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What You''ll DoWHY THIS ROLE MATTERSBCG is looking for a director level Lead Solution Architect to help us accelerate into the next generation of 24 × 7, worldwide services that power every employee and client interaction. Your leadership will advance our journey to cloud-first infrastructure and security, ensuring fast, reliable, and secure digital experiences everywhere.Set the strategy. Define and champion a clear, modern infrastructure vision—cloud-first, secure-by-design, highly available.Lead Solution architects. Inspire, coach, and coordinate a team of specialist architects to deliver against that vision.Build and run. Design, scale, and operate global platforms across identity, networking, compute, containers, and DevSecOps.Optimize delivery. Shape architectures that boost application performance on any device—online or offline.Drive decisions. Own roadmaps, investment cases, and KPIs for a sizable infrastructure estate.Tell the story. Craft concise, compelling materials for stakeholders up to C-suite, turning complex ideas into clear action.HOW YOU WILL SUCCEEDVisionary leadership – Energize teams to see possibilities in modern tech and act quickly.Analytical clarity – Tackle ambiguous problems and balance functional and non-functional needs.Hands-on execution – Produce high-quality artefacts and lead by example.Influence and collaboration – Guide architects and engineers across a matrixed organization.Modern mindset – Apply Kanban, Scrum, Lean, and product thinking to increase velocity and reduce risk.Continuous learning – Stay curious about DDD, APIs, micro-services, cloud security, and identity.YOU’RE GOOD ATExceptional verbal and written communication skills in English is required; command of additional languages will be considered a plusYou can successfully interface and connect with skilled technologists and non-technical stakeholders, including members of the C-suiteAbility to work in an Agile environment leveraging strong work management, organizational and planning skillsYou have an ability to work as part of a geographically dispersed team bringing a sense of urgency to the tasks at handMust have well-honed and credible influencing skills including the ability to negotiate and gain consensus between involved parties where competing priorities existYou’re able to effectively handle difficult and stressful situations with poise, tact and patience, while demonstrating a sense of urgencyWhat You''ll Bring8+ years owning end-to-end solution architecture and/or security engineering experience with large-scale infrastructure portfolios.Proven success planning and rationalizing global estates, optimizing value, cost, and risk.Extensive experience in a globally distributed environment spanning multiple platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCPExperience of cloud security techniques in a DevSecOps and agile working environmentExperience in understanding and capturing requirements, continuously improve and develop technical policies and processesExperience leading and mentoring fellow team members, across internal and vendor teamsRecord of steering investment decisions and securing executive buy-in.Confident communicator with polished C-suite presentations.NICE TO HAVEProven leadership in Zero Trust architecture for hybrid and multi-cloud environmentsStrong background in secure, software-defined networking and micro-segmentationHands-on with modern engineering practices—Agile, DevSecOps, automated testingFamiliarity with secrets management / certificate lifecycle automationSolid grasp of cryptographic key management and enterprise PKI operationsExperience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP)Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines with integrated security gatesPractical use of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi) for secure, repeatable buildsFamiliarity with configuration-orchestration tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) to enforce baseline hardeningRelevant certifications—CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, SABSA, ITIL, or equivalentWho You''ll Work WithYou will be part of a diverse and dynamic team of protection specialists located across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, working in a highly collaborative environment with like-minded colleagues.Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.BCG is an E - Verify Employer.

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