Solution Architect - Columbia, MD
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, duplicated lines, application instructions. We need to preserve all substantive information.
We need to parse the job description and extract content for each relevant section.
Let's identify sections:
- About the role: The initial paragraph: "We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Columbia, Maryland office. The Solution Architect will apply broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision‑making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The role is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices."
Also maybe "UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement description: "At UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), we expand the boundaries of safety science..." That could be part of About the role or maybe separate "About UL Research Institutes And UL Standards & Engagement". But we only have allowed headings; we could put that under About the role as well.
- Responsibilities: The bullet list under "What You’ll Learn And Achieve As the Solution Architect, you will play a key role..." includes many responsibilities. Also "What you’ll experience working at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement:" includes culture etc maybe not responsibilities. But we can treat that as part of About the role or maybe separate but not needed.
- Requirements / Qualifications: The "Professional Education And Experience Requirements For The Role Include" list.
- Skills: The "What Makes You a Great Fit" list of competencies.
- Benefits: The "Total Rewards:" paragraph describing bonus compensation, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k matching, additional 4% retirement, flexible working arrangements, paid time off.
- Pay: The "Salary Range $131,186.31-$180,381.17 Pay Type Salary"
- Schedule: Not mentioned; maybe flexible working arrangements but not explicit schedule. We should not create Schedule unless posting actually states them. There's mention "Depending on your role, you may be able to discuss flexible working arrangements with your manager." That's not a specific schedule; we should not create Schedule section.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
But note we have both Requirements and Qualifications; they may overlap. The posting has "Professional Education And Experience Requirements For The Role Include" which is requirements/qualifications. Also "What Makes You a Great Fit" is skills/competencies. We'll treat Requirements as the education/experience list, Qualifications maybe certifications? But we could combine. However we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps we can combine Requirements and Qualifications into one section? But the instruction says use headings for those specific names if content exists. We have content for both: Requirements (education/experience) and Qualifications (certifications?). Actually the "Professional Education And Experience Requirements For The Role Include" includes both education/experience and certifications. Then "What Makes You a Great Fit" is skills. So we could have Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (competencies). Qualifications maybe not needed. But we could still include Qualifications if we have content like certifications; but we already included certifications in Requirements. To avoid duplication, we could put certifications under Requirements. Then we might not need Qualifications heading. Let's follow: Use headings only when posting has real specific content. We'll include:
- About the role
- Responsibilities
- Requirements
- Skills
- Benefits
- Pay
We'll not include Qualifications.
Now we need to format lists with - . For prose use
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We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the details exactly as in posting, but we can rephrase? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can reformat. Likely we should keep the same wording but maybe we can keep sentences as is. We'll copy the relevant text.
Let's extract each section content.
About the role:
Paragraph 1: "We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Columbia, Maryland office. The Solution Architect will apply broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision‑making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The role is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices."
Paragraph about ULRI/ULSE: "At UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk, created new safety standards and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge."
We could combine these into About the role.
Responsibilities: The list under "What You’ll Learn And Achieve As the Solution Architect, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:" includes items each ending with a period. Let's capture each bullet:
- Partner with stakeholders, business owners, and technical SMEs to understand business drivers and capability needs, translating them into effective solution designs.
- Advocate for business partner needs throughout the solution lifecycle to ensure technologies advance ULRI‑ULSE’s mission and strategic priorities.
- Lead the evaluation and selection of technology platforms, software solutions, and services, designing standard and custom configurations as required.
- Consult on application development, infrastructure design, and system integrations while promoting architecture patterns and best practices.
- Design and evaluate solution architectures that align with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and established architecture standards.
- Produce architecture deliverables—including solution diagrams, reference models, standards, and documentation—to support governance.
- Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, data protection, and quality requirements, and guide governance of key architecture decisions.
- Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns, and oversee the portfolio for aging technologies, technical debt, and misalignment; guide remediation strategies.
