Enterprise Architect Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade (Financials)

Enterprise Architect Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade (Financials)

Location Los Angeles, CA (Remote but willing to travel)

Duration: 6Months+

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

The Enterprise Architect will define, govern, and assure the target-state architecture for an Oracle EBS Financials upgrade, ensuring technical integrity, scalability, compliance, and alignment with business objectives.

This role acts as the architectural authority across application, data, integration, security, and infrastructure layers throughout the upgrade lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

1. Enterprise Architecture & Target State Definition

• Define current-state and target-state architecture for Oracle EBS Financials
• Establish architectural principles covering:
• Application layering
• Customization strategy
• Integration patterns
• Data ownership and flows
• Ensure alignment with enterprise IT standards and roadmap

2. Upgrade Architecture Governance

Own architectural decisions across:

• Database upgrade strategy
• EBS R12.2.x application architecture
• Online Patching (ADOP) readiness
• Customization retrofit and rationalization
• Approve technical design artifacts:
• Technical Design Documents
• Integration architecture diagrams
• Data conversion and reconciliation strategy

3. Financial Modules Architectural Oversight

Provide architectural guidance for:

• GL ledger setup, SLA, and accounting architecture
• AP / AR integration with CM and TAX
• FA accounting, depreciation, and reporting impacts
• Cash Management bank, reconciliation, and interface design
• Ensure cross-module accounting integrity and data consistency

4. Customizations, Extensions & Retrofit Strategy

Lead assessment of:

• Custom Forms, Reports, Interfaces, Workflows
• OA Framework, XML Publisher, and concurrent programs
• Define retain, retire, replace, or redesign strategy
• Ensure all custom objects are:
• ADOP compliant
• Performance-optimized
• Supportable post-upgrade

5. Integration & Data Architecture

Define integration patterns with:

• Banks, Tax engines, Procurement, Billing systems
• Legacy or downstream systems
• Govern:
• Interface architecture
• Data ownership, reconciliation, and error handling
• Ensure minimal business disruption during cutover

6. Security, Controls & Compliance

• Define role-based security architecture aligned with:
• Segregation of Duties (SoD)
• SOX / ITrequirements
• Review and approve:
• User access model
• Audit and compliance controls
• Ensure TAX and CM configurations meet statutory and audit needs

7. Performance, Scalability & Infrastructure Alignment

Ensure solution is optimized for:

• Financial close performance
• High-volume transactions (AP invoices, AR receipts)
• Provide architectural guidance on:
• Hosting (On-prem / OCI)
• Backup, DR, and HA strategy

8. Stakeholder & Delivery Leadership

• Act as architectural authority for:
• Technical leads
• Functional leads
• System integrator teams
• Participate in Steering Committee discussions for architecture-related risks and decisions
• Support go-live readiness, stabilization, and hypercare

Required Skills & Experience

• Deep hands-on experience with Oracle EBS Financials architecture
• Proven leadership in EBS upgrade programs (11i / R12.x R12.2.x)
• Strong understanding of:
• EBS Financial modules (GL, AP, AR, FA, CM, TAX)
• ADOP and online patching
• Custom code retrofit strategies
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable enterprise architecture