Solution Architect

Enterprise Architect – Solution Architecture

Pearson VUE | Job Description

Summary

The Enterprise Architect – Solution Architecture role at Pearson VUE is a strategic, high-impact position responsible for defining technical solutions that drive new customer acquisition, support entry into emerging markets, and expand capabilities for existing customers. This role ensures that all solution designs meet customer expectations while aligning with Pearson VUE’s product and technology roadmap. The architect will provide enterprise-level guidance, governance, and technical leadership to drive scalable, secure, and future-ready solution architectures that evolve VUE products toward their target-state architecture, including modernization, cloud-native design, improved resiliency, and Agentic AI-enabled capabilities.

Key Responsibilities: Architecture & Design

• Develop robust, end-to-end solution architectures that balance customer needs with Pearson VUE’s strategic technology direction.
• Lead solution shaping for RFP/RFI responses, pre-sales engagements, and complex customer implementations.
• Architect solutions that advance key modernization objectives—cloud-native deployments, microservices, event-driven patterns, resiliency, horizontal scalability, and platform consolidation.
• Evaluate and recommend technology patterns, integration frameworks, and architectural approaches that optimize both customer outcomes and long-term product evolution.
• Produce architectural deliverables including high level solution approach/designs, conceptual models, sequence diagrams, data flows, standards, and reference architectures.
• Translate business and technical constraints into actionable design options and implementation guidance for project teams.
• Resolve day-to-day integration and build issues, ensuring technical consistency and stability across assigned products or services.
• Produce high-quality design artifacts, including models, documentation, and reference architectures, with minimal revision cycles.
• Consult on technical feasibility for major features or updates, raising significant challenges to senior experts as needed.
• Mentor platform/product architects and engineers, sharing best practices and supporting their technical growth.
• Ensure conformance to established framework guidelines and documentation standards.
• Collaborate across teams to enable smooth integration and knowledge transfer, driving project efficiency.
• Adapt quickly to shifting requirements, maintaining solution stability and project momentum.

Key Responsibilities: Implementation & Delivery

• Translate solution architectures into actionable implementation guidance for engineering and delivery teams.
• Provide architectural oversight during development, integration, and rollout to ensure adherence to design principles and best practices.
• Identify technical risks early and develop mitigation strategies to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery.
• Ensure solutions comply with security, privacy, scalability, and availability requirements across global deployments.
• Support ongoing enhancement of existing systems by aligning technical decisions with target-state architecture and modernization goals.

Key Responsibilities: Collaboration & Leadership

• Partner with product managers, product architects, platform architects, engineering teams, and customer-facing groups to align on solution direction and roadmap priorities.
• Provide thought leadership and mentorship to architecture and engineering teams, promoting consistent architectural principles and best practices.
• Lead technical discussions with customers, stakeholders, and executive audiences to articulate architectural strategies and decision rationale.
• Influence product roadmaps by incorporating customer needs, industry trends, competitive insights, and enterprise architecture standards.
• Represent Enterprise Architecture in customer engagements and strategic initiatives, strengthening Pearson VUE’s technical credibility and competitive positioning.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Significant experience designing and implementing software architectures in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on expertise in cloud platforms, API management, and infrastructure automation.
• Strong background in technical mentoring and cross-team collaboration.
• Experience resolving integration and build issues in complex systems.

Preferred

• Experience in high-availability, high-volume platforms such as scheduling, proctoring, content delivery, or secure assessment systems.
• Architecture certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, SAFe Architect).
• Experience applying AI/ML or AgenticAI concepts within enterprise products.
• Familiarity with security frameworks, compliance standards, and multi-region deployment strategies.

Skills & Competencies

• Solution Architecture: Design scalable, technically sound solutions that address business needs while aligning with product capabilities.
• Cloud Computing: Apply cloud platform expertise to architect modern, efficient solutions.
• API Management: Create and manage APIs to enable seamless integration and performance.
• Information Security: Ensure solutions meet security, privacy, and compliance standards.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Automate infrastructure management for consistency and efficiency.
• Technical Acumen: Analyze and interpret complex technical data to inform decisions.
• Problem Solving: Identify challenges and deliver practical, innovative solutions.
• Collaboration: Work effectively across teams to achieve shared goals.
• Adaptability: Respond productively to change and shifting priorities.
• Innovation: Apply technology strategy to develop differentiated solutions.
• Learning to Learn: Continuously develop new skills and stay current with emerging technologies.

Additional Details

• Travel: Occasional travel may be required for customer engagements or internal meetings.
• Reports to: Vice President of Product Management & Enterprise Architecture

Applications will be accepted through 1/19/2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $125,000 - $150,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Who We Are

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Job: Architecture

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 22010

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