Enterprise Solutions Architect
Swinerton · Spokane, WA · 1 wk ago
Engineering$170k–$200k/yrFull-time
Duties and Responsibilities
- Partner with BTech leadership to define and maintain solution architecture and process standards aligned to company objectives; translate strategy into capability and roadmap recommendations.
- Establish repeatable, scalable patterns for cross-company workflows spanning Swinerton Builders (estimate, contract, deliver, invoice), balancing standardization with necessary local variation.
- Facilitate discovery workshops to document current/future-state processes, pain points, controls, and exception paths, ensuring shared understanding and actionable outcomes.
- Elicit and manage functional and non-functional requirements (security, retention, performance, supportability) and translate them into prioritized epics/stories and backlogs.
- Develop solution designs and integration approaches, including options/trade-offs (value, cost, risk, time, operability) and recommended paths forward.
- Partner with the PDO to define scope, milestones, dependencies, roles/ownership, and cutover approach; provide architecture guidance through delivery to reduce rework and improve adoption.
- Contribute as a core ARB participant by preparing submissions, presenting options, incorporating feedback, and ensuring decisions/exceptions are documented and traceable.
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, privacy, retention/eDiscovery, auditability, compliance, and operability, especially across cloud, data governance, and integration patterns.
- Maintain current solution-level artifacts (process maps, context diagrams, data flows/lineage, interface contracts/catalog) and ensure documentation is created/owned by the right domain teams using approved templates.
- Define/track KPIs (adoption, cycle time, quality, productivity, risk reduction), use insights for continuous improvement, and present risks/recommendations with clear options to leadership.
- Stay current on industry trends and assess applicability to Swinerton’s business and technology ecosystem.
- Partner with Emerging Tech & Pilots to support POCs/pilots, define success metrics, evaluate results, and recommend scale/iterate/stop.
- Identify delivery and operational risks early and drive mitigation plans to minimize disruption.
- Collaborate with security, procurement, and legal to ensure vendor/solution due diligence (data, integrations, support, SLAs).
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field preferred (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of experience in solution/enterprise architecture and/or business process analysis in complex enterprise environments
- Experience designing integrated solutions across enterprise applications (ERP/CRM/PM) and digital workplace ecosystems
- Working knowledge of integration patterns (APIs, event-based patterns, iPaaS) and interface design considerations
- Strong process analysis toolkit (BPMN, value stream mapping, requirements elicitation, facilitation, and change impact assessment)
- Strong understanding of data domains, system-of-record decisions, data quality, and downstream reporting impacts
- Experience with real-time/streaming data solutions (e.g., Azure Event Hubs, Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming)
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Construction industry experience is preferred but not required
- Proven ability to work independently in a remote or hybrid environment with minimal supervision, while adapting to shifting priorities and evolving business needs
Summary of Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- 401(k) with company matching
- Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP), individual stock ownership
- Paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid holidays, bereavement leave
- Employee assistance program, pre-tax flexible spending accounts, basic term life insurance and AD&D, business travel accident insurance, short and long term disability, financial wellness coaching, educational assistance, Care.com membership, ClassPass fitness membership, and DashPass delivery membership
- Voluntary benefits include additional term life insurance, long term care insurance, critical illness and accidental injury insurance, pet insurance, legal plan, identity theft protection, and other voluntary benefit options