Principal Solution Architect

Job Description

Commercial Programming Systems, Inc. (CPS) is an Information Technology consulting and staffing company offering a broad range of services aimed at helping our clients deliver high-quality, cost-effective systems.

Direct Hire and Remote opportunity.

The Principal Solution Architect, JD Edwards is a senior technical leader within client’s Solution Architecture team, responsible for pre- and post-sales technical architecture for cloud-based JDE solutions.

This is not a functional role. The successful candidate will architect, validate, and oversee end-to-end JDE on cloud platform architectures with a strong technical and cloud emphasis, including architecting JDE on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This role will collaborate with JD Edwards product management and delivery and the Syntax Cloud Center of Excellence to build cutting-edge solutions using the latest technologies, and help customers integrate agentic AI solutions into their JD Edwards ERP.

The role requires deep expertise in JDE technical architecture, cloud infrastructure, security, performance, scalability, resilience, and disaster recovery, as well as a strong working knowledge of the JD Edwards application ecosystem. The architect will advise customers and internal teams on platform design, modernization, migration, and operational readiness for enterprise-scale JDE environments.

Ideal candidates will have 15+ years of experience, including experience with enterprise application architecture and, ideally, JD Edwards on IBM AS/400 (iSeries) environments and modernization pathways.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a pre-sales technical subject matter expert for JDE cloud architecture engagements, including solution design, technical validation, and support of pricing and technical contracting, as well as articulating the value proposition of 24 x 7 managed services.
• Architect JDE on AWS, Azure, and OCI, including compute, network, storage, identity, middleware, database, logging/monitoring, and operational readiness considerations.
• Design solutions for performance, scalability, availability, and resilience across enterprise JDE workloads.
• Lead security-by-design architecture, including identity integration, encryption, access controls, network segmentation, secrets management, and secure operational patterns.
• Define and validate disaster recovery strategies, including backup/restore, failover/failback, and RPO/RTO alignment.
• Advise on cloud governance and operating models, including landing zone patterns, tagging, cost management, lifecycle management, and operational controls.
• Provide post-sales architecture support for large and complex engagements to ensure delivered solutions align to the approved technical design.
• Collaborate with functional solution architects as needed to ensure technical architecture supports broader solution requirements, while remaining focused on the technical and cloud aspects of the role.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers, technical leaders, and internal stakeholders across sales, delivery, and product teams.
• Contribute to architecture collateral, value propositions, and technical content that supports market-facing positioning.

• Required Qualifications

  • 15–25 years of experience in solution architecture, technical architecture, infrastructure architecture, or related enterprise technology leadership roles.
  • Strong technical expertise in JD Edwards architecture and deployment patterns.
  • Demonstrated experience architecting JDE on hyperscalers, including AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
  • Strong understanding of enterprise cloud fundamentals, including network, identity, storage, compute, observability, backup, and DR design.
  • Experience with security architecture for enterprise application platforms.
  • Experience supporting or leading technical migration and modernization programs.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a matrixed environment and across multiple global teams.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple concurrent engagements and manage complex stakeholder expectations.
  • Hands-on mindset with the ability to engage deeply in technical details when required.

• Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with IBM AS/400 (iSeries) environments and modernization/migration considerations.
  • Experience with enterprise application upgrades, technical migrations, and cloud landing zone design.
  • Experience with disaster recovery planning and validation for enterprise applications.
  • Exposure to architecture documentation, reference architectures, and technical sales enablement content.
  • Relevant industry or vendor certifications supporting cloud or infrastructure architecture expertise.

  Education

  • BS/BA degree required; MS/MBA preferred.

  Working Style and Attributes

  • Self-starter with strong ownership and accountability.
  • Comfortable operating across time zones with global teams.
  • Ability to think strategically while remaining technically hands-on.
  • Strong collaborator who can influence and align stakeholders without losing technical rigor

  Commercial Programming Systems, Inc. (CPS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. CPS does not permit or condone any form of discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity by the Company’s managers, associates, or vendors.