Job Title:PrincipalM&ASolution Architect

Current Need

McKesson is looking for a Principal Solution Architect to join a key technical leadership role within the EnterpriseM&AEngineering andArchitectureteam, to help accelerate ourM&Ainitiatives across the Enterprise and drive trust, agility, andautomationforMcKesson’s technologyservices. This role will serve as a critical leadership position in shaping and executing McKesson’s enterprise-wide technologystrategy and primarily focused on Merger & Acquisition (M&A) integration. The PrincipalSolutionArchitect will operate at anarchitecturelevel, partnering with internal and external business and technology teams to definetechnologicalintegration ofroadmaps, establish architectural standards, and ensure seamless alignment with enterprise platforms. 

The role requires a combination of technical expertise in solution architecture, strong communication skills, collaborative mindset and leadership skills to engage with business units and technical stakeholders across the enterprise to drive broader impact. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in designing and deliveringnetworksolutions, enabling business outcomes while ensuring adherence to security and compliance requirements. 

Job responsibilities

• Serve as the enterprisetechnologyarchitecture authority for merger, acquisition, and divestiture activities, defining scalable integration strategies across acquired entities. 

• Lead technical due diligence for M&A initiatives, assessingtechnologymaturity, architecture posture,cloud presents,risks, and integration complexity. 

• Define and execute M&Atechnologyintegration playbooks, including landing zone alignment, identity integration, security harmonization, andnetworkmodernization strategies. 

• Drive consistency across multi-business-unit architectures, resolving complex cross-domain design challenges and influencing enterprise-wide policy decisions. 

• Provide thought leadership ontechnology, M&A integration, and enterprise architecture trends; represent McKesson in strategic vendor and partner engagements. 

• Define and govern enterprisetechnologysolution patterns and reference architecture acrosscloudand hybrid environments, ensuring consistency, reusability, and alignment with long-term platform and security strategy. 

• Shape and evolve enterprisetechnologyarchitecture standards, security guardrails, and governance models; influence policy decisions and resolve complex design exceptions across business units. 

• Conduct technical assessments and optimization reviews for existing and newtechnologydeployments. 

• Work closely with enterprise architecture, cloud platform operations, and governance teams to ensure seamless integration of solutions intoeachorganization’stechnologyenvironment. 

• Mentor senior architects and engineers, raise the overall architecture maturity of the organization, and lead enablement efforts that institutionalizetechnologybest practices. 

Minimum Requirements

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 13+ years, with 8+ years, of direct work-related experience. Less years required if has relevant Master's or Doctorate qualifications

Critical Skills/Experience:

• 12+ years ofSolutionArchitecture and/or relevant industry experience. 

• Expertise in Azure is required; experience with AWS or GCP is a plus. 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience. 

Technical Expertise:

• Strongexpertise in Microsoft Azure (required); multi-cloud experience (AWS, GCP, OCI) strongly preferred. 

• Strong knowledge ofload balance, DNS, firewall,networkingtechnologies, microservices architecture, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform. 

• Strong architecture design and implementation experience withon-premand hybrid cloud environments  

• Proven experience in designing and deploying secure, scalable, and resilient solutions in large-scale cloud environments that are heavily regulated. 

• Solid understanding of enterprise security, compliance, and governance frameworks. 

• Experience with migration projects and hybrid cloud environments is a plus. 

• Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) are highly desirable. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.