Director Solution Architecture at Webster, shaping architecture for Corporate IT platforms. Leading strategic delivery and aligning investments with business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Translate business strategy into actionable, capability‑driven target architectures for HR, Finance, and Corporate Functions.
Produce portfolio roadmaps, investment cases, and modernization paths (e.g., Oracle EBS to Oracle Fusion Cloud, on‑prem reporting to EPM and Finance Analytics, HR data unification across Workday and Empyrean).
Partner with Enterprise Architecture to set principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns; chair or co-chair Architecture Review Boards for Corporate IT.
Lead solution architecture for high-impact initiatives; ensure designs meet functional and non‑functional requirements (security, availability, performance, DR, cost).
Provide architectural oversight across SDLC/SAFe — from inception to production — including security reviews, threat models, NFR validation, and operational readiness.
Guide product owners, designers, and engineers; remove ambiguity; accelerate decisions on platform choices and integration patterns.
Define canonical data models, data contracts, and API catalogs; enforce API-first and event streaming (e.g., Kafka) where appropriate.
Architect high-volume, secure data movement between complex systems (Workday ↔ Oracle ERP/EPM, ServiceNow ↔ HR/Finance, Empyrean ↔ HRIS/Payroll).
Partner with Finance Analytics/EDW teams to enable trusted financial reporting and planning (e.g., EPM/DFCS/AH alignment), with clear data lineage and governance.
Embed zero-trust and least-privilege access patterns; align IAM across SaaS platforms and cloud providers.
Define observability standards (logging, metrics, tracing), SLOs/SLAs, and capacity planning; drive cost optimization and FinOps accountability.
Ensure compliance controls are designed-in — including SOX controls for financial processes and GLBA/FFIEC/NIST controls for data protection.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
10+ years in Solution/Application Architecture with 5+ years in HR/Finance/Corporate IT domains.
Deep expertise architecting on Oracle Fusion Cloud (ERP & EPM), Workday, ServiceNow, and SaaS integrations (REST/GraphQL, webhooks, iPaaS).
Cloud architecture experience on AWS, Azure, or GCP (designing secure, scalable, cost‑efficient solutions).
Strong knowledge of SDLC and SAFe / Lean Portfolio Management (LPM); proven ability to embed architecture standards in delivery pipelines.
Demonstrated success leading portfolio rationalization, reference architectures, and governance without direct people management.
Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Preferred).
Financial Services/Banking domain experience (Core Banking exposure is a plus).
Experience with Finance Analytics platforms and data integration into EPM/ERP (e.g., Accounting Hub/DFCS), and operational reporting.
Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, streaming, and API management (rate limiting, throttling, SLAs).
Familiarity with ITIL/COBIT, NIST CSF, SOX/GLBA/PCI controls.
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