Solutions Architect

Hours:

40

Schedule:

This position is hybrid and remote eligible for up to 40% of the time. The office location for this position is at ESL Corporate Headquarters in Rochester, NY. Hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Must be flexible to meet current and future business needs.

Comprehensive Benefits:

ESL offers a competitive benefits package which focuses on providing a work life balance for all employees. Our benefits include robust options such as our wellness program, family assistance plan, 401k with match, paid volunteer time and Learning & Development training among many others.

Pay and Pay Incentive Plan:

Starting Pay: $143,000 Salary Range: $110,095 - $157,227

In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we offer an annual performance-based incentive that rewards eligible employees for their contributions to our success.

Purpose of Position:

The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing solutions that will deliver on the strategic initiatives in a way that is scalable, secure and aligns with our enterprise architecture. This role delivers solutions that enable key capabilities across the organization. It plays a critical role in enabling capability delivery while maintaining architectural integrity and business alignment.

Accountabilities:

Solution Design & Delivery Alignment

• •Design end-to-end solutions delivering business needs while maintaining our enterprise architecture standards and approved patterns.
• Collaborate with product owners, delivery teams, developers, data architects and infrastructure to ensure solution feasibility.
• Ensure use of modularity and reuse of APIs, data, integrations and services.
• Decompose business problems into logical architecture components and capabilities.
• Create solution architecture documents, diagrams and integration specifications.

Business Collaboration & Capability Alignment

• Ensure technology solutions align with business capabilities and value streams in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Map solutions to the business capability model
• Assist in developing the domain architecture components
• Collaborate with business systems analysts, data team, and process team for requirements
• Participate in discovery workshops, capability planning and vendor evaluations.
• Support domain owners and product teams in capability centered design discussions.

Architecture Standards and Governance

• Promote consistency and compliance with architecture standards and guidelines.
• Present solutions for review and participate in architecture review.
• Contribute to reference architecture definitions and reusable design patterns.
• Evaluate technical debt risk and recommend modernization options.
• Mentor IT staff in best practices and architectural thinking.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5+ years of experience designing solutions in IT

• Demonstrates alignment with ESL’s Core Values, mission, vision, and Purpose to help our community thrive and prosper

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks
• Deep understanding of API design and integration patterns
• Familiarity with cloud platforms
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven leadership and the ability to collaborate with all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep understanding modern data architecture frameworks
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric Analytics Platform (Azure Data Factory, OneLake, PowerBI)

We’re committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are a stronger, more successful organization because of this commitment. We strive to ensure a robust talent pool of qualified candidates with a variety of skillsets and capabilities for all our openings. We hire great people and welcome all new hires to our award-winning work environment, which has been recognized by the Great Place to Work Institute since 2010.

ESL does not offer sponsorship related to obtaining work authorization in the United States. ESL is not enrolled in E-Verify and therefore is not able to support an extension of OPT employment authorization.