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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 H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Principal Solution Architect
Document your architecture credentials precisely
USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation claims for senior technical roles. Gather certifications, published case studies, and project documentation that tie your degree field directly to solution design work before approaching employers.
Verify your SOC code before accepting offers
Principal Solution Architects can be classified under multiple SOC codes with different prevailing wage levels. Check the O*NET profile for your target job duties and confirm which code your employer plans to use on the LCA before signing.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Principal Solution Architect roles by employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for this title, so you're only engaging companies with a real track record of H-1B sponsorship for your level.
Push for premium processing in your offer negotiation
Standard H-1B adjudication can run four to six months, which creates risk if you're in a 60-day grace period after a layoff. Negotiate premium processing upfront so USCIS reaches a decision within 15 business days.
Confirm your employer's prevailing wage tier early
Run the OFLC Wage Search for your job title, worksite location, and SOC code before your offer letter is drafted. If the employer's offered salary falls below Level III or IV, the LCA will fail certification and the H-1B petition can't proceed.
Audit your employment history for specialty occupation gaps
If your past roles include general consulting or pre-sales work not tied to a technical degree field, USCIS may issue an RFE challenging specialty occupation. Build a paper trail linking each past role to degree-specific technical responsibilities before filing.
H-1B Visa Principal Solution Architect: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Solution Architect role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the position normally requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific technical field. Principal Solution Architect roles tied to cloud architecture, systems integration, or enterprise infrastructure typically satisfy this because the work requires applied knowledge from computer science, engineering, or information systems. Roles with broad pre-sales or generalist consulting duties can face RFEs if the degree connection isn't clearly documented.
Which employers are most likely to sponsor H-1B visas for this role?
Enterprise software vendors, cloud platform companies, and large systems integrators file H-1B petitions for Principal Solution Architects at higher rates than other employer types. Professional services firms with federal or enterprise contracts also sponsor regularly. You can browse verified H-1B-sponsoring employers hiring for this role on Migrate Mate, which filters listings by employers with confirmed LCA filing history for this title.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Principal Solution Architect H-1B petitions?
The DOL requires your employer to pay at least the prevailing wage for the role's SOC code and worksite location, certified through an LCA before the H-1B petition is filed. Principal Solution Architects are typically classified at wage Level III or IV, which reflects senior or fully competent positions. If the employer's offered salary falls below the certified prevailing wage, DOL will reject the LCA and the H-1B petition can't move forward.
Can a Principal Solution Architect change employers while on H-1B status?
Yes, through H-1B portability under AC21. Once USCIS has had your original petition pending for 180 days or more, you can start working for a new employer as soon as they file a new H-1B petition on your behalf. The new employer must file before your current authorized period ends. Portability lets you switch without waiting for the new petition to be approved, which matters when you're mid-project or facing a tight timeline.
What documentation should a Principal Solution Architect prepare to support an H-1B petition?
You'll need your academic credentials showing a degree in a relevant technical field, plus supporting evidence that ties your degree discipline to the specific duties of the role. Employers often request transcripts, credential evaluations if your degree is from outside the U.S., and detailed job descriptions that list degree requirements explicitly. If your title has evolved through promotions, a letter from a previous employer documenting the technical scope of prior roles can strengthen the specialty occupation argument.