Senior Solutions Architect (Systemwide/Ellucian SIS/Higher Education)

Serve as the lead architect for large-scale, system-wide implementations spanning multiple schools/campuses and complex stakeholder environments.

Translate institutional goals into an executable architecture approach that balances outcomes, risk, cost, timeline, and long-term operability.

Establish architectural guardrails and decision frameworks; drive alignment across functional, technical, data, integration, reporting, and security workstreams.

Act as the architectural escalation point for complex delivery challenges and competing priorities.

Design and guide delivery of scalable end-to-end solutions across Ellucian products and platforms, maximizing configuration, extensibility, and SaaS best practices.

Ensure solution architecture aligns with customer goals, Ellucian product direction, and delivery standards—while remaining realistic and implementable.

Lead/guide architecture artifacts and reviews (e.g., solution architecture, integration architecture, environment approach, data and reporting strategy).

Drive consistent adoption of delivery methodologies (Agile), tooling, and governance practices that improve predictability and quality.

Partner with Project Managers, delivery leaders, Product Owners, and Enterprise Architects to align plan, dependencies, resourcing, and execution approach.

Lead discovery and architecture design activities (including workshops), ensuring requirements, process alignment, and solution fit are fully understood.

Identify and mitigate delivery risks early (scope, complexity, integration, data readiness, change impacts), and support strong governance and decision-making.

Ensure solutions are implemented as designed, with appropriate traceability, quality controls, and readiness for go-live and sustained support.

Lead and coordinate a team of Solutions Architects on large programs, setting architectural direction, reviewing work products, and ensuring consistency.

Mentor and coach architects and cross-functional team members on standards, patterns, and delivery practices to raise overall capability and quality.

Promote a culture of collaboration, clarity, and accountability across distributed teams and stakeholders.

Provide strategic solutioning support during presales, including discovery, scoping, estimating, and solution approach input for proposals and statements of work.

Help articulate value, trade-offs, and ROI to executive stakeholders, grounding recommendations in institutional outcomes and delivery reality.

Contribute to and help evolve Ellucian’s global architecture repository through reference architectures, patterns, templates, playbooks, and governance frameworks.

Identify repeatable delivery improvements and create reusable assets that accelerate execution, reduce risk, and improve client experience.

Share lessons learned and best practices through communities of practice, enablement content, and coaching—scaling impact beyond individual projects.

What will you bring

10+ years of solution architecture and delivery experience in consulting or professional services, including leadership on large, complex programs.

Demonstrated success leading enterprise or system-wide higher education implementations across multiple schools/campuses or complex governance structures.

Deep expertise across higher education enterprise domains (preferably Ellucian), such as Student Information Systems (SIS), Finance, HR, and adjacent ecosystems.

Strong technical and functional fluency in SaaS architectures, ERP ecosystems, integrations, data migration, reporting/analytics, and security considerations.

Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive alignment across stakeholders with competing priorities—while maintaining delivery momentum.

Exceptional communication skills with the ability to convey complex concepts to technical teams and executive audiences with clarity and confidence.

Strong customer presence; skilled at building trust, facilitating workshops, driving decisions, and navigating ambiguity in high-visibility programs.

A practical, outcomes-oriented approach to architecture—balancing “what’s ideal” with “what will work” to deliver measurable results.

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision

Flexible time off

Thrive Flex Lifestyle Account (LSA) that allows you to contribute towards your health, financial or learning interests

401k w/ match & BrightPlan - to help you save for the future

Parental Leave

5 charitable days to support the community that supports us

Telemedicine

Wellness Headspace Care (mental health) Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)

Headspace Care (mental health)

Wellbeats (virtual fitness classes)

RethinkCare & Wellthy– caregiver support

Diversity and inclusion programs which provide access to internal employee resource groups

Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team

We Foster a learning culture with: Education Assistance Program Professional development opportunities LinkedIn Learning

Education Assistance Program

Professional development opportunities

LinkedIn Learning

#LI-PB1

#LI-remote