- Assess emerging technologies, industry innovations, and market developments to inform roadmaps, technology planning, and ULRI‑ULSE’s broader technology landscape.
- Support technology needs across standards development, publication workflows, member and partner engagement, knowledge management, and research‑enabling platforms, including custom applications, integrations, APIs, LIMS/ELN, collaboration tools, and platforms such as Azure, AWS, Salesforce, and M365.
- Lead and/or contribute to other department specific and cross-functional initiatives.
Also maybe "What you’ll experience working at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement:" includes culture but could be part of About the role. We'll keep it there.
Requirements: The list under "Professional Education And Experience Requirements For The Role Include":
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Solutions Architect or in a similar technical leadership role.
- Experience with custom software development, SaaS/PaaS platforms (M365, Salesforce, Workday), and IaaS platforms (Azure, AWS).
- Certification as an Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
- Additional certifications in M365, Salesforce, Workday, custom application development, or research‑technology platforms preferred.
We'll keep as list.
Skills: The list under "What Makes You a Great Fit While no one candidate will embody every quality, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional competencies and personal attributes:" includes:
- Proven experience designing and implementing complex technical solutions across diverse technologies.
- Demonstrated experience integrating systems, APIs, and data sources to support interoperability and reliable workflows.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and modern application architectures.
- Experience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, API‑driven design, and modern development frameworks.
- Strategic leader and builder of both vision and bridges, and influence decision‑makers across both technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Strong project management capability with experience managing multiple priorities and executing high‑quality deliverables.
- Strong vendor management skills, with the ability to manage relationships with multiple vendors.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex technical issues.
- Ability to bring strong practical experience with Azure, AWS, Salesforce, M365, or research‑enabling technology platforms.
We'll keep as list.
Benefits: The paragraph under "Total Rewards:":
"All employees at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement are eligible for bonus compensation based on the level of the position. We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans and a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Moreover, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. Depending on your role, you may be able to discuss flexible working arrangements with your manager. We also provide employees with paid time off, including vacation, holiday, sick, and volunteer days."
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Pay: The line: "Salary Range $131,186.31-$180,381.17 Pay Type Salary"
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We must not include any extra text like explanations.
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About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Columbia, Maryland office. The Solution Architect will apply broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision‑making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The role is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices.
At UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk, created new safety standards and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders, business owners, and technical SMEs to understand business drivers and capability needs, translating them into effective solution designs.
- Advocate for business partner needs throughout the solution lifecycle to ensure technologies advance ULRI‑ULSE’s mission and strategic priorities.
- Lead the evaluation and selection of technology platforms, software solutions, and services, designing standard and custom configurations as required.
- Consult on application development, infrastructure design, and system integrations while promoting architecture patterns and best practices.
- Design and evaluate solution architectures that align with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and established architecture standards.
- Produce architecture deliverables—including solution diagrams, reference models, standards, and documentation—to support governance.
- Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, data protection, and quality requirements, and guide governance of key architecture decisions.
- Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns, and oversee the portfolio for aging technologies, technical debt, and misalignment; guide remediation strategies.
