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

• Provide strategic guidance for payroll modernization initiatives and emerging program priorities.
• Lead functional solution design for Army Military Payroll capabilities across personnel, payroll, payroll accounting, and enterprise integration solutions.
• Analyze complex business requirements and recommend scalable solution approaches.
• Provide architectural guidance and best practices for enterprise payroll and personnel 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.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Government stakeholders, business SMEs, and technical delivery teams to ensure successful implementation.
• Evaluate business processes and recommend configuration, customization, or process improvements.
• 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.
• Identify program risks, dependencies, and technical impacts while recommending mitigation strategies.
• Review solution designs, functional specifications, and implementation approaches for quality and consistency.
• Provide strategic guidance for payroll modernization initiatives and evolving program priorities.
• Mentor Solution Architects, Functional Analysts, and other team members.
• Represent the program in customer meetings, technical exchanges, and executive briefings.
• Develop and maintain solution documentation, business process flows, and design artifacts.
• Support defect analysis, root cause investigations, and implementation planning.

Perform other duties as assigned in support of program objectives.

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

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:

• Pay Validation
• DFAS payroll operations and military pay processes
• Enterprise payroll and personnel systems
• Payroll accounting and financial reconciliation
• Business process analysis and functional solution design
• Requirements elicitation and stakeholder engagement
• Systems integration and data conversion
• Agile software development and SAFe methodologies
• Cross-functional leadership in large-scale Government modernization programs

Skills/Qualifications: Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills required. Experience leading cross-functional solution design efforts and collaborating with Government stakeholders is preferred. Knowledge of military pay, payroll, finance, enterprise business processes, Agile methodologies, and SAFe principles is highly desirable.

Clearance Requirements: This position requires a current Secret clearance. Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Work Location: Work location will be in Arlington, Virginia. Remote work may be authorized. 

The Nakupuna Companies use a market-based compensation strategy to ensure that our employees are compensated within applicable market ranges commensurate with multiple factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, and position location. 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.