Enterprise Solution Architect

We have an exciting opportunity for a pragmatic solution leader to join us as an Enterprise Solution Architect. Reporting to the Sr. Director, Technology & Data Solutions, you will play a critical role in shaping Assent’s enterprise technology landscape. As the lead designer on high-impact strategic initiatives, you’ll ensure new platforms and major enhancements are successfully integrated into our ecosystem, making the right tradeoffs between standard and custom solutions. You’ll influence how Assent evaluates, designs, and delivers enterprise technology, directly impacting scalability, innovation, and business success.

• Act as lead solution designer on strategic initiatives (e.g., new enterprise applications, critical enhancements).

• Write and maintain high-level solution design documents that capture business requirements, technical approach, and system interactions.

• Break down deliverables in collaboration with the PMO, ensuring scope, timelines, and dependencies are clearly defined.

• Create and communicate architecture diagrams that illustrate integrations, data flows, and system dependencies in a way stakeholders can understand.

• Coordinate closely with development and delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented as designed.

• Define system integration approaches, data flows, and dependencies across the technology stack.

• Evaluate tradeoffs between standard functionality vs. customization; provide clear, pragmatic recommendations.

• Partner with delivery teams (Enterprise Systems and Enterprise Integration) to ensure successful implementations, including requirements, data readiness, change management, and ownership.

• Assess opportunities to leverage AI and automation capabilities in new system designs.

• Partner with the AI Solution Architect to ensure enterprise applications and integrations can support emerging AI-driven use cases.

• Chair the Enterprise Architecture Review Board (EARB), applying a practical lens to technology decisions and guiding its evolution as governance matures.

• Contribute to annual application rationalization and fiscal technology planning, ensuring decisions are informed by system design and enterprise impact.

• Provide architectural recommendations and executive-level presentations on project impacts, tradeoffs, and system strategy.

• Ensure implementations are secure, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards without introducing unnecessary complexity.

• Build strong partnerships with business stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams to drive alignment and successful outcomes.

• Be familiar with corporate security policies and follow the guidance set out by processes and procedures of Assent.