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Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.
At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.
This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.
The Role
Lumen is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to provide strategic and technical leadership across SAP BRIM, SAP S/4HANA, and enterprise financial platforms supporting billing, invoicing, accounts receivable, payments, collections, cash application, and cash accounting. This role will define the target-state architecture, integration strategy, and technology roadmap that enables scalable, secure, and resilient customer financial operations across multiple business segments.
As a trusted technology leader, you will partner with business and IT stakeholders to drive modernization, automation, architectural governance, and digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in SAP BRIM, particularly Convergent Invoicing (CI) and FI-CA, along with extensive experience designing complex integrations across SAP and non-SAP ecosystems.
The Main Responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise architecture lead for SAP BRIM, including Convergent Invoicing (CI), FI-CA, Convergent Charging (CC),
- Convergent Mediation (CM), and Subscription Order Management (SOM).
- Lead solution architecture and design for billing, invoicing, accounts receivable, payments, collections, refunds, customer statements, cash application, and financial reconciliation processes.
- Define and govern integrations between SAP BRIM, SAP S/4HANA FICO, Salesforce, payment processors, banking and treasury systems, customer portals, and enterprise data platforms.
- Establish enterprise integration standards leveraging APIs, SAP Integration Suite/CPI, event-driven architectures, Kafka, and secure file-based interfaces.
- Provide architectural leadership for high-volume payment processing, financial controls, payment reconciliation, and customer financial operations.
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Billing Operations, Product Management, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable and automated business capabilities.
- Lead technical governance, architecture reviews, solution assessments, and vendor evaluations while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
- Develop architecture roadmaps, technical blueprints, integration specifications, and implementation standards while mentoring architects and engineering teams.
What We Look For in a Candidate
- 12+ years of enterprise solution architecture experience.
- 8+ years of SAP architecture experience.
- 5+ years of SAP BRIM experience with expertise in Convergent Invoicing (CI), FI-CA, billing, payments, collections, and cash application.
- Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA FICO, financial postings, cash accounting, reconciliation processes, and subledger-to-general ledger integrations.
- Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale integrations across SAP and non-SAP platforms.
- Deep understanding of customer billing, accounts receivable, payment processing, collections, and financial operations.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills.
Preferred:
- Experience within telecommunications, subscription-based, or recurring revenue business models.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Integration Suite/CPI, API Management, Kafka, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience integrating SAP BRIM with payment providers, banking platforms, treasury systems, Salesforce, and customer-facing digital channels.
- Experience leading ERP transformation, billing modernization, or financial systems consolidation initiatives.
- Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, AI-enabled automation, and modern enterprise integration platforms.
- Demonstrated success influencing enterprise technology strategy and driving cross-functional architectural decisions.
- Experience developing technology roadmaps and governance frameworks for large-scale financial systems.
- Ability to lead through complexity and align diverse stakeholders around strategic technology outcomes.
Compensation
Location Based Pay Ranges
$152,066 - $202,755 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY
$159,670 - $212,893 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI
$167,273 - $223,031 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA
Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.
Bonus Structure
#LI-Remote
Requisition #: 343365
Life at Lumen
Life at Lumen is human and connected, even in a fast moving, AI‑focused organization. We set clear expectations and trust people to meet them. With real support and shared accountability, teams collaborate better, move faster, and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Our Lumen 8 behaviors guide how we interact, make decisions, and work together, shaping a culture built to perform and win.
To learn more about Life at Lumen and how we live the Lumen 8, please visit:
https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/life-at-lumen
Background Screening
If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page. Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Equal Employment Opportunities
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.
Privacy Notice
Lumen is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information collected during the recruitment and hiring process. Our Applicant Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect applicant information, as well as how individuals may request access to or deletion of their personal data.
To review Lumen’s Global Employment Applicant and Talent Community Privacy Notice, please visit:
https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/privacy-notice
Disclaimer
The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.
