Enterprise Solutions Architect

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Solutions Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Evanston, IL office. The Solutions Architect is responsible for applying broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision-making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices.

Underwriters Laboratories

At UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement (UL), we wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure, and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion, and excellence.

UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Solutions Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Evanston, IL office. The Solutions Architect is responsible for applying broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision-making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The Solutions Architect is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices.

Underwriters Laboratories

At UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement (UL), we wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure, and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion, and excellence.

UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

What You’ll Learn & Achieve

As the Solutions Architect, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL Operations as you:

• Partner with stakeholders, business owners, and technical SMEs to understand business drivers and capability needs, translating them into effective solution designs.
• Advocate for business partner needs throughout the solution lifecycle to ensure technologies advance ULRI-ULSE’s mission and strategic priorities.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of technology platforms, software solutions, and services, designing standard and custom configurations as required.
• Consult on application development, infrastructure design, and system integrations while promoting architecture patterns and best practices.
• Design and evaluate solution architectures that align with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and established architecture standards.
• Produce architecture deliverables—including solution diagrams, reference models, standards, and documentation—to support governance.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, data protection, and quality requirements, and guide governance of key architecture decisions.
• Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns, and oversee the portfolio for aging technologies, technical debt, and misalignment, guide remediation strategies.
• Assess emerging technologies, industry innovations, and market developments to inform roadmaps, technology planning, and ULRI-ULSE’s broader technology landscape.
• Support technology needs across standards development, publication workflows, member and partner engagement, knowledge management, and research-enabling platforms, including custom…