Solutions Architect Position Available In Knox, Tennessee

Solutions Architect TEGNA Inc. – 2.9 Knoxville, TN Job Details Temporary | Part-time |

Full-time Estimated:

$116K – $153K a year 1 day ago Benefits Paid holidays Disability insurance Relocation assistance Health insurance Dental insurance Paid time off Adoption assistance Life insurance Qualifications CI/CD Authentication Management Cloud architecture RESTful API 5 years DevOps Microservices REST Mentoring Trade school APIs Solution architecture Senior level SaaS Leadership Communication skills Spring Framework Full Job Description About

TEGNA TEGNA

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TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news. TEGNA is transforming how media is delivered, consumed, and personalized across mobile, web, connected TV, and streaming platforms. We are looking for an experienced Solutions Architect to help guide the technical direction of our cloud-native microservice architecture, streaming platform integrations, and modular front-end frameworks that supports millions of users across the TEGNA digital product portfolio. This is a highly visible, cross-functional role that works directly with engineering leadership, product teams, DevOps, and development teams to establish architectural patterns that balance scalability, velocity, security, and maintainability across multiple platforms and product lines. You will help design the core systems that power everything from our content management platform to personalization engines, video infrastructure, micro-frontends, and multi-platform native applications.

Responsibilities:

Own the high-level architecture and design for cloud-native applications and platforms across TEGNA’s digital product lines. Lead design sessions with engineering, product, and leadership to define scalable, resilient, and maintainable solutions that serve both short-term delivery needs and long-term platform strategy. Define API-first service designs that support clear separation of concerns between front-end, back-end, and third-party integrations. Guide teams in modernizing legacy systems into scalable, event-driven microservices Provide leadership on modular, micro-frontend patterns using scalable UI technologies. Collaborate closely with DevOps on CI/CD and observability strategy. Ensure security best practices are embedded into architectural design Serve as a mentor for senior engineers, driving technical excellence across the organization. Stay current with emerging cloud, streaming, and architectural trends that can help us continuously evolve our platform capabilities.

Requirements:

5+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with 2+ years in architecture roles. Strong understanding of cloud-native application design, microservices, and distributed system patterns. Experience designing highly available, scalable REST APIs and event-driven architectures. Hands-on experience with modern front-end architectures. Deep understanding of identity management, authentication flows, and secure authorization models. Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills across engineering, product, and business stakeholders. Experience balancing fast delivery timelines with long-term technical strategy and platform stability. Prior experience working in media, streaming, or subscription SaaS platforms is a plus. Passion for mentoring engineers, sharing knowledge, and elevating team technical maturity. Why Join TEGNA? You’ll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering organization building modern digital products at scale. This is an opportunity to help shape not only our apps but the underlying architecture that powers personalization, content management, streaming, and video delivery across all of TEGNA’s media properties. We are investing heavily in AI-assisted development, modern cloud-native services, and flexible architecture patterns that allow our teams to innovate quickly while delivering high-quality, high-impact products for our users. Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.

Benefits:

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance. Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% – 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one. Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health. TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union. EEO statement : TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email

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