Solutions Architect

Job Description

The Solutions Architect role will lead the modernization and expansion of the firm’s technology platform, working with product, engineering, security, and compliance teams to deliver high‑quality, scalable enterprise solutions. The role provides technical leadership to application development teams, establishing standards for API integration, event‑based architecture, batch orchestration, and observability. Key technologies include Node.js, JavaScript, Python, Kafka, Control‑M, and Datadog. The architect will also drive the evolution of software delivery practices through DevOps, CI/CD automation and automated testing, leading the way for AI‑assisted development using LLMs and generative AI across the software development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Platform & ecosystem thinking: Ensure solutions integrate coherently across identity, networking, security, data platforms, observability, and FinOps; anticipate scalability, cost, and resilience needs.
• Architecture design & documentation: Produce enterprise-quality solution designs and diagrams (context, C4, sequence, data-flow), reference architectures, decision records, and non-functional requirements.
• Application operations: Set operational and support patterns for applications across ecosystem, enabling L1/L2 support teams to oversee production systems. 
• Modernize Event Based Orchestration: Own the roadmap to rationalize, refactor, and migrate legacy schedules to scalable orchestrations in Control-M; establish release gates, run-book automation, and failure-auto-recovery patterns.
• Observability & reliability: Design end-to-end telemetry using Datadog (metrics, logs, traces, RUM, synthetics), SLOs/SLA error budgets, and run-time guardrails; drive incident response patterns and post-incident learning.
• DevOps leadership: Define and evangelize CI/CD standards (branching, pipelines, artifact strategy, environment promotion), infrastructure-as-code, secrets management, and policy-as-code for app, data, and ML workloads.
• Enterprise LLM enablement: Provide baseline architecture for secure LLM deployments (model selection, RAG/vector stores, prompt management, guardrails, content filtering, monitoring), and partner with data, security, and legal/compliance on safe use.
• Coaching & influence: Provide informal leadership—mentoring engineers and analysts; facilitating design reviews; aligning teams on standards without formal line management.
• Vendor & stakeholder management: Evaluate tooling, manage POCs, and collaborate with partners to close gaps in performance, supportability, and compliance.

Qualifications

Required:

• 10+ years of experience in solution/enterprise/software architecture across data and application domains, with a track record of designing and drawing enterprise-grade solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise modernizing batch processing and DevOps workflows, including orchestration, release management, and production operations.
• Hands-on proficiency operating observability platforms (preferably Datadog) and implementing metrics/logs/traces, SLOs, and incident management practices.
• Solid understanding of LLM solution patterns (RAG, vector stores, guardrails, prompt patterns) and the organizational controls needed for enterprise adoption.
• Strong data management foundation: data modeling, lineage, quality management, cataloging, access controls, and governance.
• Proven ability to influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders on standards and best practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

Preferred:

• Experience with BMC Control-M at scale (migration, modernization, APIs, integrations).
• Experience building/operating apps with React front-ends and Python/R back-ends; comfort with common frameworks and testing practices.
• Prior exposure to responsible-AI frameworks (safety, privacy, model governance, auditability).
• Financial services or asset-management domain experience.

Technology Competence:

• Orchestration & Scheduling: BMC Control-M (job flows, calendars, APIs, event-driven triggers); awareness of complementary schedulers/orchestrators.
• Observability & AIOps: Datadog (metrics/logs/traces, RUM, synthetics, dashboards, alerts), OpenTelemetry concepts.
• DevOps & Platform: Git-based workflows; CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins); artifact management; IaC (e.g., Terraform); containers (Docker, Kubernetes); secrets and policy-as-code.
• Applications: React; Python (FastAPI/Django/Flask); R (Shiny/Plumber) or equivalents; REST/gRPC; eventing and messaging; API management.
• Data: SQL and data modeling; ETL/ELT patterns; data quality and lineage; cataloging and governance; privacy and access management.
• LLM/AI Basics: Model and endpoint selection, RAG architectures, vector databases, prompt and template management, evaluation and monitoring, guardrails/safety, responsible-AI controls.

Core Competencies

• Systems Thinking & Architecture Rigor
• Operational Excellence
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Stakeholder Influence
• Clear Communication
• Continuous Improvement & Learning

The Fine Print

• Must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be willing to comply with pre-employment screening, including but not limited to drug testing, reference verification, and background check.
• Role may be hybrid/onsite at an Antares office; occasional travel as necessary.

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A reasonable estimate of the current base salary range at the time of posting is below. Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. Actual base salary within the specified range is comprised of several components, including but not limited to applicant's skill, prior relevant experience, specific degrees and certifications, job responsibilities, market considerations and the location of the position.

This role is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus (based on company, business unit and individual performance).

Our benefit offerings include medical, dental and vision coverage, employer paid short & long-term disability and life insurance, 401(k), profit sharing, paid time off, Maven family & fertility benefit, parental leave (including adoption, surrogacy, and foster placement), as well as other voluntary benefits.

Base Salary Range

$160,000 - $225,000

To learn more, visit www.antares.com. Antares is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.