In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Please be advised that Lumen does not require any form of payment from job applicants during the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings will be posted on our official website or communicated through official company email addresses. If you encounter any job offers that request payment in exchange for employment at Lumen, they are not for employment with us, but may relate to another company with a similar name.
Lumen is the trusted network for the AI‑powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high‑performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.
At Lumen, you’ll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what’s next, where performance, security, and resilience matter.
This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you’re ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI‑ready connectivity, join us today.
The Role
Lumen is seeking a Principal Solution Architect to provide strategic and technical leadership across SAP BRIM, SAP S/4HANA, and enterprise financial platforms supporting billing, invoicing, accounts receivable, payments, collections, cash application, and cash accounting. This role will define the target-state architecture, integration strategy, and technology roadmap that enables scalable, secure, and resilient customer financial operations across multiple business segments.
As a trusted technology leader, you will partner with business and IT stakeholders to drive modernization, automation, architectural governance, and digital transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in SAP BRIM, particularly Convergent Invoicing (CI) and FI-CA, along with extensive experience designing complex integrations across SAP and non-SAP ecosystems.
The Main Responsibilities
- Serve as the enterprise architecture lead for SAP BRIM, including Convergent Invoicing (CI), FI-CA, Convergent Charging (CC),
- Convergent Mediation (CM), and Subscription Order Management (SOM).
- Lead solution architecture and design for billing, invoicing, accounts receivable, payments, collections, refunds, customer statements, cash application, and financial reconciliation processes.
- Define and govern integrations between SAP BRIM, SAP S/4HANA FICO, Salesforce, payment processors, banking and treasury systems, customer portals, and enterprise data platforms.
- Establish enterprise integration standards leveraging APIs, SAP Integration Suite/CPI, event-driven architectures, Kafka, and secure file-based interfaces.
- Provide architectural leadership for high-volume payment processing, financial controls, payment reconciliation, and customer financial operations.
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Billing Operations, Product Management, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable and automated business capabilities.
- Lead technical governance, architecture reviews, solution assessments, and vendor evaluations while ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
- Develop architecture roadmaps, technical blueprints, integration specifications, and implementation standards while mentoring architects and engineering teams.
What We Look For in a Candidate
- 12+ years of enterprise solution architecture experience.
- 8+ years of SAP architecture experience.
- 5+ years of SAP BRIM experience with expertise in Convergent Invoicing (CI), FI-CA, billing, payments, collections, and cash application.
- Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA FICO, financial postings, cash accounting, reconciliation processes, and subledger-to-general ledger integrations.
- Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale integrations across SAP and non-SAP platforms.
- Deep understanding of customer billing, accounts receivable, payment processing, collections, and financial operations.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills.
Preferred:
- Experience within telecommunications, subscription-based, or recurring revenue business models.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Integration Suite/CPI, API Management, Kafka, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience integrating SAP BRIM with payment providers, banking platforms, treasury systems, Salesforce, and customer-facing digital channels.
- Experience leading ERP transformation, billing modernization, or financial systems consolidation initiatives.
- Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, AI-enabled automation, and modern enterprise integration platforms.
- Demonstrated success influencing enterprise technology strategy and driving cross-functional architectural decisions.
- Experience developing technology roadmaps and governance frameworks for large-scale financial systems.
- Ability to lead through complexity and align diverse stakeholders around strategic technology outcomes.
Compensation
Location Based Pay Ranges
$152,066 - $202,755 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY
$159,670 - $212,893 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI
$167,273 - $223,031 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA
Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.
Bonus Structure
#LI-Remote
Requisition #: 343365
Life at Lumen
Life at Lumen is human and connected, even in a fast moving, AI‑focused organization. We set clear expectations and trust people to meet them. With real support and shared accountability, teams collaborate better, move faster, and deliver meaningful outcomes.
Our Lumen 8 behaviors guide how we interact, make decisions, and work together, shaping a culture built to perform and win.
To learn more about Life at Lumen and how we live the Lumen 8, please visit:
https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/life-at-lumen
Background Screening
If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page. Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Equal Employment Opportunities
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.
