Solutions Architect

Develop and maintain the architectural vision and technology roadmap for Enrollment Management solutions. Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable, secure, and sustainable technical solutions. Design and oversee integrations among student information systems, CRM platforms, admissions and financial aid applications, data platforms, and other enterprise systems. Be a thought partner to and bring an ability to lift other’s ideas up within the EMSI team; realizing it takes a team to develop a quality product Establish and promote standards for system architecture, integration, data exchange, security, reliability, and performance. Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve operational efficiency, data quality, and the student experience. Support major technology initiatives, system implementations, upgrades, migrations, and integrations. Identify architectural risks, technical dependencies, and opportunities for modernization. Collaborate with enterprise architecture, information technology, data governance, cybersecurity, and application development teams. Partner with Enrollment Management functional and operational experts to understand business processes and identify opportunities for technology improvements. Regularly engage with EMSI leadership to help vision map out longer development timelines, goals, and frameworks of EM and campus leadership directives. Develop and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, standards, and decision records. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to developers, analysts, administrators, and project teams. Help ensure solutions comply with university policies, security requirements, accessibility standards, and applicable regulatory requirements. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Strong understanding of security, privacy, scalability, reliability, and system lifecycle management. Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Extensive knowledge and use of principles, theories and concepts of a job function. Complete knowledge of all job functions and the broad industry best practices, techniques and standards. Knowledge with higher education enrollment processes, including recruitment, admissions, financial aid, registration, and student records.