Senior Solution Architect

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At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy. That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Job Summary

Alliant Energy is modernizing its integration ecosystem—and we need a Sr. Solution Architect to lead the way. In this role, you’ll design and govern integration solutions that span cloud platforms and internal systems, leveraging modern integration platforms (iPaaS), APIs, and CI / CD practices. You’ll partner with business and technology leaders to align solutions with enterprise strategy, ensuring scalability, security, and future readiness. If you’re passionate about shaping architecture standards and influencing outcomes that power communities and enable a sustainable energy future, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will do

Performs in a technical leadership and oversight role for their immediate team.

Supports alignment of solutions with enterprise architecture and collaborates with domain architects. Works with internal team and stakeholders to design and implement architecture-centric solutions.

Responsible for documenting and communicating the architectural design of software and hardware solutions.

Develops, refines, optimizes, and supports the solution architecture as required to meet the business needs and non-functional requirements.

Creates and maintains solution architecture artifacts, applying best practices and contributing to approval processes. Provides technical guidance to team members and contributes to solving complex problems.

Engages with business stakeholders to understand required capabilities, data flows, integrations and dependencies, integrating business knowledge with technical solutions.

Collaborates with other Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs.

Demonstrates technical leadership within the team, influencing practices and mentoring others. Applies existing best practices and contributes to evaluating new technologies when appropriate.

Supports assessment of compatibility and integration of products and services within assigned scope.

Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and helps deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree | Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field. Preferred.

Required Experience

Preferred Experience

Cloud technologies | Preferred

Development using containerization technologies such as Docker, K8s | Preferred

Experience defining a variety of solution types, such as new system builds, legacy enhancements, build vs. buy analysis, integrating COTS software packages, Software as a Service or Platform as a Service as components of the solution | Preferred

Experience with TOGAF methodology and translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences | Preferred

Good understanding of design patterns and object-oriented analysis and design | Preferred

Integration systems, data transfer approaches, analytics | Preferred

Modeling / diagramming tools | Preferred

Key Skills

Our people are passionate about what they do, the product they sell, and the customers they serve. If you're looking for an opportunity to be a part of a work family that values collaboration, innovation and dedication, we're the right company for you.

Alliant Energy offers a comprehensive total rewards package including competitive compensation and benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

Pay Range : $91,500 - $126,000

This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

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All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a background check, and a drug screen where applicable.

Disclaimer :

The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Applicants in need of a reasonable accommodation for any part of the hiring process, please email talent@alliantenergy.com .