Privacy Notice
Lumen is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information collected during the recruitment and hiring process. Our Applicant Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect applicant information, as well as how individuals may request access to or deletion of their personal data.
To review Lumen’s Global Employment Applicant and Talent Community Privacy Notice, please visit:
https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/privacy-notice
Disclaimer
The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.
In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Please be advised that Lumen does not require any form of payment from job applicants during the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings will be posted on our official website or communicated through official company email addresses. If you encounter any job offers that request payment in exchange for employment at Lumen, they are not for employment with us, but may relate to another company with a similar name.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services
- Technology & Software
- Education
- Manufacturing
- Food & Beverage
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal solution architect jobs.
- Extensive hands-on experience designing enterprise-scale cloud or hybrid infrastructure solutions
- Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical pre-sales engagements and translate business requirements into architecture
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for executive and technical stakeholder audiences
- Relevant cloud or vendor certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Azure Solutions Expert
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Principal Solution Architect Job Search
Quantify architecture scope on your resume
Principal solution architect roles expect evidence of scale. Replace vague claims with specifics: the number of engineering teams you aligned, the size of the migrations you led, or the annual contract value of deals your architecture supported during pre-sales.
Build a portfolio of architecture decision records
Hiring panels at this level want proof you can defend technical choices under business pressure. Compile two or three architecture decision records that show your reasoning, the tradeoffs you rejected, and the outcome, then reference them in your cover letter and interviews.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists principal solution architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by cloud platform alignment
Principal solution architect postings are often written around a specific cloud ecosystem, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Match your applications to the platform where you hold current certifications and deployment depth, since mismatched platform experience is a common screen-out at resume review.
Prepare a whiteboard architecture walkthrough
Most final-round interviews for this title include a live design session where you architect a system from a vague prompt. Practice narrating your thinking aloud, explicitly calling out reliability, cost, and security tradeoffs as you draw, rather than jumping straight to a solution diagram.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
At principal level, role definitions vary widely between companies. Before accepting, clarify whether the position is primarily pre-sales, post-sales, or internal, which product lines you'll own, and whether you'll have authority to set architectural standards or only advise on them.
Principal Solution Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most principal solution architects?
The companies hiring the most principal solution architects right now include Bain & Company, TRC, and Capgemini, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Illinois, and Georgia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Cloud platform providers, large system integrators, and enterprise software vendors consistently post the highest volume of openings at this level.
How many principal solution architect jobs are remote?
About 83% of principal solution architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior technical roles in the market. Pre-sales and cloud advisory specializations tend to carry the highest remote share, while roles focused on on-premises enterprise architecture or government clients are more likely to require a regular on-site presence.
How do you become a principal solution architect?
Most principal solution architects move up from senior solutions engineer or senior cloud architect roles after building a record of leading cross-functional technical projects end to end. Getting there typically requires earning advanced cloud certifications, contributing to pre-sales or post-sales technical wins, and demonstrating that you can communicate architecture decisions credibly to both engineering teams and business executives. Developing depth in one cloud platform before broadening is a common path.
Can you get hired as a principal solution architect without prior principal-level experience?
Yes, candidates promoted from senior solutions engineer or senior architect roles are regularly hired at principal level if their project scope and influence match the expectations. The most effective approach is to frame your resume around outcomes at enterprise scale, such as migrations, platform consolidations, or revenue-generating pre-sales cycles, rather than listing years of experience, and to seek out roles at companies that promote based on demonstrated impact over tenure.
What does the principal solution architect interview process look like?
The process typically runs three to five rounds and combines a recruiter screen, a hiring manager conversation focused on your architecture philosophy and business impact, one or two technical deep-dives with senior engineers or architects, and a final executive or panel interview. Most companies at this level also include a live whiteboard or take-home design exercise where you architect a real or simulated system, narrate your tradeoffs, and field challenging questions from the panel.
Where can I find and apply to principal solution architect jobs?
You can find and apply to principal solution architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from companies across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your cloud platform focus, industry background, and preferred work arrangement, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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