Solution Architect Enterprise Applications & Integration
Location: Greater Chicagoland Area, IL (Preferred)
Work Model: Hybrid | Some Travel Required
Employment Type: Contract
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Solution Architect to design and deliver end-to-end technology solutions within a complex, global enterprise environment.
The ideal candidate will bring strong solution architecture experience across SAP/ERP, enterprise applications, integration, data, cloud platforms, and business transformation initiatives.
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused architecture role requiring the ability to translate business needs into practical technology solutions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and guide architecture decisions from initial design through implementation.
The role will support large-scale enterprise integration, modernization, and transformation programs involving multiple business functions, applications, and technology platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-End Solution Architecture: Design comprehensive solutions spanning business processes, enterprise applications, integration, data, security, infrastructure, and operations.
- Business & Technology Alignment: Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements, identify dependencies, and translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions.
- Enterprise Applications: Provide architectural direction across SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, enterprise SaaS platforms, and interconnected business systems.
- Integration Architecture: Evaluate application integrations, middleware, APIs, data flows, and cross-platform dependencies.
- Solution Design & Decision-Making: Develop architecture options, assess risks and trade-offs, and recommend practical approaches aligned with enterprise standards.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with enterprise architects, technical leads, functional consultants, infrastructure teams, security specialists, and implementation partners.
- Transformation & Modernization: Support enterprise integration, application rationalization, platform modernization, and complex business transformation initiatives.
- Architecture Governance: Maintain solution architecture documentation, design decisions, and architecture artifacts using tools such as LeanIX.
- Delivery Support: Remain actively involved throughout implementation and deployment, resolving significant architecture issues and ensuring solution alignment.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of overall IT experience, including 5+ years in Solution Architecture or senior technical design roles.
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering end-to-end enterprise solutions in large, complex organizations.
- Strong understanding of SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA and their integration with enterprise applications.
- Broad technical knowledge across enterprise applications, APIs, middleware, data architecture, cloud infrastructure, and security.
- Experience supporting business processes across one or more areas such as:
- Supply Chain, Planning & Manufacturing
- Finance & Procurement
- Order Management & Distribution
- Sales, Customer Management & Commercial Operations
- Understanding of master data, transactional data, data ownership, and upstream/downstream system dependencies.
- Experience working with Azure and/or AWS enterprise environments.
- Ability to evaluate architecture alternatives, identify technical risks, and communicate solution trade-offs.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, visualization, and presentation skills.
- Proven ability to collaborate with business leaders, architects, technical teams, and external vendors.
- Experience supporting solutions through design, implementation, and deployment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consumer packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, retail, or global supply chain environments.
- Enterprise M&A integration, system consolidation, or large-scale transformation experience.
- SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).
- Salesforce or other enterprise SaaS applications.
- Trade Promotion Management, Retail Execution, and Order-to-Delivery processes.
- Application portfolio rationalization and enterprise modernization.
- LeanIX or similar architecture repository tools.
- ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM).
- Experience with global and regional deployments.
- Experience supporting both project-based and product-based delivery models.
