Project Architect

Strategic Staffing Solutions; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions is seeking a Project Architect to lead end-to-end architecture for a major CIS modernization program. The role covers SAP S/4 HANA Utilities (IS-U), Salesforce Energy and Utilities Cloud, and hybrid cloud/on-premise integrations.

Responsibilities include developing architecture for financial, payment, and CRM processes, enforcing clean core principles, and guiding governance and design reviews across multiple teams. Travel quarterly expected.

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
• 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

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

Job description

STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS (S3) HAS AN OPENING!

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