Principal Solutions Architect

Requisition ID : 20445

Join us in building a better future for Arizona!

SRP is one of the largest public power and water utilities in the U.S. providing electricity to approximately one million customers in the greater metropolitan Phoenix area. Since its founding in 1903, SRP has fostered a culture of stewardship and customer service consistently ranking as an industry leader in customer service according to J.D. Power and named one of Arizona's best employers by Forbes. SRP continues to adapt to its changing business environment by seeking innovative ways to reimagine utility service and the provision of critical resources essential to the life and economy of Arizona.

Why Work at SRP

At SRP, we foster an inclusive work environment and believe everyone should have a fair chance to work, regardless of who they are. That’s why we value teams with diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds to help SRP deliver on its mission of providing reliable, affordable and sustainable water and power.

SRP's success is rooted in our employees' happiness, health, and safety. That's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees and enhance their well-being. In addition to competitive pay and performance incentives, eligible employees can take advantage of the following benefits:

• Pension Plan (at no cost to the employee)
• 401(k) plan with employer matching
• Available your first day: Medical, vision, dental, and life insurance
• Over 200+ hours of PTO (includes vacation days, holidays, floating holidays, and sick leave)
• Parental leave (up to 4 weeks) and adoption assistance
• Wellness programs (including access to a recreation and fitness facility)
• Short and long-term disability plans
• Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate programs
• 10 Employee Resource Groups for career development, community service, and networking

Summary

The Enterprise SAP Integration Architect is responsible for defining and executing the enterprise integration strategy across SAP and non-SAP platforms, including SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, payroll systems, customer experience applications, and third-party vendor ecosystems. This role provides architectural leadership for enterprise-wide integration, establishes integration standards and governance, drives modernization through API-led and event-driven architectures, and ensures secure, scalable, and reliable integration solutions that support business objectives and operational excellence.

What You'll Do

Strategic Leadership & Architecture

• Define and drive the enterprise integration strategy for SAP, SuccessFactors, Payroll, Customer platforms, and external vendor ecosystems, ensuring alignment with business and technology roadmaps.
• Serve as the enterprise authority for SAP integrations, APIs, middleware, event-driven architecture, and cloud connectivity.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to align integration capabilities with enterprise goals.
• Establish integration standards, governance frameworks, and reference architectures.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy integrations, reduce technical debt, and improve scalability and operational efficiency.
• Research and evaluate emerging AI capabilities, integration technologies, and industry best practices to accelerate delivery and improve operational readiness.

SAP Transformation & Integration Architecture

• Design and govern integrations supporting SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Payroll systems, Customer Experience applications, and external vendors requiring secure data exchange and business process integration.

• Define integration patterns and migration strategies for APIs, interfaces, EDI, middleware, and external system connectivity.
• Design and govern end-to-end integration solutions across SAP, cloud, SaaS, data platforms, and third-party applications.
• Establish API-first, event-driven, and service-oriented integration patterns supporting real-time, batch, and hybrid scenarios.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and application teams to ensure alignment with enterprise technology standards.

Technical Governance & Delivery

• Establish development standards, design principles, operational procedures, and quality practices for integration solutions.
• Provide expertise in SAP Integration Suite, CPI, API Management, Event Mesh, SAP BTP, OData, REST, SOAP, EDI, IDocs, RFC/BAPI, and related middleware technologies.
• Conduct architecture reviews and oversee technical deliverables from internal teams, implementation partners, and vendors.
• Ensure integration solutions comply with security, privacy, regulatory, and operational requirements.

Leadership & Operational Excellence

• Mentor integration architects, developers, and technical teams while promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
• Lead technical reviews, architecture forums, and integration governance activities.
• Ensure reliability, performance, monitoring, supportability, and operational readiness of enterprise integration platforms.
• Act as the primary technical liaison for business stakeholders, SAP implementation partners, and strategic vendors.
• Communicate integration strategies, risks, and recommendations to leadership and project teams.

Education

A bachelor's degree relevant to the assignment from an accredited institution is preferred.

Experience

• 12+ years of enterprise integration architecture, design, and implementation experience.
• 7+ years of SAP integration experience across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and related technologies.
• 5+ years in an Integration Architect, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, or technical leadership role.
• Experience leading SAP S/4HANA migration, implementation, or modernization programs.
• Strong experience with API-led, event-driven, and hybrid integration architectures.
• Expertise with SAP Integration Suite, CPI, API Management, Event Mesh, and SAP BTP services.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, OData, SOAP, EDI, IDocs, RFCs/BAPIs, and middleware technologies.
• Experience establishing integration governance frameworks and architectural standards.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and mentoring skills.

Additional Requirements and Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP S/4HANA implementation or migration experience.
• SAP Integration Suite and/or SAP BTP certifications.
• Experience with Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, Boomi, Informatica, or similar integration platforms.
• Knowledge of SAP Clean Core and extensibility strategies.
• Experience integrating SAP with Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics, and other SaaS platforms.
• TOGAF, SAP, or Enterprise Architecture certifications.

Core Competencies

• Enterprise Integration Architecture
• SAP Integration Strategy & S/4HANA Modernization
• Success Factors and HR Integrations
• Payroll & Vendor Ecosystem Integration
• API Management & Event-Driven Architecture
• SAP Integration Suite & SAP BTP
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management
• Operational Excellence
• Problem Solving & Strategic Thinking

Hybrid Workplace

SRP currently offers a hybrid workplace, which allows employees whose jobs can be performed remotely, and who have sufficient technical capability, to telework up to three days per week. Although teleworking is available, all employees must live and work in Arizona.

Drug/Alcohol Policy Statement

To promote the safety and well-being of our employees, customers, and the communities we serve, SRP is committed to maintaining a drug/alcohol free work environment. Although marijuana may now be legal in Arizona, except as otherwise specified under Arizona law, SRP considers it to be an illegal drug for the purpose of our drug/alcohol policy because marijuana remains illegal at the federal level. Any candidate found to be impaired during the hiring process or who has the presence of an illegal drug or unauthorized substance in their system during the pre-employment drug/alcohol test may be disqualified from further consideration in the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Salt River Project (SRP) is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.

Work Authorization

All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Currently, SRP does not sponsor H1B visas, OPT, or other employment-related visa's.