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The role is responsible for designing and managing the organization’s solution portfolio, bridging business needs with technical capabilities while promoting architectural standards, governance, and best practices.\nUL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement\nAt UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE), we expand the boundaries of safety science to create a more secure and sustainable world. For more than a century, we have studied the unintended consequences of innovation, designed solutions to mitigate risk, created new safety standards and shared our findings with academia, scientists, manufacturers, and policymakers across industries. We identify critical safety and sustainability issues, asking the tough questions because we believe a safer world begins with knowledge.\nWhat you’ll learn and achieve:\nAs the Solution Architect,you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:\nPartner with stakeholders, business owners, and technical SMEs to understand business drivers and capability needs, translating them into effective solution designs.\n\nAdvocate for business partner needs throughout the solution lifecycle to ensure technologies advance ULRI-ULSE’s mission and strategic priorities.\n\nLead the evaluation and selection of technology platforms, software solutions, and services, designing standard and custom configurations as required.\n\nConsult on application development, infrastructure design, and system integrations while promoting architecture patterns and best practices.\n\nDesign and evaluate solution architectures that align with enterprise strategy, business capabilities, and established architecture standards.\n\nProduce architecture deliverables-including solution diagrams, reference models, standards, and documentation-to support governance.\n\nEnsure solutions meet security, compliance, data protection, and quality requirements, and guide governance of key architecture decisions.\n\nDefine and maintain architecture principles, standards, and patterns, and oversee the portfolio for aging technologies, technical debt, and misalignment; guide remediation strategies.\n\nAssess emerging technologies, industry innovations, and market developments to inform roadmaps, technology planning, and ULRI-ULSE’s broader technology landscape.\n\nSupport technology needs across standards development, publication workflows, member and partner engagement, knowledge management, and research-enabling platforms, including custom applications, integrations, APIs, LIMS/ELN, collaboration tools, and platforms such as Azure, AWS, Salesforce, and M365.\n\nLead and/or contribute to other department specific and cross-functional initiatives.\n\nWhat you’ll experience working at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement: We have pursued our mission of working for a safer, more secure, and sustainable world for nearly 130 years, embedding conscientious stewardship into everything we do.\nPeople: Our people make us special. You’ll work with a diverse team of experts respected for their independence and transparency and build a network, because our approach is collaborative. We collaborate across disciplines, organizations, and geographies to build the global scientific response that today’s global challenges require.\n\nInteresting work: Every day is different for us here. We see what’s on the horizon and use our expertise to build the foundations of a safer future. You’ll have the opportunity to push the boundaries of human understanding as part of a team working to advance the public good.\n\nGrow and achieve: We learn, work, and grow together through targeted development, reward, and recognition programs.\n\nValues. Four core values guide our work: collaboration, respect, integrity, and beneficence. By living our values, we inspire the trust essential to fulfilling our mission and foster the partnerships that enable us to pursue a beneficent future in which we all can thrive.\n\nTotal Rewards: All employees at UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagementare eligible for bonus compensation based on the level of the position. We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans and a generous 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay. Moreover, we invest an additional 4% into your retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment. Depending on your role, you may be able to discuss flexible working arrangements with your manager. We also provide employees with paid time off, including vacation, holiday, sick, and volunteer days.\n\nWhat makes you a great fit:\nWhile no one candidate will embody every quality, the successful candidate will bring many of the following professional competencies and personal attributes:\nProven experience designing and implementing complex technical solutions across diverse technologies.\n\nDemonstrated experience integrating systems, APIs, and data sources to support interoperability and reliable workflows.\n\nStrong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and modern application architectures.\n\nExperience with Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, API-driven design, and modern development frameworks.\n\nStrategic leader and builder of both vision and bridges, and influence decision-makers across both technical and non-technical audiences.\n\nStrong leadership and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.\n\nStrong project management capability with experience managing multiple priorities and executing high-quality deliverables.\n\nStrong vendor management skills, with the ability to manage relationships with multiple vendors.\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex technical issues.\n\nAbility to bring strong practical experience with Azure, AWS, Salesforce, M365, or research-enabling technology platforms.\n\nProfessional education and experience requirements for the role include:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.\n\nMinimum of 8 years of experience as a Solutions Architect or in a similar technical leadership role.\n\nExperience with custom software development, SaaS/PaaS platforms (M365, Salesforce, Workday), and IaaS platforms (Azure, AWS).\n\nCertification as an Azure Solutions Architect Expert or AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Additional certifications in M365, Salesforce, Workday, custom application development, or research-technology platforms preferred.\n\nAbout UL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement\nUL Research Institutes and UL Standards & Engagement are nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing safety science research through the discovery and application of scientific knowledge. We conduct rigorous independent research and analyze safety data, convene experts worldwide to address risks, share knowledge through safety education and public outreach initiatives, and develop standards to guide safe commercialization of evolving technologies. We foster communities of safety, from grassroots initiatives for neighborhoods to summits of world leaders. 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