{"id":3307937,"url":"https://alion.io/job/marathon-petroleum-lead-solution-architect","title":"Lead Solution Architect","company":{"id":1817311,"name":"Marathon Petroleum Corporation","domain":"marathonpetroleum.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/marathonpetroleum","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Houston, United States","San Antonio, United States","United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":117000,"max_usd":240000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":556},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":true},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":true},{"name":"Computer Vision","optional":true},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":true},{"name":"Outlook","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T01:42:07Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"An exciting career awaits you\nAt MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work - one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.\nPosition Summary\nWe are seeking an experienced and strategic Workday Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable Workday solutions. This high-profile role combines technical expertise with strategic thinking to align technology with business goals and Workday best practices. Lead MPC’s end-to-end HR technology architecture-anchored in Workday to deliver a scalable, compliant, and insight-driven Hire-to-Retire ecosystem.\nThe ideal candidate has a strong background in Workday architecture and development, proven leadership skills, and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to diverse audiences.\nThis role will work on enterprise-scale solutions and enjoy continuous learning through advanced training, collaboration, and access to the newest Workday features and tools. The Solution Architect will play a vital role in transforming how the business operates through technology-driven customer engagement and operational excellence.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupports architectural governance and compliance, and contributes to defining principles, guidelines, and standards. Participates and contributes to solution architecture reviews and ensures architecture adherence.\nDesign and lead enterprise-scale solution architectures that span multiple systems or platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals, technical strategy, and enterprise architecture, within value streams.\nArchitect solutions for major modernization initiatives that deliver enhanced agility, scalability, and operational efficiency.\nServe as the primary lead architectural advisor for cross-functional solution delivery, collaborating with business stakeholders, Enterprise and System Architects to ensure cohesive, value-driven designs.\nDefine and enforce solution architecture standards, integration patterns, and governance practices that promote consistency, interoperability, and future-readiness across business units.\nMentor and develop solution and system architects and implementation teams (DevSecOps, Product teams, hybrid cloud, etc.), fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and business-technology alignment.\nShape strategic roadmaps and business capability models, ensuring that solution designs support long-term enterprise objectives and competitive differentiation.\nProactively identify and mitigate solution-level risks, incorporating emerging technologies and architectural foresight to ensure resilience, compliance, and adaptability.\nDevelop frameworks and solutions for various cross functional Workday projects across the broader team. Ensuring these solutions meet requirements and are scalable and efficient.\nEvaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and platforms.\nCreate prototypes and proofs of concept to validate solutions and inform project design.\nDrive solutioning sessions with multiple functional area teams to arrive at a comprehensive, cohesive design.\nProvide expert guidance and thought leadership on Workday best practices, configuration, security, integrations, and reporting capabilities.\nConduct reviews of Workday configurations to ensure adherence to standards and performance optimization.\nStay current with Workday releases, new features, and industry trends to continuously evolve our Workday strategy.\nIdentify opportunities for process improvement and leverage Workday functionality to drive efficiency and enhance user experience.\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor’s degree in information technology or related degree required.\nEight (8) or more years of relevant IT experience, including five (5) or more years of relevant architecture experience required.\nDeep understanding of Workday's architectural framework, including Business Process Framework, Security, Reporting (BIRT, Custom Reports), and Integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Studio).\nExperience leading large-scale Workday implementations and integration activities across HR ecosystem.\nWorkday certifications in Core HCM or related modules are highly desirable.\nOil and Gas industry experience is a plus.\nSkills\nAgile Methodology - Agile management is an iterative approach to delivering a project throughout its life cycle, taking incremental steps towards project the completion of a project.\nAnalytical Thinking - Strong problem-solving skills to identify architectural challenges, analyze requirements, evaluate options, and propose effective solutions.\n Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. AI encompasses a broad range of techniques and approaches, including machine learning, neural networks, natural language processing, computer vision, robotics, and expert systems, among others. The ultimate goal of AI is to create machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as understanding natural language, recognizing patterns, making decisions, and solving problems.\nAuthentic Communicator - Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.\nBig Data Analytics - Knowledge of data analytics frameworks and technologies, such as data lakes, data warehouses, and machine learning, to design architectures that effectively handle large volumes of data and enable advanced analytics.\nBusiness Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.\nCloud Computing - Knowing how to manage cloud services, develop cloud applications and use cloud architecture to meet customer needs.\nContinuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.\nDevSecOps - A set of practices that automates the integration of security at every phase of the software development lifecycle, from initial design through integration, testing, deployment, and software delivery, with an aim towards shortening the systems development life cycle and as well as continuous delivery and a security-first approach.\nFunctional Expertise - A strong understanding of various technologies, platforms, and systems relevant to the organization's architecture, such as networking, databases, cloud computing, and security.\n Internet of Things (IoT) - Familiarity with IoT concepts and protocols, as well as experience designing architectures that incorporate IoT devices and enable seamless connectivity and data exchange.\n Machine Learning - Machine learning is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer science that involves the development of algorithms and statistical models that enable computers to progressively improve their performance on a specific task through learning from data, without being explicitly programmed. In essence, machine learning algorithms learn from patterns and relationships in data to make predictions, decisions, or identify patterns, often with the goal of optimizing some objective function or improving performance over time.\nProcess Orchestration - Process orchestration refers to the coordination and management of various tasks, activities, and resources within a workflow or business process. It involves organizing, sequencing, and automating individual tasks or sub-processes to ensure that the overall process operates smoothly and efficiently. Process orchestration typically involves integrating disparate systems, applications, and services to streamline operations and improve collaboration across different parts of an organization. It often employs workflow management tools, automation software, and integration platforms to facilitate communication, data exchange, and decision-making among different components of the process. The goal of process orchestration is to optimize the flow of work, minimize delays and bottlenecks, and enhance overall productivity and performance.\nSolution Architecture - Solution architecture is the process of designing and describing the structure and behavior of a comprehensive solution to meet specific business needs. It involves integrating various components, technologies, and processes to create a coherent and efficient system that addresses the identified challenges or requirements.\nStrategic Outlook - Examines issues, generate ideas creates future scenarios and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.\n Systems Thinking - The process of testing conducted on a complete integrated system to evaluate the system's compliance with its specified requirements.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related degree required.\n8+ years of relevant IT experience, including 5+ years of relevant architecture experience.\nAs an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.\nLocation:\nHouston TX One Allen CenterAdditional locations:\nFindlay, Ohio, San Antonio TXJob Requisition ID:\n00022545Location Address:\n500 Dallas St Ste 2900Education:\nBachelors: Information TechnologyEmployee Group:\nFull timeEmployee Subgroup:\nRegularMarathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenshipor any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.\nIf you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at . Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation.Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com.The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.\nEqual Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability\nWe will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. 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