Lead, Data Architect - Business Solution Architect
About The Position
L3Harris is seeking a Business Solution Architect (BSA) to lead the design and delivery of enterprise business solutions that enable digital transformation across engineering, finance, operations, program management, and supply chain. This individual-contributor role partners with business stakeholders, technical teams, and program leadership to align solution delivery with operational priorities, strategic goals, and measurable business outcomes. The role leads solutioning for complex initiatives, translating business needs into scalable, secure, data-driven, and user-centered solutions. It guides work across solution strategy, requirements, design, implementation, stakeholder engagement, and adoption. The position bridges business strategy, data, and technology to ensure enterprise solutions are practical, scalable, and deliver measurable operational value. Approximately 10–20% travel is required, with travel potentially increasing during implementation activity, stakeholder workshops, onsite ramp-up, or enterprise deployments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of prior relevant experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.
- At least 9 years of experience in business solution architecture, business analysis, systems analysis, enterprise transformation, IT, data/analytics, or a related discipline.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting or leading complex solution delivery involving multiple stakeholders, functions, and technologies.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical or operational solutions.
- Experience working across business and technical organizations to drive alignment, prioritization, and execution.
- Strong experience in stakeholder management, requirements gathering, process mapping, solution planning, and implementation support or oversight.
- Experience with enterprise data and analytics environments, including data warehousing, ETL/ELT processes, and business intelligence platforms.
- Ability to solve complex problems, work effectively in ambiguity, and drive work forward with limited oversight.
- Experience designing and implementing operational business applications using Palantir Foundry is highly preferred.
- Experience with Agile delivery methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or other iterative development frameworks.
- Experience with enterprise analytics and data technologies such as Power BI, Tableau, SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, or similar platforms.
- Experience with enterprise business applications and delivery tools such as SAP, PeopleSoft, CostPoint, Hyperion, Jira, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms.
- Experience integrating business processes, data, and technology across engineering, finance, operations, program management, or supply chain.
Responsibilities
- Lead business solution architecture for complex enterprise initiatives supporting digital transformation and strategic business objectives.
- Partner with business stakeholders, program teams, IT, engineering, and data organizations to identify priorities, define solution strategies, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Translate business challenges into scalable, secure, and sustainable solution designs by leading requirements gathering, process analysis, solution architecture, and evaluation of alternatives.
- Guide end-to-end solution delivery, including implementation planning, testing, deployment, organizational change management, user adoption, and business value realization.
- Ensure solutions use trusted enterprise data and promote data quality, governance, standardized business processes, and alignment with enterprise architecture.
- Facilitate executive and cross-functional discussions, providing recommendations, status updates, and decision support throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Monitor solution performance, adoption, and business outcomes, identifying risks, opportunities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide technical and functional leadership by mentoring team members, sharing best practices, and contributing to solution delivery standards and governance.
- Manage multiple initiatives independently and influence decisions across business and technical organizations.
Benefits
- Health and disability insurance
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Education assistance
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
