Project Architect

Project Architect
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Project Architect
Location(s): Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO (Hybrid: Onsite Tues-Thurs)
Duration: 12+ Months with potential for conversion
Core hours: 9 AM – 4 PM CST; 40-hour work week
Some travel required (quarterly)
Role Overview
We are undertaking a major CIS modernization initiative, transitioning from a 25-year-old legacy billing system to SAP S/4 HANA for Utilities (IS-U) and Salesforce Energy and Utilities Cloud for our Call Center and CRM capabilities. This is a multi-year (4-5), high-visibility program. The CIS Solution Architect will design and govern end-to-end solutions across SAP, SF, and other enterprise systems. The role expects a solid architecture background and methodology including multiple experiences solutioning across complex hybrid cloud and on-premise landscapes and the application of strong architectural principles. Experience with SAP S/4 functionality and technologies, integration via SAP BTP, SAP Data platforms (BDC), Salesforce, and AWS are preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain end-to-end solution architecture for key financial, payment and collections end to end business processes across enterprise systems including SAP S/4, Salesforce and supporting systems
- Minimize customizations and enforce Clean Core principles
- Identify new technology capabilities or patterns that might be required and align with architecture tenets and guidelines
- Govern standards and best practices, minimizing customization
- Lead design and implementation ensuring development aligns with proposed architecture
- Collaborate with functional and technical teams
- Ensure resiliency, scalability, security, and performance
- Conduct architecture reviews and present at architecture review boards
- Validate implementation against design
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years Architecture experience
- 2+ years SAP S/4 HANA Utilities (IS-U)
- 2+ years SAP BTP and Integration Suite
- 4+ years AWS experience
- Expertise in enterprise level solution architecture across multiple systems including hybrid scenarios
- Strong architectural governance experience and solutioning skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent experience
- SAP Certified Solution Architect or Technology Professional
- Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, TOGAF, LeanIX
- Utility industry experience a plus
Technical Skills
- Integration and Data architecture skills (SAP BTP, AWS, IBM ACE preferred)
- Cloud / Hybrid Architecture solutioning (AWS preferred)
- Solutioning end to end architecture across complex ecosystems.
- Architecture solutioning including drafting options and providing a recommendation
- Strong understanding of security, scalability, observability, resiliency and performance design
Required Skills
Required Languages
🇬🇧 English