Project Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Summar Standard full time/40 hours per week What are the top 3-5 skills and qualifications (technology/application/software, etc.) required? Are there any skills/certifications that the candidate must possess or would be nice to see? Extensive solution and enterprise architecture experience is mandatory Extensive experience in solutioning and implementing large scale systems is mandatory SAP and BTP experience are mandatory Migrations from ECC to S4/HANA UN is a huge plus The Sr IT Architect - SAP is responsible for the technical alignment, architectural integrity and delivery quality of major initiatives within the Work Execution and Plant Maintenance (SAP) domain. The role designs and governs solutions that comply with architectural standards and processes, leads technical direction across delivery teams and vendors, and ensures solutions are secure, compliant, supportable, and fit for long-term business outcomes. The architect leads technical implementation of solutions and delivery. This role is intended for a candidate who operates beyond a project-focused solution architect, contributing to roadmaps, cross-domain integration decisions, and landscape health. The architect balances best-fit solutioning and delivery execution with broader technology risk management and application landscape alignment. Essential Responsibilities

1. Develop high-level and detailed architecture and technical designs to satisfy business outcomes and non-functional requirements (availability, performance, resiliency, maintainability).
2. Lead and coordinate end-to-end technical implementation, including application, integration, data, security, and infrastructure considerations.
3. Ensure delivered solutions are operationally supportable and assimilated into production support models with limited risk.
4. Drive continuous improvement and innovation through design enhancements, modernization, and technical debt reduction.
5. Review and approve project designs for compliance with architecture standards, and track/manage exceptions as needed.
6. Assess, report, and recommend mitigations for technology, integration, and operational risks within the SAP domain and adjacent platforms.
7. Ensure regulatory, audit, and security compliance for new and existing solutions.
8. Contribute to and evolve architecture patterns and standards (integration patterns, security patterns, data patterns, environment strategy, and operational readiness criteria).
9. Translate solution intent into integrated designs across SAP, integration middleware, data platforms, identity/security, and external systems.
10. Partner cross-functionally with product owners, engineering leads, security, infrastructure, and operations to ensure solutions align with enterprise direction and constraints.
11. Work with vendors and system integrators for service delivery, solution quality, and evaluation of technology options.
12. Contribute to domain roadmaps and input into broader technology roadmaps, ensuring SAP solutions align with architectural direction and IT strategy.
13. Help improve overall application landscape health by identifying redundancies, integration risks, and modernization opportunities within the SAP ecosystem.

Essential Skills

• Continuous Learner - Ability to continually develop and improve one's skill and knowledge to perform effectively and adapt to change in the workplace. Development occurs through a variety of learning opportunities, seeking feedback, and individual reflection.
• Personally Effective - Making use of all of the personal resources at your disposal (talents, skills, energy, and time) to achieve goals.
• Tenacious and Results-driven - Setting high goals for themselves and others. They accomplish their goals by effectively working through challenges and demonstrate commitment to the network's goals.
• Creative Problem Solver - Focused on improving their practices and results. They are open to new ideas and they maximize available resources.
• Effective Communicator - Conveys information in a way that is strategic, honest, timely, and respectful with whom they are interacting.
• Collaborator & Partner - Works effectively with others to achieve shared goals through cooperation, sharing knowledge, joint problem-solving, and celebrating success.

Minimum Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent experience. 8+ years of IT experience in a large, complex environment (nationally or globally distributed preferred). 8+ years of solution architecture experience leading end-to-end solution design and delivery across application, integration, data, and security concerns. 6+ years of SAP architecture / SAP solution delivery experience, with demonstrated responsibility for solution integrity across multiple workstreams (implementation, integration, security, data, operations). Architecture experience supporting SAP-centric business capabilities such as Plant Maintenance / Work Management / Asset Management, and related processes. Experience with SAP integrations and patterns (e.g., APIs, events, batch/file, middleware-enabled integrations) and cross-platform coordination. Exposure to SAP platform modernization approaches (e.g., ECC-to-S/4 transition planning, integration modernization). Experience operating in architecture governance forums (e.g., architecture review boards), managing standards compliance and exception processes. Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and practices (e.g., TOGAF), and ability to use them pragmatically to guide decisions. Ability to assess and improve application landscape health (identify redundancies, integration risks, and cost/risk reduction opportunities). Experience in Energy / Utilities or similarly regulated, asset-intensive industries. Demonstrated experience delivering solutions through the full SDLC (requirements, design, build, test, deployment, operational readiness). Strong working knowledge across core architecture domains: software, data, integration, infrastructure/hosting models, and security. Proven ability to lead technical direction on large-scale programs/projects, influence across teams, and drive architectural decisions to closure. Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder communication skills across varying organizational levels. EEO: "Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans." Mindlance