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McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.
What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.
Job Title: Principal M&A Solution Architect
Current Need
McKesson is looking for a Principal Solution Architect to join a key technical leadership role within the Enterprise M&A Engineering and Architecture team, to help accelerate our M&A initiatives across the Enterprise and drive trust, agility, and automation for McKesson’s technology services. This role will serve as a critical leadership position in shaping and executing McKesson’s enterprise-wide technology strategy and primarily focused on Merger & Acquisition (M&A) integration. The Principal Solution Architect will operate at an architecture level, partnering with internal and external business and technology teams to define technological integration of roadmaps, establish architectural standards, and ensure seamless alignment with enterprise platforms.
The role requires a combination of technical expertise in solution architecture, strong communication skills, collaborative mindset and leadership skills to engage with business units and technical stakeholders across the enterprise to drive broader impact. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in designing and delivering network solutions, enabling business outcomes while ensuring adherence to security and compliance requirements.
Job responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise technology architecture authority for merger, acquisition, and divestiture activities, defining scalable integration strategies across acquired entities.
- Lead technical due diligence for M&A initiatives, assessing technology maturity, architecture posture, cloud presence, risks, and integration complexity.
- Define and execute M&A technology integration playbooks, including landing zone alignment, identity integration, security harmonization, and network modernization strategies.
- Drive consistency across multi-business-unit architectures, resolving complex cross-domain design challenges and influencing enterprise-wide policy decisions.
- Provide thought leadership on technology, M&A integration, and enterprise architecture trends; represent McKesson in strategic vendor and partner engagements.
- Define and govern enterprise technology solution patterns and reference architecture across cloud and hybrid environments, ensuring consistency, reusability, and alignment with long-term platform and security strategy.
- Shape and evolve enterprise technology architecture standards, security guardrails, and governance models; influence policy decisions and resolve complex design exceptions across business units.
- Conduct technical assessments and optimization reviews for existing and new technology deployments.
- Work closely with enterprise architecture, cloud platform operations, and governance teams to ensure seamless integration of solutions into each organization’s technology environment.
- Mentor senior architects and engineers, raise the overall architecture maturity of the organization, and lead enablement efforts that institutionalize technology best practices.
Minimum Requirements
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 13+ years, with 8+ years, of direct work-related experience. Less years required if has relevant Master's or Doctorate qualifications.
Critical Skills/Experience:
- 12+ years of Solution Architecture and/or relevant industry experience.
- Expertise in Azure is required; experience with AWS or GCP is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
Technical Expertise:
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (required); multi-cloud experience (AWS, GCP, OCI) strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of load balance, DNS, firewall, networking technologies, microservices architecture, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Strong architecture design and implementation experience with on-prem and hybrid cloud environments.
- Proven experience in designing and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient solutions in large-scale cloud environments that are heavily regulated.
- Solid understanding of enterprise security, compliance, and governance frameworks.
- Experience with migration projects and hybrid cloud environments is a plus.
- Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are highly desirable.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson,
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$175,700 - $292,800
McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:
McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.
McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Join us at McKesson!
Benefits
- Coverage you can rely on
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Health Spending Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Benefits that go beyond your base pay
- 401(k) (U.S.)
- Pension (Canada)
-
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
-
Support for total well-being
- Mental Health Programs
- Flexible Schedules
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Program
- Education Reimbursement
- Volunteer Opportunities
-
Flexible Work Environment
-
A culture powered by belonging
By fostering a culture of belonging, we advance our goal of being the best place to work in healthcare—connecting the right talent to the right roles to solve our most critical challenges.
INTRODUCTION
McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.
What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.
Job Title: Principal M&A Solution Architect
Current Need
McKesson is looking for a Principal Solution Architect to join a key technical leadership role within the Enterprise M&A Engineering and Architecture team, to help accelerate our M&A initiatives across the Enterprise and drive trust, agility, and automation for McKesson’s technology services. This role will serve as a critical leadership position in shaping and executing McKesson’s enterprise-wide technology strategy and primarily focused on Merger & Acquisition (M&A) integration. The Principal Solution Architect will operate at an architecture level, partnering with internal and external business and technology teams to define technological integration of roadmaps, establish architectural standards, and ensure seamless alignment with enterprise platforms.
The role requires a combination of technical expertise in solution architecture, strong communication skills, collaborative mindset and leadership skills to engage with business units and technical stakeholders across the enterprise to drive broader impact. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in designing and delivering network solutions, enabling business outcomes while ensuring adherence to security and compliance requirements.
Job responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise technology architecture authority for merger, acquisition, and divestiture activities, defining scalable integration strategies across acquired entities.
- Lead technical due diligence for M&A initiatives, assessing technology maturity, architecture posture, cloud presence, risks, and integration complexity.
- Define and execute M&A technology integration playbooks, including landing zone alignment, identity integration, security harmonization, and network modernization strategies.
- Drive consistency across multi-business-unit architectures, resolving complex cross-domain design challenges and influencing enterprise-wide policy decisions.
- Provide thought leadership on technology, M&A integration, and enterprise architecture trends; represent McKesson in strategic vendor and partner engagements.
- Define and govern enterprise technology solution patterns and reference architecture across cloud and hybrid environments, ensuring consistency, reusability, and alignment with long-term platform and security strategy.
- Shape and evolve enterprise technology architecture standards, security guardrails, and governance models; influence policy decisions and resolve complex design exceptions across business units.
- Conduct technical assessments and optimization reviews for existing and new technology deployments.
- Work closely with enterprise architecture, cloud platform operations, and governance teams to ensure seamless integration of solutions into each organization’s technology environment.
- Mentor senior architects and engineers, raise the overall architecture maturity of the organization, and lead enablement efforts that institutionalize technology best practices.
