Solution Architect

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The Solution Architect owns the solution design for an assigned financial process area within a large-scale, greenfield SAP S/4HANA financial management modernization program for a Department of War (DoW) organization, translating business and statutory requirements into a configured, fit-to-standard SAP S/4HANA design that integrates cleanly with the wider program architecture. This position leads the functional and technical delivery pod aligned to that process area, directing analysts, developers, and testers through design, build, test, and deployment across the milestone gate structure. Working under the direction of the Lead Solution Architect, the Solution Architect is accountable for design quality, cross-process-area integration, and the successful demonstration of assigned capability at each government design review.
Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Owns end-to-end solution design for an assigned financial process area, from requirements through configuration, integration, test, and production deployment.
Directs the process area delivery pod, including functional analysts matrixed in from the functional delivery organization, developers, and test resources; sets priorities, allocates design work, and owns delivery quality for the process area.
Holds people leadership accountability for architecture, design, and technical personnel assigned directly to the process area, and provides performance input to the Functional Delivery Manager for matrixed functional analysts.
Leads fit-to-standard workshops and design sessions with government process owners, translating statutory, regulatory, and business requirements into configured solution designs.
Produces and maintains functional design documentation, solution architecture artifacts, configuration rationale, and requirement-to-design traceability for the assigned process area.
Identifies, documents, and adjudicates gaps between delivered standard functionality and stated requirements; escalates extension requests to the architecture review board with options and recommendations.
Designs and governs the integration points between the assigned process area and adjacent process areas, external interfaces, the extensibility layer, and reporting platforms.
Partners with data migration leadership to define the target-state data model, conversion objects, validation rules, and reconciliation criteria for the assigned process area.
Reviews and approves configuration and development deliverables produced within the pod, ensuring alignment to program design standards and clean-core principles.
Prepares and presents process area content for preliminary design review, critical design review, and production readiness review, and responds to government review comments and action items.