IT Architect, Solution Architect, SAP FAR (Hybrid)

Eversource Energy•Westwood, MA

1d•$133,450 - $148,280•Hybrid

About The Position

The Solution Architect bridges complex business problems and technical solutions, ensuring systems are technically feasible, scalable, reliable, cost-effective, and aligned with organizational goals. The role translates business requirements into technical requirements and solution designs, coordinates across architectural domains, and guides implementation into production and operational environments. The architect also helps shape the Architectural Runway to enable future delivery. The position develops and implements systems architecture to meet business needs. It gathers requirements and functional specifications, assesses existing software systems to identify areas for improvement, oversees development teams, and updates the company on systems architecture project developments. It provides technical leadership and architectural direction across complex projects, leading cross-functional teams from solution definition through implementation and operational delivery. The role establishes technical vision, architecture, priorities, and delivery approach; facilitates collaboration and decisions; resolves technical risks and dependencies; and partners with project and program leadership to balance scope, schedule, cost, quality, and technical feasibility. This is a hybrid role. Current guidelines require at least three office days each week, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the third day coordinated with the supervisor. Employees must be able to work up to five days in the office when business needs require. The role may require travel between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, and availability for emergency restoration assignments outside normal responsibilities, hours, and location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education and work experience.
Minimum of 5 to 8 years of experience related to IT Management or another information technology solutions architecture role.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Analytical and problem-solving skills.
High attention to detail.
Ability to work under indirect supervision.
Broad understanding of information technology topics.
Effective interpersonal skills and a collaborative management style, including teamwork and team-building ability.
Comfort with ambiguity and acquiring new skills outside one’s comfort zone.
Flexibility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities.
Technical creativity and an open-minded approach.
Availability for emergency restoration assignments as required.
Availability to travel between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in SAP S/4HANA Finance architecture and solution design.
Expertise in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public and Private Editions.
Expertise in SAP ERP to S/4HANA transformation.
Expertise in SAP Activate methodology.
Expertise in Fit-to-Standard / Fit-to-Gap analysis.
Expertise in Clean Core principles.
Expertise in SAP Best Practices.
Expertise in SAP Central Finance.
Expertise in SAP Group Reporting.
Expertise in SAP Treasury / Cash Management.
Expertise in SAP Advanced Financial Closing.
Expertise in SAP Fiori / UX architecture.
Expertise in SAP BTP architecture and extensibility.
Experience with LeanIX.
AZ 900 certification.

Responsibilities

Translate business objectives and requirements into technical requirements, solution architectures, and actionable roadmaps aligned with organizational goals.
Evaluate business and technology challenges, define solution vision and requirements, assess alternatives, and recommend solutions, including RFPs, prototypes, and proof-of-concepts where appropriate.
Design and document end-to-end solution architectures covering application, network, infrastructure, identity, security, integration, and operational components.
Develop architecture specifications, blueprints, diagrams, and standards addressing functional and non-functional requirements.
Establish architecture strategies aligned with business objectives, technology roadmaps, project portfolios, and organizational priorities.
Select technology stacks, frameworks, platforms, software, and infrastructure based on business and technical requirements, standards, usability, productivity, and total cost of ownership.
Maintain Architecture Decision Records and other documentation that captures context, alternatives, tradeoffs, decisions, consequences, and rejected options.
Validate architectural assumptions through prototypes, proof-of-concepts, workload modeling, and technical assessments.
Assess existing systems and architecture, identify gaps and opportunities, and recommend modernization, optimization, upgrades, replacement, integration, or decommissioning strategies.
Provide technical leadership through the solution lifecycle and guide implementation and adoption in collaboration with architecture, engineering, development, platform, project, and PMO teams.
Communicate architecture, technical decisions, risks, dependencies, costs, budgets, and recommendations to business and technical stakeholders.
Collaborate across architectural domains on technology standards, guidelines, procedures, and governance practices, and recommend updates as needs evolve.
Participate in architecture reviews, planning, governance, and delivery activities to ensure alignment with approved architecture and standards.
Coordinate delivery of scalable, reliable solutions across development, production, and operational environments.
Evaluate current and emerging technologies and recommend changes that improve capabilities, efficiency, usability, security, reliability, and business value.
Analyze workload characteristics, usage patterns, application health, operational requirements, costs, and cloud capabilities to identify optimization opportunities.
Negotiate and refine requirements with stakeholders, balancing business objectives, technical feasibility, cost, risk, timelines, and operational considerations.
Assess and communicate enterprise-wide impacts of technical decisions, architectural risks, existing solution issues, and proposed changes.
Develop and execute solutions that improve operational efficiency, reduce reactive work, and support continuous improvement.
Build and integrate information systems and business applications that meet organizational needs and align with enterprise architecture principles.
Provide supervision, mentorship, and technical guidance to development and engineering teams as needed.
Support the solutions architecture program, including architecture roadmaps, standards, initiatives, and project portfolios.
Respond to emergency restoration assignments as required and travel between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire as necessary.