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ITSMF lists this Senior Solution Architect, OptiFreight Logistics opportunity in dublin, Ohio. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Position Summary
Cardinal Health is seeking a visionary and strategic Solution Architect to join a high-growth business unit with visibility to Executive leadership. This is a pivotal role where you will be at the forefront of technologically transformed landscape, shaping the future of our logistics, retail freight-pay, and audit solutions. We are in the final phase of modernizing our technology ecosystem, transitioning from a legacy landscape of .NET and Java microservices to a modern platform powdered by SAP BRIM, Salesforce, Java based portal solutions and Google Cloud (GCP) for business analytics.
As a Solution Architect, you will be more than a technologist, you will be a strategic partner and a trusted advisor, and key influencer across business and technology organizations. You will translate complex business processes into scalable, innovative, future-ready architectural solutions while driving business strategy, shaping product and technology roadmaps, assessing end-to-end process impacts, and guiding future-state architecture decisions.
Success in this role requires the ability to communicate complex technical concepts with clarity and impact, enabling informed decision-making among business leaders, external customers, and executive stakeholders. You will play a critical role in aligning technology investments with business objectives while driving modernization, innovation, and operational excellence across the portfolio.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and presenting architectural strategies, technology investments, and transformation roadmaps to executive Leadership is essential for success in this role.
Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership: Develop and own the end-to-end architectural vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and our long-term technology transformation.
Executive Communication: Simplify and present complex architectural concepts, technical-debt implications, and strategic roadmaps to executive leadership, business stakeholders, and external customers, ensuring clarity and buy-in.
Solution Design & Architecture: Lead the design and evolution of modern technology landscape, ensuring effective integration across SAP BRIM, Salesforce, .NET and Java-based applications, and GCP data and analytics platforms.
Customer & Partner Integration: Architect robust, scalable integration solutions enabling our healthcare partners to seamlessly connect their ERPs and pharmacy management systems with our retail freight offerings.
Technical Governance: Serve as the primary technical authority on the program, providing architectural guidance, quality assurance, and mentorship to project teams.
Innovation & Modernization: Champion an innovation mindset, continuously identifying opportunities for automation, process optimization, and technical debt reduction through strategic architectural decisions.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work intimately with business product owners, technical leads, and enterprise architects to translate business strategy into technical requirements and architectural designs.
Business Process Insights: Develop a deep understanding of end-to-end business processes and data flows to assess impacts, identify challenges, and guide solution design across a complex application landscape.
Adoption of AI : Drive the adoption of AI and automation capabilities by identifying high-value use cases and integrating scalable, secure AI-enabled solutions into the overall technology roadmap.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
8-15+ years of progressive technology experience, including at least 5 years in solution architecture, solution design, or application architecture roles, preferred.
Demonstrable experience with large-scale technology transformations, including integration and modernization initiatives in evolving business environments such as mergers and acquisitions, particularly involving the integration of enterprise platforms like SAP (BRIM preferred) and Salesforce , Data & Analytics, architecting and designing solutions involving microservices architecture (Java, .NET) and event-driven patterns .
Strong expertise in cloud computing, preferably with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ; experience with AWS or Azure is also valuable.
Deep understanding of modern data and analytics platforms (e.g., BigQuery , Databricks, Tableau, Looker, AI Solutions).
Exceptional presentation and communication skills, with a documented ability to articulate complex technical issues effectively to both executive and technical audiences.
Strong consultative and influencing skills, with experience guiding senior stakeholders and project teams toward a unified architectural vision.
Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) is preferred.
Anticipated salary range:$125,300 - $196,790
Bonus eligible:Yes
Benefits:Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Paid time off plan
Health savings account (HSA)
401k savings plan
Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Work-Life resources
Paid parental leave
Healthy lifestyle programs
Application window anticipated to close:11/30/2026
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
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Worksite address
dublin, OH, 43016, US
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