Architect

• Build the Pella brand within the architectural community as a premier window and door solutions provider
• Develop long-term relationships with architects and trade organizations
• Generate architectural project specifications and sales lead hand-offs
• Develop continuing education opportunities for current and potential customers
• Originate new business relationships through networking, referrals, and face-to-face meetings
• Coordinate, promote, and advance visibility of the Pella product line
• Represent Pella Windows & Doors at company events, professional presentations, trade association meetings, and consumer home shows
• Participate in CSI, AIA, and other relevant trade and industry bodies
• Compile prospective customer lists and conduct outbound lead follow-up by phone and email
• Present product demonstrations and quote remodeling and new construction residential and commercial projects using PQM, Microsoft Office, and other systems
• Present Lunch and Learn educational programs to architects, engineers, contractors, building owners, and managers
• Follow up on leads from Dodge reports, Reed Construction, Pella Corporation, and outstanding proposals
• Respond to client concerns and resolve issues through independent decision-making
• Maintain product and competitive-market expertise
• Educate customers on installation guidelines and measure openings for accurate ordering
• Collaborate with Pella teams and departments on product requirements
• Manage customer interactions and proactive communications through CRM tools
• Keep manager informed while working independently
• Support personal and career development

Architectural Consultant

• Lead development and maintenance of system, operational, data, and integration architecture using MBSE and DoDAF/UAF frameworks
• Develop and manage SysML/UML system models capturing requirements, interfaces, workflows, and end-to-end mission threads with full traceability
• Drive digital engineering strategy, including adoption of the digital thread, authoritative models, and model-driven decision making
• Translate business, operational, and technical requirements into scalable solution architectures supporting enterprise systems and integrations
• Define integration patterns, interface specifications, and interoperability requirements across DoD and partner systems
• Establish architecture governance, modeling standards, and technical baselines; support design reviews and leadership briefings
• Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, functional, and program teams to resolve risks, gaps, and cross-domain dependencies
• Contribute to technology roadmaps, transition planning, and implementation strategies for enterprise transformation
• Support a large-scale Department of War digital engineering and SAP S/4HANA transformation program
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design scalable, integrated solutions and drive adoption of the digital thread across the program lifecycle

System Architect – MDDI, MBSE

• Own and define solution and platform architectures for large-scale, distributed systems from concept through production
• Create architecture meeting standards for scalability, performance, resilience, and security
• Assess, select, and introduce new technologies, including proof-of-concept development and architectural spikes
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across platform teams
• Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements
• Produce and maintain architecture documentation, including rationale and trade-offs
• Evolve platform architecture to improve developer productivity, system reliability, and cost efficiency
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, engineering managers, and delivery teams to align architecture with business outcomes

Principal Digital Architect

• Assess and redesign the current Azure Virtual Desktop ecosystem to improve performance, stability, usability, and supportability
• Lead the Windows 10 to Windows 11 migration strategy for virtual desktop environments
• Define and implement a long-term end-user computing roadmap focused on employee productivity and user satisfaction
• Architect and support integrations between Azure Virtual Desktop, physical endpoints, Microsoft 365, Intune, Autopilot, Nerdio, FlexApp, and FSLogix
• Investigate and resolve complex desktop engineering issues involving connectivity, authentication, application delivery, profile management, and Microsoft 365 user experience
• Identify root causes of recurring end-user issues and establish sustainable solutions
• Partner with business users and stakeholders to understand pain points and improve the user experience
• Provide leadership, guidance, and technical direction to desktop engineering resources
• Develop architecture standards, technical documentation, implementation plans, and operational procedures
• Drive projects from assessment through design, deployment, optimization, and operational transition
• Collaborate with networking, infrastructure, security, and service desk teams to troubleshoot and improve end-user computing services
• Serve as a technical advocate for modernization initiatives

Virtualization Architect

• Lead and support moderate to complex projects defining business capabilities and analyzing problems or opportunities
• Evaluate business technology requests and lead analysis to define scope, sizing, and implementation requirements
• Formulate systems scope and objectives through research, fact-finding, and understanding of business solutions and requirements
• Liaise among stakeholders to elicit, organize, evaluate, and validate workflow and information-system change needs
• Lead moderately to complex projects and create process maps, value-chain maps, conceptual design specifications, and use-case artifacts
• Create business capability views, capability heatmaps, value-stream analyses, high-level business context diagrams, and information-mapping documents
• Perform root-cause analysis and identify opportunities to streamline processes and enable continuous improvement
• Build and grow business relationships supporting program success
• Identify alternative approaches to support informed decision-making
• Prepare communications and presentations related to business systems, processes, and analysis
• Collaborate with business leaders, IT leaders, architects, analysts, product owners/managers, and implementation teams
• Guide scoping, estimation, and solutioning of new systems or business solutions
• Ensure technology architecture aligns with business objectives and manage project scope

Architect jobs in Illinois

Architectural Consultant

System Architect – MDDI, MBSE

Principal Digital Architect

Virtualization Architect

Senior IT Business Architect