Nakupuna Companies

Nakupuna Companies

Solutions Architect

Arlington, VA, US

No sponsorship$163k-$175kDetected 730 days ago
AgileAccountingCompensationLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • This role provides strategic leadership across multiple Agile teams and serves as a trusted advisor for pay validation, payroll accounting, DFAS integration, and enterprise business processes.
  • The Solutions Architect will mentor and coach a group of PeopleSoft HCM specialists working on multiple development teams.
  • The following reflects management's definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Overview Nakupuna Consulting is seeking an experienced Solutions Architect to support the Integrated Personnel and Pay System - Army (IPPS-A) Army Military Payroll (AMP) program.
  • This position serves as a senior functional and business architecture subject matter expert responsible for guiding the design, integration, and delivery of Army Military Payroll capabilities across multiple product areas.
  • The Solutions Architect partners with Government stakeholders, Product Owners, Portfolio Operations, Development, Testing, Functional Analysts, and enterprise architects to translate complex payroll and personnel requirements into scalable software solutions.
  • The Solutions Architect will fit/gap customer requirements to PeopleSoft HCM capabilities and transform design approach into working-level stories and tasks for development team consumption in a backlog.
  • Lead functional solution design for Army Military Payroll capabilities across personnel, payroll, payroll accounting, and enterprise integration solutions.
  • Translate business requirements into epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional designs.
  • Partner with Government stakeholders to define business needs and develop solution strategies.
  • Support data conversion, reconciliation, payroll validation, system integration, and production readiness activities.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Development, Testing, and Portfolio Operations to ensure successful delivery.
  • Review solution designs, functional specifications, and implementation approaches for quality and consistency.

Requirements

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills required.
  • Knowledge of military pay, payroll, finance, enterprise business processes, Agile methodologies, and SAFe principles is highly desirable.
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen.
  • Minimum ten (10) years of experience supporting DoD personnel, military pay, payroll, finance, accounting, or enterprise business systems.
  • The ideal candidate will have experience with one or more of the following:
  • Experience leading cross-functional solution design efforts and collaborating with Government stakeholders is preferred.

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree or five (5) additional years of relevant experience supporting the Federal Government, Department of Defense, or Army preferred.

Compensation

  • The projected compensation range for this position is $163,000.00 to $175,000.00 (annualized USD).
  • The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Nakupuna Companies total compensation package for employees.

Equal opportunity

  • Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Citizen

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