ERP Solution Architect
Rhodium Digital is seeking an experienced ERP Solution Architect with deep expertise in enterprise ERP environments and a strong understanding of Deltek Vantagepoint. This role sits at the centre of complex ERP implementations and transformation initiatives across North America and the United Kingdom.
We are looking for a strategic, highly experienced, and collaborative technology professional who can translate complex business requirements into scalable, integrated, and sustainable ERP solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep ERP expertise with enterprise architecture thinking, strong business acumen, exceptional stakeholder management, and the ability to guide complex solution decisions across functional and technical teams.
The ERP Solution Architect will serve as a senior technical and functional authority, ensuring that ERP solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture principles, integration requirements, security considerations, and long-term organizational strategy.
Role Summary
The ERP Solution Architect is responsible for defining and overseeing the overall solution architecture for complex Deltek Vantagepoint implementations, transformation initiatives, and ERP optimization programs.
This role will work across Finance, CRM, HRIS, Resource Planning, Project Accounting, Operations, reporting, integrations, automation, and enterprise systems to develop cohesive solutions that support both immediate business requirements and long-term scalability.
The Solution Architect will work closely with project managers, senior consultants, developers, integration specialists, reporting teams, and client leadership to establish solution direction and ensure successful delivery.
Projects are delivered using Rhodium Digital's PLATINUM methodology, a structured governance and delivery framework designed to create clarity, accountability, predictability, and measurable project success.
Key Responsibilities
- Enterprise Solution Architecture
- Lead the overall solution architecture for complex ERP implementations and transformation initiatives.
Deltek Vantagepoint Architecture
- Serve as a senior subject-matter expert for Deltek Vantagepoint and its role within the broader enterprise technology environment.
- Provide architectural guidance across Finance, Project Accounting, Resource Planning, CRM, Operations, reporting, and related functional areas.
- Assess Vantagepoint capabilities against current and future business requirements.
- Identify appropriate opportunities for configuration, customization, integration, automation, and third-party solutions.
- Establish architectural standards and best practices for Vantagepoint implementations.
- Ensure solutions maximize standard ERP functionality while minimizing unnecessary customization and technical complexity.
Integration and Enterprise Systems
- Define integration strategies between Vantagepoint and adjacent enterprise applications.
- Provide architectural oversight for APIs, middleware, data exchanges, workflows, and automation.
- Collaborate with technical teams to establish integration patterns and standards.
- Work with platforms such as Workato, UKG, Microsoft Business Central, Power BI, CRM systems, and enterprise reporting environments.
- Evaluate the impact of new applications and integrations on the overall technology ecosystem.
- Ensure data flows are appropriately designed, documented, secure, and maintainable.
Business and Technical Alignment
- Bridge the gap between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
- Facilitate solution design discussions with executives, business leaders, consultants, developers, and technical teams.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business implications and recommendations.
- Challenge requirements where appropriate and identify opportunities to simplify processes and solutions.
- Ensure solution decisions are driven by business outcomes rather than technology alone.
Solution Design and Delivery
- Lead solution design workshops and architecture reviews.
- Develop solution architecture documentation, diagrams, specifications, and decision records.
- Establish architectural principles and guardrails for project teams.
- Review functional and technical designs to ensure alignment with the overall solution architecture.
- Provide architectural guidance throughout configuration, development, integration, testing, deployment, and stabilization.
- Participate in design reviews, technical decision-making, and issue resolution.
- Ensure the delivered solution remains consistent with the approved architecture throughout the project lifecycle.
Governance, Risk and Quality
- Identify and manage architectural risks and dependencies.
- Establish appropriate governance around solution design and technical decisions.
- Review proposed customizations and determine their long-term impact.
- Ensure solutions meet appropriate standards for performance, security, scalability, data integrity, and maintainability.
- Support project leadership in assessing scope, technical complexity, dependencies, and delivery risks.
- Provide recommendations when solution decisions require escalation or executive direction.
Client Leadership and Advisory
- Serve as a trusted technology advisor to client executives and senior stakeholders.
- Lead executive-level solution discussions and architecture presentations.
- Provide strategic recommendations regarding ERP roadmaps, modernization opportunities, and technology investments.
- Help clients understand the long-term implications of architectural decisions.
- Build strong, trusted relationships with client technology and business leadership.
Practice Leadership and Development
- Contribute to the continued evolution of Rhodium Digital's ERP architecture standards, frameworks, and consulting methodologies.
- Develop reusable architecture patterns, templates, standards, and best-practice documentation.
- Mentor Senior and Intermediate ERP Application Consultants and technical team members.
- Provide architectural guidance and coaching across consulting engagements.
- Identify emerging technologies and capabilities that may enhance Rhodium Digital's ERP offerings.
- Support the development of new consulting services and solution capabilities.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on delivery quality, scalability, and consulting excellence.
- Develop scalable, sustainable, and integrated ERP solution architectures aligned with client business objectives.
- Translate business and technical requirements into comprehensive solution designs.
- Define system boundaries, application responsibilities, integration points, data flows, and technology dependencies.
- Evaluate solution alternatives and make recommendations based on functionality, scalability, maintainability, security, cost, and business value.
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles and long-term technology strategies.
- Identify architectural risks, constraints, dependencies, and opportunities early in the project lifecycle.
Qualifications Required
- 8+ years of progressive experience in ERP consulting, enterprise applications, solution architecture, or technology consulting.
- Extensive experience with Deltek Vantagepoint or Deltek Vision.
- Demonstrated experience designing and leading complex enterprise ERP solutions.
- Deep understanding of ERP architecture, business processes, integrations, data flows, and enterprise applications.
- Experience leading solution architecture for multi-workstream ERP implementations.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns, APIs, middleware, workflows, and enterprise data environments.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable solution architectures.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and solution governance.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead complex architectural decisions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Ability to balance business requirements, technical constraints, risk, cost, and long-term sustainability.
Preferred
- Experience in professional services, engineering, environmental consulting, architecture, or other project-based organizations.
- Experience with Workato, UKG, Microsoft Business Central, Power BI, CRM platforms, and enterprise reporting environments.
- Experience designing ERP integration strategies and enterprise data architectures.
- Experience with cloud-based enterprise applications and SaaS environments.
- Experience developing ERP roadmaps and modernization strategies.
- Experience with organizational transformation and large-scale technology change.
- TOGAF, Zachman, or comparable enterprise architecture certification.
- PMP, PRINCE2, or comparable project management certification.
- Previous consulting experience within enterprise software or digital transformation environments.
About Rhodium Digital
Rhodium Digital is a growing technology and management consulting firm operating across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Our work spans enterprise technology, Deltek Vantagepoint, systems integration and automation, Microsoft technologies, finance and operational transformation, data and analytics, and emerging Artificial Intelligence solutions.
Our focus is not simply technology implementation. We help organizations modernize how work is performed, improve how their businesses operate, and create environments where people genuinely want to work, grow, and contribute.
We believe strong delivery comes from strong people, clear communication, curiosity, operational maturity, accountability, and leadership.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Mileage reimbursement
- RRSP match
- Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Calgary, AB T2P 0P7
Pay: $130,000.00-$165,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- RRSP match
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Calgary, AB T2P 1A5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Calgary, AB T2P 1A5
