Solutions Architect
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 11, 2026. Panelmatic scores A on the Alion truth index.
About Us:
Panelmatic, Inc. was founded in 1957 in Youngstown, OH to serve manufacturing industries with the design and build of custom electrical, instrument, and pneumatic control panels. Our business has sufficiently grown over the years to support expansion for our clients. We have produced control packages for many of America's top corporations in the data center, chemical, food & beverage, pulp & paper, material handling, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, renewables, metals, and utility markets. We also deliver equipment for use worldwide. Our rigorous methodology ensures compliance with domestic and international standards. We can meet the needs of our diverse clientele from start to finish through sales, design, fabrication, testing, and delivery.
Since 1957, we have been known for our high-quality, control packages, our comprehensive service, and our technological and manufacturing expertise. This expertise assures you of our ability to handle the largest and most complex packages quickly and efficiently.
Job Summary:
The Business Systems / Enterprise Architect leads enterprise-wide alignment of business systems, data governance, and process architecture to ensure scalable, disciplined operations across the organization. This role owns the strategic integration of ERP, CRM, and adjacent platforms to support reliable execution, reporting, and decision-making.
This position partners with leaders across Sales, Operations, Finance, Engineering, and IT to define system standards, govern master data, improve end-to-end business processes, and guide architectural decisions.
Job Duties:
- Leads master data governance across core business systems, establishing data standards, ownership, controls, and stewardship practices to improve consistency and reliability.
- Defines and maintains the enterprise business systems architecture, ensuring alignment across ERP, CRM, and other operational platforms.
- Designs and governs cross-system integration, data flows, and process handoffs to support scalable, accurate, and efficient operations.
- Partners with business and technical stakeholders to map current-state and future-state processes, identify gaps, and drive process standardization and control.
- Evaluates system changes, enhancements, and new capabilities to ensure they align with enterprise standards, business priorities, and long-term architectural direction.
- Establishes governance for system configuration, data quality, security, and change management to improve system discipline and reduce operational risk.
- Collaborates with implementation partners, vendors, and internal teams to support system optimization, integration initiatives, and scalable business process execution.
- Develops documentation, architectural standards, and decision frameworks that support transparency, repeatability, and continuous improvement across the business systems landscape.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- 5+ years of experience in enterprise systems, business systems architecture, solution architecture, or a related role.
- Demonstrated experience with ERP and CRM platforms, including system design, configuration governance, and cross-functional process alignment.
- Strong understanding of master data governance, systems integration, business process mapping, and enterprise data flows.
- Experience leading or supporting cross-functional initiatives involving Operations, Finance, Sales, and IT stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to balance strategic thinking and execution.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including the ability to translate business needs into system requirements and architectural decisions.
- Experience with data quality controls, change management, and system governance in a fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in manufacturing, industrial, or multi-site operational environments.
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks or methodologies such as TOGAF, capability mapping, or target-state roadmap development.
- Experience with Infor CloudSuite Industrial (CSI v10 multi-tenant cloud environment preferred), Infor OS, ION, API integrations, and reporting tools.
- Familiarity with reporting and analytics platforms that support operational and executive decision-making.
- Experience supporting system scalability, process standardization, and post-implementation optimization initiatives.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, HSA, term life, AD&D, STD, LTD
- 100% medical premium paid for by Panelmatic for the employee-only level medical coverage
- 80% paid for by Panelmatic and 20% paid for by the employee on all other level medical coverage (i.e. employee plus child, employee plus spouse, family)
- 401(k) contributions matched 100% up to 4%
- Scholarships, educational reimbursement, paid volunteerism, and paid personal and professional development provided
- PTO and paid holidays provided
- Career advancement opportunities
- Competitive wages
- Family-friendly environment with average employee tenure above five years