Minimum Requirements
Degree or equivalent and typically requires 13+ years, with 8+ years, of direct work-related experience. Less years required if has relevant Master's or Doctorate qualifications.
Critical Skills/Experience:
- 12+ years of Solution Architecture and/or relevant industry experience.
- Expertise in Azure is required; experience with AWS or GCP is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
Technical Expertise:
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (required); multi-cloud experience (AWS, GCP, OCI) strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of load balance, DNS, firewall, networking technologies, microservices architecture, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Strong architecture design and implementation experience with on-prem and hybrid cloud environments.
- Proven experience in designing and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient solutions in large-scale cloud environments that are heavily regulated.
- Solid understanding of enterprise security, compliance, and governance frameworks.
- Experience with migration projects and hybrid cloud environments is a plus.
- Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are highly desirable.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson,
Our Base Pay Range for this position
$175,700 - $292,800
McKesson has become aware of online recruiting-related scams in which individuals who are not affiliated with or authorized by McKesson are using McKesson’s (or affiliated entities, like CoverMyMeds or RxCrossroads) name in fraudulent emails, job postings or social media messages. In light of these scams, please bear the following in mind:
McKesson Talent Advisors will never solicit money or credit card information in connection with a McKesson job application.
McKesson Talent Advisors do not communicate with candidates via online chatrooms or using email accounts such as Gmail or Hotmail. Note that McKesson does rely on a virtual assistant (Gia) for certain recruiting-related communications with candidates.
McKesson job postings are posted on our career site: careers.mckesson.com.
McKesson is an Equal Opportunity Employer
McKesson provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other legally protected category. For additional information on McKesson’s full Equal Employment Opportunity policies, visit our Equal Employment Opportunity page.
McKesson is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including job seekers with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us by sending an email to (United States) Disability_Accommodation@McKesson.com or (Canada) Accessibility@mckesson.ca. Resumes or CVs submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Join us at McKesson!
Benefits
- Coverage you can rely on
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Health Spending Accounts
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Benefits that go beyond your base pay
- 401(k) (U.S.)
- Pension (Canada)
-
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
-
Support for total well-being
- Mental Health Programs
- Flexible Schedules
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness Program
- Education Reimbursement
- Volunteer Opportunities
-
Flexible Work Environment
-
A culture powered by belonging
By fostering a culture of belonging, we advance our goal of being the best place to work in healthcare—connecting the right talent to the right roles to solve our most critical challenges.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Principal Solution Architect
Align your credentials to PERM requirements early
PERM requires your employer to define minimum job requirements before filing. Make sure your degree field and years of experience match the role description exactly, because discrepancies between your actual credentials and the PERM job order can delay or derail certification.
Target employers with active EB sponsorship history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Principal Solution Architect roles by employers who have filed PERM applications for similar positions. Firms with a documented sponsorship history are far more likely to have internal immigration counsel and an established green card process already in place.
Verify the EB tier your role qualifies under
Solution Architect roles typically qualify under EB-2 when the employer requires a master's degree or EB-3 when a bachelor's plus experience suffices. Confirming the tier upfront matters because EB-2 has shorter backlogs for most countries and affects your overall timeline significantly.
Research prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
DOL uses the OFLC Wage Search to determine the prevailing wage your employer must pay during PERM and throughout the green card process. Knowing the Level II or Level III wage for Solution Architects in your target metro lets you negotiate from an informed position and avoid offers that won't pass DOL review.
Ask about concurrent I-140 and I-485 filing eligibility
If a visa number is immediately available for your country and preference category, your employer can file the I-140 petition and your I-485 adjustment of status concurrently, cutting months off your wait. Raise this question directly during offer negotiations rather than assuming your employer's counsel will flag it.
Review the O*NET profile before your PERM interview
DOL auditors and USCIS officers sometimes cross-reference job duties against the O*NET occupation profile for Solution Architects. Reviewing it ensures your job description uses consistent terminology and that your stated responsibilities align with what federal databases define for this occupation.
Green Card Principal Solution Architect: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Solution Architect role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Both categories are possible depending on the employer's stated minimum requirements. EB-2 applies when the employer genuinely requires a master's degree or a bachelor's plus five years of progressive experience in a specialty field. EB-3 applies when a bachelor's degree with experience is the documented minimum. The employer's PERM job description locks in the category, so it's worth clarifying this before the offer is finalized.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary status, renewed in three-year increments, subject to an annual lottery cap and no path to permanency on its own. PERM-based green card sponsorship leads directly to lawful permanent residency, has no annual numerical cap at the EB-3 level for most countries, and does not require lottery selection. The trade-off is timeline: PERM labor certification alone typically takes six to eighteen months before the I-140 petition is even filed.
What does the PERM labor certification process require from the employer?
The employer must conduct a supervised recruitment process that demonstrates no minimally qualified U.S. workers applied for the role. This includes posting the position through specific channels approved by DOL, documenting each rejected candidate with a lawful business reason, and filing the ETA-9089 application with OFLC. The employer bears all PERM filing costs and cannot pass those costs to you.
How can I find Principal Solution Architect jobs where the employer already sponsors green cards?
Migrate Mate indexes employers with verified PERM filing history, so you can search specifically for Principal Solution Architect roles at companies that have sponsored green cards for similar positions. This filters out employers who say they're open to sponsorship but have no track record, which is common in this role category.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on H-1B status?
Yes, and starting early is strategically important. Filing PERM while you're on H-1B preserves your place in the green card queue, and an approved I-140 petition protects your H-1B renewal eligibility under AC21 portability rules once the petition has been pending for 180 days. Waiting until your H-1B is expiring leaves no buffer if PERM hits an audit or processing delay.