Principal, Solutions Architect at Jobgether
$170,000–$206,250from the description
Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior architecture role responsible for defining and owning enterprise-wide technical strategy across cloud, data, integration, and infrastructure platforms. Day-to-day work spans leading architecture decisions, driving automation and CI/CD practices, guiding DevOps and infrastructure teams, and advising executive stakeholders. Suited to a seasoned technologist with 15+ years in cloud platform engineering who can operate at both a strategic and hands-on level.
Senior level · 15+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,700–13,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Principal, Solutions Architect' but the actual scope — owning enterprise architecture for a single company, mentoring engineers, and partnering with senior leaders — is consistent with a Senior-level architect rather than a true org-wide Principal. '15+ years' is ordinary for a Senior/Architect role, especially at a staffing/intermediary firm like Jobgether. Seniority is set to Senior accordingly.
SOC classification is Medium confidence. The role spans enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure design, CI/CD automation, and data/integration platform strategy — primarily building and designing systems (15-1252) rather than operating existing infrastructure (15-1244), but the breadth makes it a genuine judgment call.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's or Master's degree … or a related field.' Because a specific degree is listed without an explicit 'or equivalent experience' escape, this could be read as a hard gate; however, the phrasing is typical of aspirational requirements at this seniority level and the JD does not use firm gating language ('must hold'), so the degree requirement is set to None.
Terraform is listed in the requirements section with 'such as' framing alongside AWS CloudFormation and Azure Resource Manager — these are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the infrastructure-as-code requirement. All three are captured.
AWS CloudFormation and Azure Resource Manager are also emitted separately as preferred skills since they appear as named alternatives rather than independent requirements.
Machine learning and AI are described as 'familiarity with … concepts' — explicitly soft language — and are marked preferred.
Certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Certified Kubernetes Administrator) are explicitly stated as 'preferred' and are marked accordingly.
The posting is listed through Jobgether on behalf of an unnamed partner company; no specific metro or state is identified beyond 'United States.' CBSA fields are left blank.
California-specific compensation ranges are mentioned as applicable where required, but no separate CA range is provided in the posting.
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