Project Architect

Project Architect

Location: Denver, CO (Minneapolis, MN also accepted)

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid Onsite Tuesday Thursday; remote other days

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 11 months (with potential for conversion to FTE)
• Pay Rate: $110.00 $130.00 / Hour (USD)
• Shift / Schedule: Core hours: 9 AM 4 PM CST; 40-hour work week
• Travel Requirements: Some travel required (quarterly)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Job Summary

The client is undertaking a major CIS modernization initiative, transitioning from a 25-year-old legacy billing system to SAP S/4 HANA for Utilities (IS-U) and Salesforce Energy and Utilities Cloud for Call Center and CRM capabilities. This is a multi-year (4 5 year), high-visibility program. The CIS Solution Architect will design and govern end-to-end solutions across SAP, Salesforce, and other enterprise systems, ensuring alignment with Architecture Tenets and SAP Clean Core principles. The role expects a solid architecture background and methodology including multiple experiences solutioning across complex hybrid cloud and on-premise landscapes and the application of strong architectural principles. Experience with SAP S/4 functionality and technologies, integration via SAP BTP, SAP Data platforms (BDC), Salesforce, and AWS are preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end solution architecture for key financial, payment and collections end-to-end business processes across enterprise systems including SAP S/4, Salesforce, and supporting systems
• Minimize customizations and enforce Clean Core principles
• Identify new technology capabilities or patterns that might be required and align with architecture tenets and guidelines
• Govern standards and best practices, minimizing customization
• Lead design and implementation ensuring development aligns with proposed architecture
• Collaborate with functional and technical teams
• Ensure resiliency, scalability, security, and performance
• Conduct architecture reviews and present at architecture review boards
• Validate implementation against design

Required Experience

• 10 years of architecture experience
• 2 years SAP S/4 HANA Utilities (IS-U)
• 2 years SAP BTP and Integration Suite
• 4 years AWS experience
• Expertise in enterprise-level solution architecture across multiple systems including hybrid scenarios
• Strong architectural governance experience and solutioning skills

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, TOGAF, LeanIX
• Utility industry experience a plus

Required Skills

Technical Skills

• Integration and data architecture skills (SAP BTP, AWS, IBM ACE preferred)
• Cloud / Hybrid Architecture solutioning (AWS preferred)
• Solutioning end-to-end architecture across complex ecosystems
• Architecture solutioning including drafting options and providing a recommendation
• Strong understanding of security, scalability, observability, resiliency, and performance design

Non-Technical Skills

• Clear articulation of complex technical concepts to leaders, stakeholder management, and technical teams
• Strong business acumen to align architectural decisions with strategic goals
• Independent, accountable, and collaborative
• Comfortable working across teams and vendors

Preferred Skills

• SAP Certified Solution Architect or Technology Professional

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, or equivalent experience (preferred)

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Hybrid work model: onsite Tuesday through Thursday; remote other days
• Preferred locations: Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO
• Some quarterly travel required
• Core hours: 9 AM 4 PM CST; 40-hour work week

Important Notes

• Corp-to-Corp: Generally not allowed; exceptions may apply for niche roles
• Candidate should be open to future FTE conversion; conversion is limited to the client's operating states and sponsorship is not required (preferred)
• Contractors requiring visa sponsorship are not preferred

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-12787 Industry: Software Engineering

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