AI-Driven SaaS Modernization Engineer (Remote)

Ellucian; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible time off

Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account

401k w/ match & BrightPlan

Parental Leave

Charitable days

Telemedicine

Wellness

Headspace Care

Wellbeats

Caregiver support

Diversity and inclusion programs

Employee referrals

Education Assistance

LinkedIn Learning

Job summary

Ellucian is seeking a Colleague Modernization Engineer (Solutions Architect) for a hybrid SaaS modernization role. You will support SaaS go-lives, reduce delivery duration, and improve repeatability by leveraging AI, automation, and modernization accelerators to improve delivery processes.

The role focuses on moving customers from legacy environments to SaaS-aligned solutions, applying AI-enabled analysis, documentation, design validation, migration support, and delivery acceleration techniques

Qualifications

• 5+ years of solution architecture and delivery experience in consulting or professional services.
• Deep expertise across higher education enterprise domains (preferably Ellucian), such as SIS, Finance, HR.
• Strong technical fluency in SaaS architectures, ERP, integrations, data migration, analytics, and security.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and maintain delivery momentum.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Perform solution design and architecture configuration and automation.
• Assess customer environments and define SaaS-aligned target-state solutions.
• Analyze extensions and migrations and replace with baseline functionality.
• Translate requirements into technical designs with scalability and security.
• Lead or support modernization discovery workshops.
• Foster knowledge transfer to customer teams.
• Contribute to standardized assets and reusable content.

Skills

Solution architecture

Delivery leadership

AI in business

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

SaaS architectures

ERP ecosystems

Data migration

Security considerations

Job description

Ellucian is seeking a Colleague Modernization Engineer (Solutions Architect) for a hybrid SaaS modernization role. You will support SaaS go-lives, reduce delivery duration, and improve repeatability by leveraging AI, automation, and modernization accelerators to improve delivery processes.

The role focuses on moving customers from legacy environments to SaaS-aligned solutions, applying AI-enabled analysis, documentation, design validation, migration support, and delivery acceleration techniques