IT Solution Architect

Location

Must have the ability to work onsite in a hybrid arrangement at ABC Supply's Beloit, Wisconsin campus and/or downtown Chicago office.

The Solution Architect (SA) is embedded by portfolio and typically supports ~five value streams. SAs own solution design and technical/solution ownership across their portfolio, aligning designs to enterprise guardrails and enablement assets. They collaborate with Enterprise Architects, domain architects (Security, Data, Infrastructure, Business), Product Managers, Engineering, and Operations to deliver fit‑for‑purpose solutions that meet functional and non‑functional requirements and accelerate time‑to‑market.

Working at the intersection of business strategy and technology execution, the Solution Architect translates business goals, capabilities, and value streams into pragmatic, future‑ready blueprints—partnering with product managers, product owners, domain and technical architects, and delivery teams to ensure solutions meet business needs, integrate cleanly, and align with enterprise standards. The role operates across ABC Supply’s modern landscape — Microsoft Azure and M365, Service Now, an Okta‑to‑Microsoft Entra , Power BI, and a growing AI/GenAI portfolio.

The ideal candidate is technology‑neutral, intellectually curious, outcome‑driven, and trusted as a thought leader who can influence both business and IT stakeholders.

• Team size: 1 Principal Enterprise Architect, 4 Enterprise Architects, 5 Solution Architects
• Portfolio alignment: SAs are embedded with one portfolio and apply patterns across ~five value streams; operate in flow‑based, value stream‑aligned delivery.

• Design solutions aligned to enterprise patterns, minimal viable standards, and target architecture
• Apply enablement assets (reference architectures, starter kits, decision templates) to accelerate delivery across multiple value streams
• Establish ADRs and solution blueprints; ensure security, reliability, scalability, performance, and operability
• Integrate governance‑by‑enablement into delivery (policy‑as‑code checks, CI/CD gates) and use ARB only for exceptions
• Maintain portfolio‑level roadmaps (upgrades, migrations, end‑of‑life) and contribute to modernization initiatives

Solution Design & Ownership

• Lead solution ideation, architecture design, and implementation across portfolio value streams
• Produce solution blueprints, integration/data flow models, and ADRs; maintain artifacts in shared registries
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, observable, and cost‑aware

Enablement Asset Application

• Leverage EA reference architectures, starter kits, and pattern catalogs for repeatable delivery
• Contribute feedback to improve enablement assets and drive adoption across the portfolio
• Replace manual approvals with automated guardrails where feasible (policy‑as‑code, CI/CD checks)

Governance & Collaboration

• Participate in ARB for exceptions; publish decisions and ADRs
• Collaborate with Security, Data, Infrastructure architects to satisfy NFRs and compliance (e.g., PCI DSS)
• Coordinate with Change Advisory Board and program governance as needed

Portfolio Roadmaps & Modernization

• Develop and maintain portfolio product roadmaps (upgrades, migrations, end‑of‑life) in partnership with Product/Engineering
• Identify and remediate technical debt; support modernization paths aligned to target architecture
• Run or support pilots from the Innovation Sandbox and integrate validated patterns into solutions

• Partners with Enterprise Architects, Product Managers, Engineering, and domain architects
• Translate business and technical requirements into architectural blueprints and maintain a robust architectural runway with product owners and managers across the product life cycle.
• Understand business drivers, value streams, and current/future‑state capabilities, and determine the enterprise solution designs and change requirements that drive targeted outcomes.
• Lead the design and analysis to implement solution architectures across business applications and technologies, grounded in enterprise strategy, capabilities, and standards.
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