Technical Solution Architect

The Technical Solution Architect will provide technical leadership for a large-scale eProcurement transformation initiative. This role focuses on building a modern, people-centered, AI-enabled procurement ecosystem that integrates configurable platforms, custom capabilities, and modern engineering practices., * Solution Architecture: Shape and maintain architecture across applications, integration, data, security, reporting, analytics, and cloud.

• Translation of Needs: Convert business outcomes and user needs into practical technical guidance and implementation decisions.
• Alignment: Ensure architectures align with business vision, user experience, and scalability requirements.
• Collaboration: Work with product managers, experience architects, and vendors to adapt strategies and roadmaps.
• Vendor Review: Evaluate vendor designs for feasibility, security, accessibility, and alignment with outcomes.
• Integration: Guide planning with legacy systems, accounting/financial systems, IAM, reporting platforms, etc.
• Migration: Support data mapping, cleansing, transformation, document migration, and cutover planning.
• AI & Automation: Assess AI-enabled, automation, and analytics tools for compliance and value.
• Documentation: Promote architecture decision records, peer review, automated testing, and security-by-design.
• Risk Management: Support phased release planning, identify dependencies, risks, and opportunities for incremental delivery.

• 8+ years in IT delivery, systems implementation, or enterprise technology.
• 5+ years as a solution architect, enterprise architect, or technical lead.
• Experience with agile, iterative, people-centered product development.
• Strong background in cloud enterprise applications, APIs, integration, data migration, and security.
• Proven ability to review vendor deliverables for feasibility, quality, and alignment.
• Experience using or evaluating generative AI/AI-assisted tools.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public-sector procurement, ERP, financial, or workflow-heavy platforms.
• Background in modernizing legacy systems to cloud/modular platforms.
• Knowledge of data governance, analytics, and migration practices.
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST, accessibility, privacy, and public-sector governance.
• Experience with phased rollouts, automated testing, and operational readiness.
• Ability to design systems serving multiple user communities.
• Constructive approach to challenging conventional methods.