Sr. Solution Architect

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Sr. Solution Architect Cork, Ireland Job ID JR0153807 Category Solution Architecture Post Date Oct. 21, 2026 Apply McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care. What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you. Sr. Solution Architect About the Role McKesson is seeking a Sr. Solution Architect to lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions that drive business transformation. This role partners with business, product, engineering, security, and operations teams to define architecture strategies, roadmap future-state capabilities, and guide delivery across enterprise platforms. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, integration patterns, enterprise application architecture, and modern software engineering practices. This role influences strategic technology decisions and provides technical leadership across complex, cross-functional initiatives. What You'll Do Define architecture strategies, target-state roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks aligned with business objectives. Design enterprise-scale solutions leveraging cloud-native, microservices, API-first, and event-driven architectures. Lead architecture assessments, fit-gap analyses, and modernization initiatives across complex application portfolios. Establish scalable integration patterns using APIs, middleware, messaging platforms, and event streaming technologies. Partner with engineering teams to implement DevSecOps, CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes, observability, and reliability best practices. Collaborate with security teams to embed secure-by-design principles, identity management, and regulatory compliance requirements. Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI/GenAI capabilities, and define reusable architecture patterns that create business value. Mentor architects and engineers while influencing enterprise technology direction and architecture governance. Basic Requirements 7+ years of experience in Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Software Engineering, or related technology leadership roles. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale distributed applications in complex environments. Expertise in Enterprise Application Architecture and solution design across multiple business domains. Hands-on experience with Cloud Architecture, preferably Microsoft Azure. Strong experience in Microservices Architecture, API Architecture, and Integration Patterns. Proven experience supporting architecture governance, standards development, and enterprise technology roadmaps. Demonstrated ability to communicate architecture decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and business stakeholders. Preferred Skills/Experience Event-Driven Architecture and Composable Architecture design experience. Data Architecture fundamentals including data integration, data modeling, and data platform concepts. Security Architecture, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Zero Trust, and secure-by-design practices. Container technologies and Kubernetes platform architecture. DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and automated deployment practices. Performance engineering, scalability optimization, and resiliency design. AI/GenAI integration patterns, intelligent automation, and enterprise AI solution design. Observability, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), monitoring, logging, and operational excellence practices. At McKesson, we care about the well-being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That’s why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves. As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. 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