Advancement Business Solutions Architect

Advancement Business Solutions Architect (Finance)

The Business Solutions Architect serves as the strategic translator between Advancement's people, processes, technology, and intelligence. This role works across the division to understand how work is performed, identify opportunities for improvement, and guide the design of solutions that create measurable business value.

The role partners with fundraising, engagement, marketing, alumni relations, donor relations, and operational teams to improve the staff digital experience by reducing friction, simplifying workflows, and ensuring technology supports how people actually work.

The USF Advancement division is leading a modern, relationship driven approach to fundraising, alumni engagement, and donor impact, focused on strengthening lifelong connections and driving meaningful results for the university. The Technology Innovation and Strategic Solutions team leads the design and delivery of the division's digital ecosystem, bringing together data, platforms, and AI enabled capabilities to support how work gets done across Advancement.

Through our core pillars, Data Intelligence & Trust, Innovation & Digital Experience, and Enterprise Digital Platforms & Engineering, we ensure data is trusted, solutions are adopted, and systems are built to scale. Our North Star is Human Connection, multiplied by intelligence. We use trusted data and ethical AI to enhance decision making, strengthen engagement, and enable our teams to focus on what matters most, relationships and impact.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS or other field involving software and analytical training, OR a Bachelor's degree with no specific required field and one year of relevant work experience, OR a combination of 4 years of relevant work experience and validated training. Preparation for a relevant IT certification, validated through certification requirements and documentation of completion, is considered to be related training.

Degree Equivalency Clause:
Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree.

• Senate Bill 1310
  - The Florida Senate (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) is conditional upon meeting all employment eligibility requirements in the U.S.
• SB 1310:
  Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements
• A public employer may include a postsecondary degree as a baseline requirement only as an alternative to the number of years of direct experience required, not to exceed:
• (a) Two years of direct experience for an associate degree;
• (b) Four years of direct experience for a bachelor's degree;
• (c) Six years of direct experience for a master's degree;
• (d) Seven years of direct experience for a professional degree; or
• (e) Nine years of direct experience for a doctoral degree
• Related work experience may not substitute for any required licensure, certification, or registration required for the position of employment as established by the public employer and indicated in the advertised description of the position of employment.
• Minimum Qualifications that require a high school diploma are exempt from SB 1310.

3+ years in data engineering, with specific experience in Microsoft Fabric or modern Lakehouse architectures and experience with Ellucian CRM or high-volume fundraising data is preferred.

With approximately 16,000 employees, the University of South Florida is one of the largest employers in the Tampa Bay area. We are dedicated to cultivating a talented, engaged and driven workforce that strives to be bold. Employees excel in USF's rich academic environment, which fosters their development and advancement. In 2025, Forbes recognized USF as one of Florida's best large employers, ranked No.

1 among the state's 12 public universities.

Our first-class benefits package includes medical, dental and life insurance plans, retirement plan options, employee and dependent tuition programs, generous leave, and hundreds of employee perks and discounts.

The University of South Florida is a top-ranked research university serving approximately 50,000 students from across the globe at campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee and USF Health. USF is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a top 50 public university and the best value in Florida. U.S. News also ranks the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine as the No.

1 medical school in Florida and in the highest tier nationwide. USF is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), a group that includes only the top 3% of universities in the U.S. With an all-time high of $738 million in research funding in 2024 and as a top 20 public university for producing U.S. patents, USF uses innovation to transform lives and shape a better future.

The university generates an annual economic impact of more than $6 billion. USF's Division I athletics teams compete in the American Athletic Conference. Learn more .edu.

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