Solution Architect

AMERICAN SYSTEMS • Tysons, VA

3d • $165,000 - $185,000

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS, an employee-owned federal government contractor, is hiring a Solution Architect to support the design and acceptance of the government’s Asset Management System on SAP S/4HANA. The role translates asset-management, facilities, logistics, and operational requirements into a practical, phased solution architecture and implementation roadmap. It leads the design of migration from an enterprise asset-management platform to SAP S/4HANA, including data profiling, cleansing, normalization, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, and testing.

The Solution Architect reviews and validates the system integrator’s designs, configurations, interfaces, migration artifacts, and deliverables for quality and alignment with government requirements. The role helps ensure that the solution is operationally sustainable for the government organizations and components responsible for managing assets. It applies expertise in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Asset Management, including Plant Maintenance, Materials Management, and asset-related financial processes, and designs and assesses integration with SAP Finance in a shared enterprise instance.

The position produces solution designs, architecture decisions, process flows, requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, and implementation recommendations. It requires enterprise or solution architecture experience, recent asset-management or ERP implementation experience, hands-on SAP S/4HANA asset-management experience, and knowledge of government asset, facilities, or logistics operations and lifecycle-management frameworks. An active CBP BI or TOP SECRET clearance and U.S. citizenship are required. The salary range is USD $165,000–$185,000 per year. AMERICAN SYSTEMS offers healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of enterprise or solution architecture experience, including asset-management or ERP implementation experience within the past 12–18 months.
• 3–5 years of hands-on SAP S/4HANA asset-management experience.
• Proven ability to convert operational needs into implementable technical and functional designs.
• Active CBP BI or TOP SECRET clearance.
• U.S. citizenship, required to obtain or hold a U.S. security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 10 or more years of experience.
• Excellent writing, communication, and briefing skills.
• Initiative, sound judgment, and effective decision-making.
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize tasks.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and experienced supporting senior government leaders and technical or business professionals.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Previous Department of Homeland Security experience.
• Previous Systems Engineering and Acquisition experience.
• Understanding of DHS and CBP Systems Engineering and Acquisition Lifecycles, such as ALF and MD-102.
• Familiarity with IEEE standard 1012.
• DAU and DAWIA certifications.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and acceptance of the government’s Asset Management System on SAP S/4HANA.
• Translate asset-management, facilities, logistics, and operational requirements into a phased solution architecture and implementation roadmap.
• Lead design for migrating asset-management capabilities and data from an enterprise asset-management platform to SAP S/4HANA.
• Define approaches for data profiling, cleansing, normalization, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, and testing.
• Review and validate system integrator designs, configurations, interfaces, migration artifacts, and deliverables for quality and alignment with government requirements.
• Ensure the proposed solution is operationally sustainable and workable for government organizations and components managing assets.
• Apply SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Asset Management expertise, including Plant Maintenance, Materials Management, and asset-related financial processes.
• Design and assess integration between SAP asset-management modules and SAP Finance within a shared enterprise instance.
• Develop solution designs, architecture decisions, process flows, requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, and implementation recommendations.
• Apply knowledge of government asset, facilities, or logistics operations and lifecycle-management frameworks.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits
• Paid leave
• Retirement plans
• Insurance programs
• Education and training assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior