Principal Solution Architect

As a Principal Solution Architect at Ciklum, you play a crucial role in designing innovative, scalable, and value-driven solutions for prospects and clients. Your expertise across AI-driven technologies, cloud platforms, and modern application architecture will be instrumental in translating client business goals into robust technical architectures. Here are your key responsibilities: - **Solution Design & Technical Leadership:** - Understand client business goals and translate them into robust, scalable, and secure technical architectures - Design end-to-end solutions incorporating AI/ML, cloud services, and modern full-stack technologies - Serve as a technical advisor across the sales cyclediscovery, evaluation, proposal, and closing - **AI & Generative AI Expertise:** - Advise customers on the application of AI/ML, Generative AI, and AI-driven engineering practices - Architect solutions using LLMs, vector databases, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, and LLMOps practices - Showcase capabilities through compelling PoCs, demos, and technical workshops - **Cloud & Architecture Knowledge:** - Design secure and scalable cloud-native architectures using cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP - Apply principles of microservices, API-first design, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines - Understand integration of front-end (React/Angular) and back-end (Node.js, Python, Java, etc.) components in enterprise environments - **Engagement & Enablement:** - Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to ensure alignment between client needs and platform capabilities - Support RFP/RFI responses, solution diagrams, and technical documentation - Provide technical enablement and thought leadership on architecture and AI topics Qualifications required for this role: - Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field - 15 years in Technology with minimum 5+ years in a client-facing solutions role - Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills - Strong working knowledge of cloud computing, AI/ML concepts and tools, application architecture, full-stack development, and DevOps tools - Proven experience in delivering technical demos, PoCs, and architecture proposals to enterprise clients - Knowledge of AI governance, privacy, and ethical AI implementation - Ability to create architecture diagrams and documents using tools like Lucidchart, Draw.io, Miro, or Visio At Ciklum, your mental and physical health is a priority with comprehensive company-paid medical insurance. You can boost your skills and knowledge through regular internal events, Udemy license, language courses, and company-paid certifications. Join us to work on large-scale projects that redefine industries and collaborate with a global team of skilled professionals. With a welcoming environment and opportunities for growth, Ciklum offers a platform to engineer solutions that matter and make a global impact. As a Principal Solution Architect at Ciklum, you play a crucial role in designing innovative, scalable, and value-driven solutions for prospects and clients. Your expertise across AI-driven technologies, cloud platforms, and modern application architecture will be instrumental in translating client business goals into robust technical architectures. Here are your key responsibilities: - **Solution Design & Technical Leadership:** - Understand client business goals and translate them into robust, scalable, and secure technical architectures - Design end-to-end solutions incorporating AI/ML, cloud services, and modern full-stack technologies - Serve as a technical advisor across the sales cyclediscovery, evaluation, proposal, and closing - **AI & Generative AI Expertise:** - Advise customers on the application of AI/ML, Generative AI, and AI-driven engineering practices - Architect solutions using LLMs, vector databases, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, and LLMOps practices - Showcase capabilities through compelling PoCs, demos, and technical workshops - **Cloud & Architecture Knowledge:** - Design secure and scalable cloud-native architectures using cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP - Apply principles of microservices, API-first design, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines - Understand integration of front-end (React/Angular) and back-end (Node.js, Python, Java, etc.) components in enterprise environments - **Engagement & Enablement:** - Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to ensure alignment between client needs and platform capabilities - Support RFP/RFI responses, solution diagrams, and technical documentation - Provide technical enablement and thought leadership on architecture and AI topics Qualifications required for this role: - Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field - 15 years in