IFS Solution Architect

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced IFS Solution Architect to serve as the strategic custodian of our enterprise IFS architecture across Apps 10 and IFS Cloud. This role owns solution design authority, governs platform change through the CAB, maintains the IFS roadmap and CUI pipeline, ensures regulatory alignment (CMMC, ITAR, DCAA), and leads the IFS Centre of Excellence (CoE).

This is a senior leadership role with broad influence across enterprise technology decisions, ERP-enabled transformation, and regulated operations, and is critical in ensuring a stable, scalable, secure, and future-ready IFS platform that supports business growth and regulatory requirements. This role is a remote position with occasional travel (as required).

Key Responsibilities

• Own the long-term architectural direction for the enterprise-wide IFS platform.
• Shape and influence ERP-enabled transformation initiatives.
• Serve as a key contributor in enabling the successful delivery of agreed IT Value Creation Plans (VCPs).
• Drive maturity of the IFS Centre of Excellence (CoE).
• Partner with senior leaders across IT, Operations, Finance, and Compliance.
• Evaluate and influence major architectural investment decisions.
• Own architectural risk management for the IFS landscape.

IFS Architecture – Primary Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the enterprise IFS architecture across Apps 10 and IFS Cloud.
• Act as design authority for configurations, customizations, integrations, reports, and data model extensions.
• Define architectural principles, integration standards, and design patterns.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with long-term roadmap and regulatory needs.

Governance & CAB Management

• Govern and chair the IFS Change Advisory Board (CAB).
• Review and approve design proposals and technical changes.
• Manage architectural approvals, escalate risks, and ensure robust dependency and release governance.

IFS Centre of Excellence Leadership

• Lead the IFS CoE as the central forum for platform governance, standards, and best practices.
• Provide dotted-line leadership to functional leads and SMEs.
• Define CoE operating rhythms, documentation requirements, training standards, and maturity goals.
• Implement and govern ClickLearn for process documentation and training content.
• Ensure knowledge assets are accurate, maintained, version-controlled, and aligned with approved business processes.
• Promote consistent design decisions and shared accountability for the ERP platform.

Roadmap & CUI Pipeline Management

• Own the multi-year IFS platform roadmap.
• Govern and prioritize the Continuous Improvement Update (CUI) pipeline.
• Work with business stakeholders to evaluate and sequence roadmap initiatives.
• Serve as primary liaison to the IFS account manager.
• Ensure license entitlements and commercial agreements align with architectural strategy.

Regulatory & Security Alignment

• Architect solutions that meet CMMC, ITAR, DCAA, and other regulatory frameworks.
• Partner with InfoSec and Compliance teams to ensure secure design and audit readiness.
• Govern access models, permissions, and security controls across the IFS landscape.

Delivery Oversight & Collaboration

• Provide architectural guidance to IFS developers, functional consultants, SMEs, and third-party partners.
• Validate design concepts before development.
• Support the IFS Cloud implementation through solution design participation.
• Align business processes and functional designs with architectural principles.

Platform Health & Lifecycle Management

• Define and govern environment strategy across DEV/TEST/UAT/STAGE/PROD.
• Ensure system performance, stability, scalability, and availability.
• Govern performance testing standards and environment benchmarking.
• Oversee permission model governance and periodic security review.
• Lead platform optimization initiatives and lifecycle improvements.
• Collaborate with the Infrastructure team on environment sizing and capacity planning.

Ways of Working

• Work cross-functionally with business stakeholders, project teams, functional leads, and vendors.
• Participate in change control, release management, and production deployment.
• Maintain structured architectural documentation and decision logs.
• Escalate architectural risks, constraints, and compliance gaps promptly.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting IFS Apps 10 and/or IFS Cloud.
• Prior experience as design authority or solution architect in ERP transformation programs.
• Deep knowledge of IFS technical layers including projections, APIs, IFS Connect, Aurena, lobbies, and data models.
• Strong expertise in integration patterns (REST, SOAP, middleware, event-based).
• Experience contributing to or leading ERP Centres of Excellence.
• Familiarity with CMMC, ITAR, DCAA, and regulated industries.
• Strong Oracle/SQL/PLSQL capability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder influence skills.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with MES platforms and ERP/MES integration models.
• Familiarity with Azure, cloud-native patterns, or microservices.
• Experience supporting legacy-to-cloud transitions.
• Background in system migration, decommissioning, or multi-environment operations.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong architectural discipline.
• Governance-oriented with high judgment and decision capability.
• Clear communicator able to translate complex topics to business and technical audiences.
• Organized, structured, and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Collaborative and pragmatic.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Attalon, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Export Control Compliance

This role involves access to technology, materials, software, or hardware subject to U.S. export control laws. Therefore, to be considered, candidates must be classified as a “U.S. Person” under applicable regulations or be eligible for authorization under a U.S. government export license.