(1114211) Principal Digital Architect

Principal Digital Architect

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Principal Digital Architect to join our team in a fully remote capacity, with candidates required to live local to our Chicago, IL or Peoria, IL office locations. We offer full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company – let's talk!

Position Overview

As a Principal Digital Architect, you will own the end-to-end architecture for complex systems — balancing scalability, performance, security, and rapid delivery — while influencing enterprise technology strategy. This role requires strong technical depth, architectural judgment, and the ability to translate ambiguous business needs into durable, scalable solutions. You will work alongside a team of 18 and partner closely with business leaders, product owners, engineering managers, and delivery teams to ensure architectural alignment with business outcomes.

Typical Day or Week in the Role

• Own and define solution and platform architectures for large-scale, distributed systems from concept through production.

• Create architecture that meets high standards for scalability, performance, resilience, and security.

• Assess, select, and introduce new technologies, including proof-of-concept development and architectural spikes.

• Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across platform teams.

• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring high-quality implementation.

• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

• Produce and maintain clear architecture documentation, including rationale and trade-offs.

• Continuously evolve platform architecture to improve developer productivity, system reliability, and cost efficiency.