The Enterprise Architect is responsible for defining ALSAC’s enterprise technology standards across applications, data, integration, and infrastructure. This role leads the end‑to‑end technical architecture and design for all Oracle Fusion applications, ensuring long‑term operational effectiveness (supportability, reliability, scalability, extensibility) and organizational efficiency (cost engineering, standardization, reuse). This position ensures all technology and business solutions align with enterprise architecture strategies, while collaborating with stakeholders to gather requirements and guide solution design across ALSAC’s environments.
Essential Job Functions
- Lead the enterprise‑wide solution architecture and design across all Oracle Fusion applications, including Financials, EPM, EDM, ARCS, Supply Chain, and Order Management.
- Define, maintain, and govern enterprise architecture standards across applications, integrations, data, and cloud/hybrid environments.
- Own cross‑module dependencies and data flows within the Oracle Fusion ecosystem, ensuring alignment across functional and technical teams.
- Oversee and support the design and build of integrations across Oracle Fusion and other enterprise platforms.
- Evaluate existing and proposed technology solutions to ensure organizational effectiveness, cost efficiency, scalability, and adherence to standards.
- Identify business opportunities for enterprise architecture improvement and influence teams to deliver aligned solutions.
- Participate in ITS Change Control and Architecture Review Board processes; coordinate architecture activities with the hospital as required.
- Structure and guide Enterprise Architecture and Business Intelligence resources to meet strategic outcomes.
- Develop, document, and communicate strategy linking application, data, and technical architecture across the enterprise.
- Ensure efficient operation of business systems through standardization, reuse, and enterprise guidelines.
- Actively engage with development teams to align technology solutions with enterprise roadmaps and promote best‑practice toolsets.
- Implement and track metrics measuring architectural effectiveness, adoption, and operational health.
- Manage key third‑party partnerships, negotiate service quality and cost structures, and define vendor strategy.
- Foster urgency, excellence, and a customer‑focused culture; mentor and coach technology team members.
- Ensure enterprise security, privacy, and compliance standards are upheld.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and IT governance committees on strategy, priorities, projects, and operations; maintain audit‑ready posture.
- Work closely with development teams to promote best practices for commits, branching, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business/Information Systems, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, integration, and business intelligence, including 5+ years in technical leadership.
- Deep, hands‑on expertise with Oracle Fusion, including:
- Financials
- EPM
- EDM
- ARCS
- Supply Chain
- Order Management
- Proven leadership in ERP strategy, implementation, integrations, and roadmap development.
- Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture, ingestion and integration patterns, and hybrid cloud approaches.
- Familiarity with AWS Redshift, data lakes, and Data‑as‑a‑Product principles.
- Deep understanding of core Java concepts (OOP, Collections, Concurrency, JVM internals) and experience building complex Java applications.
- Experience with microservices, distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, and common design patterns.
- Hands‑on experience with MuleSoft, Kafka/Confluent, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to drive rapid issue resolution.
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and delivering simple, scalable solutions in complex environments.
This position offers an approved hybrid work model for individuals residing within commuting distance of our Memphis, TN or Coppell, TX offices. Employees in these locations may work part of their week on‑site and part remotely, in accordance with ALSAC’s hybrid work guidelines.
Benefits & PerksThe following Benefits & Perks apply to Full-Time Roles Only.We’re dedicated to ensuring children and their families have every opportunity to enjoy life’s special moments. We’re also committed to giving our staff excellent benefits so they can do the same.- Core Medical Coverage: (low cost low deductible Medical, Dental, and Vison Insurance plans)
- 401K Retirement Plan with 7% Employer Contribution
- Exceptional Paid Time Off
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Infertility Treatment Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Education Assistance
- Enterprise Learning and Development
- And more
ALSAC is an equal employment opportunity employer.
ALSAC does not discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.
No Search Firms:
ALSAC does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All resumes submitted by search firms to any ALSAC employee or ALSAC representative via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without being contacted and approved by our Employee Experience team and without a valid written search agreement in place will result in no fee being paid if a referred candidate is hired by ALSAC.
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What We Do
ALSAC is the largest healthcare-related charity in the United States. Founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas, our sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness needed to operate and maintain St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. While our headquarters can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, we have additional offices in more than 30 locations across the country and in Puerto Rico with positions in fundraising, marketing, digital, information technology, legal, finance and many other disciplines all supporting our lifesaving mission - Finding cures. Saving children. ®
At ALSAC, we believe in hiring the best and brightest from around the globe, and in 2020 we were named #1 on Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. With a concerted focus on diversity and inclusion, we value and respect the contributions of all of our employees. Our work environment encourages everyone to be their authentic selves as we strive together towards a day when “no child dies in the dawn of life.”
As we look to the future, we understand that we must be relentlessly innovative. Our work helps fuel the groundbreaking research and treatment at St. Jude and ensures that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
View our career opportunities at https://www.stjude.org/jobs/alsac.html and follow ALSAC across social media using @stjude.
To learn more about the research hospital, follow St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn. For specific career opportunities available through the hospital, visit www.stjude.org/JoinOurMission.
