Technical Solutions Architect

About the role

As a solutions architect, your responsibility is to evaluate an organization's business needs and determine how IT can support those needs leveraging software, hardware, or infrastructure. Aligning IT strategy with business goals has become paramount within BetMGM, and the solutions architect will help determine, develop, and improve technical solutions in support of business goals.

You will bridge the communication between IT and business operations to ensure everyone is aligned in developing and implementing technical solutions for business problems. The process requires regular feedback, adjustments, and problem-solving in order to properly design and implement potential solutions and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead brainstorming sessions to develop potential solutions for business needs or problems
• Create a problem statement, defining operational requirements including integration with other systems or components, researching and modeling the system architecture
• Work with business units to develop IT strategies and to improve current IT implementations
• Work with product and delivery teams to develop scalable solutions and products
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures on AWS
• Lead the development of AI-powered solutions using AWS AI/ML services and third-party tools
• Communicate and consult with internal stakeholders to develop appropriate solutions
• Manage activities that take place during solution ideation, solution design, and solution implementation
• Review business context for solutions to company challenges as well as define the vision and requirements for the solution, recommending potential options, (which may include RFIs, RFPs or prototype development), selecting the most optimal option, and the development of a roadmap for the selected solution
• Communicate the architecture to the stakeholders and collaborate and coordinate with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures
• Assure solutions not only are a fit for the specific purpose but also closely align with the standards guidelines of technology solutions
• Develop and execute solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather technical and business requirements
• Architect end-to-end solutions involving data pipelines, APIs, automation, and cloud-native services
• Evaluate and recommend emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and best practices
• Create technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and implementation roadmaps
• Support migration of on-premise applications and workloads to AWS
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to teams
• Participate in technical workshops and solution demonstrations
• Optimize cloud environments for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, software engineering, computer science, or related field
• Proven experience in engineering and software architecture design
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services
• Experience designing or integrating AI/ML solutions
• Sound knowledge of various operating systems and databases
• Efficient communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work under indirect supervision
• Broad understanding of information technology topics
• Effective interpersonal skills and collaborative management style to include teamwork and team building ability
• Comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skills
• Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities
• Techically creative and open-minded

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $110,800.00 to $147,734.00. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Pre-tax spending accounts including health care FSA and commuter savings
• Flexible paid time off
• Professional development reimbursement and ongoing skills training opportunities
• Employee resource groups
• Swag, ticket giveaways, and more!

About BetMGM

BetMGM is revolutionizing sports betting and online gaming in the United States and Canada. We are a partnership between two powerhouse organizations—MGM Resorts International and Entain Group. You know our name through our exciting portfolio of brands including BetMGM Casino, BetMGM Sportsbook, Borgata Online, Party Casino and Party Poker. We aim to bring our ideas into action and find ways to deliver the best quality in gaming platforms.

BetMGM LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. As an organization, we are unwavering in our commitment to maintaining a discrimination-free work environment, and fostering a culture of inclusivity, belonging and equal opportunity for all employees and applicants.