Principal Solutions Engineer

Principal Solutions Engineer
Location:  During the contract period, the role can be performed remotely from anywhere within the U.S.  you must reside and work from one of the following states: Washington (not Washington, DC), Oregon, Idaho, Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, or Arizona. (Need this in writing)
Duration:  1 Year-18 Months

Work Authorization:  

Project:  ERP Migration Project( PeopleSoft to Oracle Fusion ERP)

Role:  You will serve as a senior technical leader and advisor, guiding architecture decisions, identifying risks, and ensuring alignment across upstream and downstream systems. You will also partner closely with internal teams, contingent staff, and an implementation partner to successfully deliver the migration from PeopleSoft to Oracle Fusion ERP.

Job Description:  
This role is essential to the program’s success and requires someone who can bring structure, leadership, and foresight to a complex enterprise ERP migration. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience leading similar transformations and can anticipate challenges across systems, integrations, and data flows.
Bring structure and clarity to project execution, including:
Work breakdown and sequencing
Risk identification and mitigation strategies
Governance and decision frameworks
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, infrastructure, business stakeholders, and vendors Mentor and guide engineers and analysts, elevating team capability and delivery maturity.  Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and best practices
What Success Looks Like:

Clear technical direction and structure established early in the project
Strong alignment and collaboration across internal teams and contingent staff
Risks and dependencies proactively identified and managed
Seamless coordination across systems, integrations, and data flows
Improved team alignment, delivery confidence, and execution velocity
A well-executed ERP migration with minimized disruption
Personality:

Comfortable with ambiguity and takes initiative
Brings clarity to complex work
Self-starter with strong ownership
Proven leader with a solid track record
Confident, opinionated, and not afraid to speak up
Passionate and knows how things should be done
Backs ideas with real experience
Thinks like a leader and consultant
Understands complexity and downstream impacts