Description:
Enterprise Solution Architect
Forge ahead with WSB. WSB was founded on the understanding that culture drives results, and we've dedicated ourselves to the value of strong relationships, collaboration, and forward-thinking ideas. The Enterprise Solution Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and governing enterprise‑level technology solutions that support organizational strategy and operational efficiency. This role leads system architecture planning, evaluates and selects technology platforms, and ensures secure, scalable, and resilient integrations across on‑premises and cloud environments. The position serves as a strategic partner to both technical teams and business units, ensuring alignment between technology capabilities and business goals throughout the solution lifecycle. We've inspired each other to discover thoughtful and creative solutions that look beyond the needs of today to the opportunities of tomorrow. We invite you to forge ahead with us.
What You Will Do
- Develop custom applications and workflows to support internal business processes and operational needs.
- Define requirements and select technology platforms to support integrations between key business systems such as ERP and CRM platforms.
- Design, document, and manage system architecture and configuration for on‑premises and SaaS solutions.
- Lead technology evaluation and selection efforts, including requirements definition, vendor assessments, and proof‑of‑concept activities.
- Incorporate security controls, data privacy, scalability, and resiliency into all architectural designs.
- Ensure systems meet performance expectations, operational standards, and disaster recovery requirements.
- Maintain data consistency, interoperability, and information flow across enterprise systems.
- Produce and maintain system documentation, including requirements, architecture diagrams, and process maps.
- Support solution lifecycle planning from initial design through implementation, maintenance, and decommissioning.
- Serve as a liaison between technical teams and business units to ensure shared understanding of goals, constraints, and expected outcomes.
- Coordinate hand‑offs of systems to product owners and support end‑user readiness and training needs.
- Mentor System Analysts, Solution Architects, and technical staff on architecture best practices.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, understandable information for both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Develop training materials to support go‑live activities and ongoing technology initiatives.
What You Will Bring
Technical Skills
- Experience with Microsoft technologies, Salesforce, VantagePoint, and enterprise system integrations.
- Experience with M&A integration planning preferred.
- Proven experience in enterprise architecture, system design, and technology evaluation for both on‑premises and SaaS environments.
- Deep understanding of system and data security principles, including privacy, scalability, and resiliency.
- Experience translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences and facilitating alignment between business and technical teams.
- Experience mentoring technical staff and leading technology evaluation and selection processes.
- Preferred: 3–5 years of hands‑on experience as an Enterprise Architect delivering enterprise‑wide solutions aligned with business goals.
- Preferred: Experience designing and implementing enterprise‑grade applications and integrations.
- Preferred: Strong background with application development frameworks, RESTful APIs, event‑driven and microservice architectures, Java, Node.js, or similar technologies.