Role Overview

Kastech is seeking a senior Ellucian Enterprise Architect to lead current-state assessments and define target-state architecture for higher education institutions undergoing Ellucian Banner modernization.

The role will assess business capabilities, applications, data, integrations/APIs, IAM, infrastructure and cloud, cybersecurity, operations, and technology governance. The architect will translate these assessments into architecture principles, standards, transition architectures, investment roadmaps, decision criteria, and governance mechanisms aligned with institutional objectives.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead comprehensive current-state assessments across:
- Business capabilities
- Applications and Banner ecosystem
- Data and reporting
- Integrations and APIs
- Identity & Access Management
- Infrastructure and cloud
- Cybersecurity
- Operations and technology governance
- Document architecture inventories, capability maps, application/data dependencies, integration patterns, technical debt, risks, constraints, and modernization opportunities.
- Define target-state architecture principles, standards, reference patterns, and decision criteria for:
- Banner modernization
- SaaS adoption
- Cloud services
- Data and reporting
- Integrations
- Identity and security
- Platform operations
- Develop transition architectures and phased modernization roadmaps, including dependencies, investments, risk remediation, and organizational readiness.
- Establish architecture standards covering:
- APIs and integrations
- Data exchange and reporting
- Cloud/infrastructure
- IAM
- Cybersecurity
- Observability
- Resiliency
- Operational support
- Define and improve architecture governance mechanisms, including:
- Architecture Review Boards
- Architecture Decision Records
- Exception processes
- Standards ownership
- Technology lifecycle controls
- Investment checkpoints
- Facilitate architecture and strategy workshops with CIO/IT leadership, Enterprise Architecture teams,



Banner functional owners, Security, Infrastructure, Data, Integration, and Business stakeholders.
- Evaluate Banner SaaS and cloud-readiness gaps, including legacy customizations, integrations, reporting dependencies, identity/security controls, hosting dependencies, and operational processes.
- Coordinate and provide architecture direction to domain specialists across Cloud, IAM, Integration/API, Cybersecurity,

Data/Reporting, and Infrastructure.

- Produce executive-ready:
- Assessment findings
- Architecture diagrams
- Transition recommendations
- Investment priorities
- Governance models
- Multi-year technology roadmaps

Required Skills & Experience

- 15+ years of relevant experience in higher-education ERP modernization, enterprise architecture, SaaS/cloud transformation, integration, and reporting architecture.
- Deep understanding of Ellucian Banner environments, higher-education business processes, application dependencies, and modernization considerations.
- Proven experience leading current-state and target-state architecture assessments across application, data, integration, IAM, infrastructure/cloud, security, operations, and governance domains.
- Strong experience defining:
- Enterprise architecture principles
- Architecture standards
- Reference architectures
- Transition architectures
- Modernization roadmaps
- Architecture decision criteria

- Strong SaaS, cloud, hybrid architecture, and ERP modernization experience, including migration sequencing, dependency analysis, risk assessment, and operating-model implications.




- Solid integration/API and data/reporting architecture knowledge, including API-led integration, data movement, interoperability, reporting dependencies, and legacy modernization patterns.

Working knowledge of IAM capabilities such as:
- SSO
- MFA
- Federation
- RBAC/role design
- Identity lifecycle
- Privileged access
- Enterprise application integration
- Working knowledge of cybersecurity controls, security architecture, risk management, data protection, vulnerability management, resiliency, and compliance considerations relevant to higher education.
- Experience establishing or improving architecture governance, technology standards, decision forums, exception management, portfolio prioritization, and investment governance.
- Excellent executive communication, workshop facilitation, architecture documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

- Previous experience as an Enterprise Architect, Cloud Solutions Architect, IAM Architect, Integration/API Architect, Cybersecurity Architect, or Technology Strategy/Governance Consultant within higher education.
- Experience with Banner SaaS modernization, Ellucian integration patterns, Ethos/Data Connect, digital experience, reporting modernization, or related Ellucian ecosystem capabilities.
- Experience with major cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud, particularly within higher education or ERP modernization programs.
- Familiarity with enterprise IAM platforms and federation standards used by universities.
- Knowledge of security architecture frameworks and control models.
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and practices such as TOGAF, capability-based planning, reference architecture, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and technology portfolio management.
- Experience developing executive business cases, modernization investment roadmaps, sequencing options, and governance operating models.

📌 Ellucian Enterprise Architect - Banner Modernization, Cloud & Technology Strategy (India)
🏢 Kastech Software Solutions Group
📍 India