- Assess emerging technologies, industry innovations, and market
. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the details exactly as in posting, but we can rephrase? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Means we should not omit details, but we can reformat. Likely we should keep the same wording but maybe we can keep sentences as is. We'll copy the relevant text. Let's extract each section content. About the role: Paragraph 1: "We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Columbia, Maryland office. The Solution Architect will apply broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision‑making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The role is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices." Paragraph about ULRI/ULSE: "At UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk, created new safety standards and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge." We could combine these into About the role. Responsibilities: The list under "What You’ll Learn And Achieve As the Solution Architect, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:" includes items each ending with a period. Let's capture each bullet: - Partner with stakeholders, business owners, and technical SMEs to understand business drivers and capability needs, translating them into effective solution designs. - Advocate for business partner needs throughout the solution lifecycle to ensure technologies advance ULRI‑ULSE’s mission and strategic priorities. - Lead the evaluation and selection of technology platforms, software solutions, and services, designing standard and custom configurations as required. - Consult on application development, infrastructure design, and system integrations while promoting architecture patterns and best practices. - Design and evaluate solution architectures that align with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and established architecture standards. - Produce architecture deliverables—including solution diagrams, reference models, standards, and documentation—to support governance. - Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, data protection, and quality requirements, and guide governance of key architecture decisions. - Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns, and oversee the portfolio for aging technologies, technical debt, and misalignment; guide remediation strategies. - Assess emerging technologies, industry innovations, and market developments to inform roadmaps, technology planning, and ULRI‑ULSE’s broader technology landscape. - Support technology needs across standards development, publication workflows, member and partner engagement, knowledge management, and research‑enabling platforms, including custom applications, integrations, APIs, LIMS/ELN, collaboration tools, and platforms such as Azure, AWS, Salesforce, and M365. - Lead and/or contribute to other department specific and cross-functional initiatives. Also maybe "What you’ll experience working at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement:" includes culture but could be part of About the role. We'll keep it there. Requirements: The list under "Professional Education And Experience Requirements For The Role Include": - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline. - Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Solutions Architect or in a similar technical leadership role. - Experience with custom software development, SaaS/PaaS platforms (M365, Salesforce, Workday), and IaaS platforms (Azure, AWS). - Certification as an Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Certified Solutions Architect. - Additional certifications in M365, Salesforce, Workday, custom application development, or research‑technology platforms preferred. We'll keep as list. Skills: The list under "What Makes You a Great Fit While no one candidate will embody every quality, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional competencies and personal attributes:" includes: - Proven experience designing and implementing complex technical solutions across diverse technologies. - Demonstrated experience integrating systems, APIs, and data sources to support interoperability and reliable workflows. - Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and modern application architectures. - Experience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, API‑driven design, and modern development frameworks. - Strategic leader and builder of both vision and bridges, and influence decision‑makers across both technical and non‑technical audiences. - Strong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams. - Strong project management capability with experience managing multiple priorities and executing high‑quality deliverables. - Strong vendor management skills, with the ability to manage relationships with multiple vendors. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex technical issues. - Ability to bring strong practical experience with Azure, AWS, Salesforce, M365, or research‑enabling technology platforms. We'll keep as list. Benefits: The paragraph under "Total Rewards:": "All employees at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement are eligible for bonus compensation based on the level of the position. We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans and a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Moreover, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. Depending on your role, you may be able to discuss flexible working arrangements with your manager. We also provide employees with paid time off, including vacation, holiday, sick, and volunteer days." We'll keep as
. Pay: The line: "Salary Range $131,186.31-$180,381.17 Pay Type Salary" We'll keep as
. Now produce HTML fragment with
headings and appropriate
or
- .
We must not include any extra text like explanations.
Let's craft:
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Solution Architect at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement, based in our Columbia, Maryland office. The Solution Architect will apply broad technical expertise and business acumen to guide technology decision‑making and ensure solutions align with organizational goals. The role is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices.
At UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk, created new safety standards and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.
Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders, business owners, and technical SMEs to understand business drivers and capability needs, translating them into effective solution designs.
- Advocate for business partner needs throughout the solution lifecycle to ensure technologies advance ULRI‑ULSE’s mission and strategic priorities.
- Lead the evaluation and selection of technology platforms, software solutions, and services, designing standard and custom configurations as required.
- Consult on application development, infrastructure design, and system integrations while promoting architecture patterns and best practices.
- Design and evaluate solution architectures that align with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and established architecture standards.
- Produce architecture deliverables—including solution diagrams, reference models, standards, and documentation—to support governance.
- Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, data protection, and quality requirements, and guide governance of key architecture decisions.
- Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns, and oversee the portfolio for aging technologies, technical debt, and misalignment; guide remediation strategies.
- Assess emerging technologies, industry innovations, and market