Remote Senior SaaS Modernization Engineer

Ellucian Company L.P.

United States

Remote

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Flexible time off

401k with match

Parental Leave

Wellness programs

Education assistance

Job summary

Ellucian seeks a Senior Colleague Modernization Engineer to lead modernization on SaaS projects. The role blends SA, TA, and integration work to accelerate go-lives, reduce delivery time, and improve repeatability through AI and reusable assets.

You will guide migration from legacy to SaaS-aligned solutions, assess environments, and drive scalable delivery with cross-functional teams. You will influence architecture, security, and data migration strategies while delivering measurable outcomes

Qualifications

10+ years of solution architecture and delivery experience in consulting or professional services.
Deep expertise across higher education enterprise domains (SIS, Finance, HR) and SaaS architectures.
Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment with stakeholders.
Exceptional communication skills for technical and executive audiences.
Practical, outcomes-oriented approach balancing ideal vs. feasible solutions.

Responsibilities

Design and configure solution architecture, validate and troubleshoot, and automate steps where possible.
Assess customer environments and define SaaS-aligned target-state solutions.
Analyze extensions and integrations, proposing SaaS-safe replacements.
Translate modernization requirements into scalable technical designs with security in mind.
Lead or support discovery workshops and produce scoping outputs for builds.
Facilitate knowledge transfer so customer teams can maintain solutions independently.
Contribute to productized assets and reusable content to speed delivery.