Senior Solution Architect

Alliant Energy • Cedar Rapids, IA

71d

About The Position

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off. Job Summary Alliant Energy is modernizing its integration ecosystem-and we need a Sr. Solution Architect to lead the way. In this role, you'll design and govern integration solutions that span cloud platforms and internal systems, leveraging modern integration platforms (iPaaS), APIs, and CI/CD practices. You'll partner with business and technology leaders to align solutions with enterprise strategy, ensuring scalability, security, and future readiness. If you're passionate about shaping architecture standards and influencing outcomes that power communities and enable a sustainable energy future, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in IT, including 3 years in software development or application architecture, and 3 years of experience in solution architecture.

Nice To Haves

• Cloud technologies
• Development using containerization technologies such as Docker, K8s
• Experience defining a variety of solution types, such as new system builds, legacy enhancements, build vs. buy analysis, integrating COTS software packages, Software as a Service or Platform as a Service as components of the solution
• Experience with TOGAF methodology and translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Good understanding of design patterns and object-oriented analysis and design
• Integration systems, data transfer approaches, analytics
• Modeling/diagramming tools

Responsibilities

• Performs in a technical leadership and oversight role for their immediate team.
• Supports alignment of solutions with enterprise architecture and collaborates with domain architects. Works with internal team and stakeholders to design and implement architecture-centric solutions.
• Responsible for documenting and communicating the architectural design of software and hardware solutions.
• Develops, refines, optimizes, and supports the solution architecture as required to meet the business needs and non-functional requirements.
• Creates and maintains solution architecture artifacts, applying best practices and contributing to approval processes. Provides technical guidance to team members and contributes to solving complex problems.
• Engages with business stakeholders to understand required capabilities, data flows, integrations and dependencies, integrating business knowledge with technical solutions.
• Collaborates with other Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs.
• Demonstrates technical leadership within the team, influencing practices and mentoring others. Applies existing best practices and contributes to evaluating new technologies when appropriate.
• Supports assessment of compatibility and integration of products and services within assigned scope.
• Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy's Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Benefits

• competitive pay
• comprehensive health and retirement benefits
• tuition reimbursement
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees