Solutions Architect - Enterprise Applications

Ardurra is looking to hire a Solutions Architect to join our Enterprise Applications team in Dallas, TX! This position is open to remote applicants.

Ardurra is a multidisciplinary civil engineering services firm which provides broad-based solutions tailored to the specific needs of the public and private sector. We leverage the depth of our professional and technical expertise, as well as our integrated structure, to deliver practical, innovative solutions for our clients.

We have been creating opportunities for our employees to develop both personally and professionally. As a result, our team has contributed to some of the nation’s most important infrastructure projects. These are projects that can positively impact people’s lives.

Primary Function

The Solutions Architect will be responsible for defining and governing the architecture across the company’s enterprise application landscape, including ERP (Deltek), integrations, and adjacent business systems.

This role ensures that solutions are scalable, integrated, and aligned with business processes, while supporting ongoing operations, M&A integrations, and future transformation initiatives. The architect will partner closely with application owners, delivery teams, and business stakeholders to design practical, high-impact solutions across the enterprise.

Primary Duties

Enterprise Application Architecture

• Define and maintain the end-to-end architecture across enterprise systems, including ERP and other business applications
• Ensure alignment between business processes, application capabilities, and system design
• Guide decisions on configuration vs. customization

Integration Architecture

• Own architecture for system integrations (APIs, middleware, Workato, etc.)
• Define scalable and reusable integration patterns, including:
• Real-time vs. batch processing
• Error handling and monitoring
• Data synchronization and reconciliation

Solution Design & Governance

• Review and guide solution designs across projects and systems
• Establish and enforce architecture standards and best practices
• Ensure consistency, scalability, and reusability across solutions

M&A / System Onboarding

• Architect integration of newly acquired businesses into the enterprise application landscape
• Define repeatable patterns for:
• Application integration
• Data migration
• System rationalization

Data & Application Ecosystem Alignment

• Define and oversee data flows across systems
• Partner with data and analytics teams to ensure:
• Clear system-of-record ownership
• Data consistency and integrity
• Scalable reporting and analytics architecture

Technology & Tooling Strategy

• Evaluate and guide usage of enterprise applications, ERP platforms, hosting platforms like Azure, and integration tools
• Identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and optimization across the application landscape

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with application leads, integration teams, and business stakeholders across Finance, Operations, HR, and other functions
• Act as a trusted technical advisor for enterprise application decisions

Education and Experience Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience in enterprise applications, solution architecture, or related roles
• Strong experience with:
• ERP systems (e.g., Deltek, Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle)
• Integration platforms (e.g., Workato, MuleSoft, Boomi, APIs)
• Hosting platforms (e.g. Azure)
• SaaS application experience
• Proven ability to design end-to-end solutions across multiple systems
• Experience in integration-heavy environments and complex system landscapes
• Strong understanding of data architecture, system integration, and security models
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on problem solving

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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