enterprise Architecture and other Solution Architects to ensure Management Consulting solutions align to enterprise standards while achieving the practice's strategic objectives. Your role. Optimize the practice’s technology stack by identifying opportunities to consolidate tools, improve integration, streamline workflows, apply emerging technologies, and retire redundant or legacy solutions Develop a deep understanding of the practice’s objectives, processes, services, and data to guide solution architecture decisions Design end-to-end, scalable solutions that support the practice’s engagement lifecycle, deliver [... source excerpt omitted ...] sustainability Represent the practice in architecture governance forums, driving alignment across practice, platform, and enterprise technology roadmaps and senior stakeholders Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. (required) Must have a deep architecture background with at least ten years of experience spanning multiple architecture domains with depth in at least one relevant to professional services solutions and working knowledge across others (i.e. Cloud and Infrastructure, Security, Identity and Access Management, Data Architecture and Integration, Application Development Architectures, Process A [... source excerpt omitted ...] differences, we’re able to create a workplace where all staff feel a sense of belonging and an opportunity to succeed. This allows us to attract and retain the best talent, serve clients through diverse thinking, and better represent and support the various communities in which we live and work. Plante Moran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Plante Moran maintains a drug-free workplace. Interested applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of interest in our positions, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without spon

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