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Are you ready to join a fast-paced, innovative team making a real impact in the renewable energy industry? Join Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ: SHLS), a leading provider of electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions for solar and energy storage. Headquartered just north of Nashville, Tennessee, we have been driving industry innovation since 1996 by delivering cutting-edge technologies that improve efficiency, safety, and reliability for solar systems worldwide. With over 60 GW of solar systems deployed globally, we’re setting the standard for the renewable energy industry.We are a collection of engineers, renewable advocates, curious minds, and collaborators. Our manufacturing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama, along with sales teams across the USA, Spain and Australia, enable us to power clean energy solutions across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. We push boundaries and challenge each other to design, develop, and deliver solutions with the potential to change the world. We are the rebellious hero.Summary:Shoals Technologies Group is seeking an experienced IT Principal Solutions Architect to lead the design, governance, and enterprise adoption of the Palantir platform across the organization. This role will serve as the technical authority responsible for defining enterprise architecture standards, data strategies, system integrations, and AI-enabled solutions utilizing Palantir Foundry, AIP, and related technologies.The IT Principal Solutions Architect will partner with business leaders, IT teams, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, engineering, quality, and executive leadership to develop scalable and secure data solutions that drive operational excellence and strategic decision-making. This individual will provide architectural leadership for enterprise digital transformation initiatives while establishing best practices for application development, data modeling, governance, and platform optimization. The ideal candidate will apply their knowledge to learning and architecting solutions in Palantir’s Ontology, Foundry, AIP, and related technologies.Duties and Responsibilities:Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap for Palantir Foundry, AIP, Ontology, Workshop, and related technologies.Design scalable data architectures that support enterprise reporting, operational workflows, analytics, and AI-driven business solutions.Lead solution architecture reviews and establish standards for development, integration, security, and governance.Architect integrations between ERP, MES, CRM, PLM, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and other enterprise systems.Design, optimize, and maintain enterprise ontology models that support business operations and decision-making.Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into scalable technical solutions.Provide technical leadership and mentorship to developers, data engineers, analysts, and project teams.Develop standards for data quality, master data management, governance, and compliance.Evaluate emerging Palantir capabilities and AI technologies to identify opportunities for operational improvement and innovation.Support implementation of AI-enabled applications utilizing Palantir AIP and advanced analytics capabilities.Partner with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams to ensure platform security, reliability, and compliance.Create and maintain architecture documentation, data flow diagrams, technical standards, and system roadmaps.Participate in Agile planning sessions, architecture reviews, and enterprise technology governance activities.Collaborate with executive leadership to support enterprise data strategy and digital transformation initiatives.Recommend process improvements that increase efficiency, visibility, automation, and business performance.Support platform scalability, optimization, troubleshooting, and long-term roadmap planning.Requirements:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent years of professional experience.8+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, software engineering, data engineering, or enterprise systems leadership.3+ years of experience designing enterprise data platforms, analytics solutions, or digital transformation initiatives.Experience designing and implementing enterprise system integrations.Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles, software development lifecycle (SDLC), and cloud-based application design.Demonstrated experience leading complex technology initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and business functions.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and strategic planning capabilities.Technical Skills:Experience with Palantir Foundry, AIP, Ontology, Workshop, Pipeline Builder, Informatica or comparable enterprise data platforms. (Nice to have)Expertise in enterprise data architecture, data modeling, and data governance.SQL and experience working with business data, semantic models, or analytics-driven applications.Advanced experience with Python, Java, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, or similar programming languages.Experience designing APIs, integrations, and distributed system architectures.Knowledge of ETL/ELT processes, data engineering principles, and enterprise application architecture.Experience with cloud platforms and modern software development practices.Understanding of AI, machine learning, workflow automation, and predictive analytics solutions.Experience with Git, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.REST APIs, JSON, integration concepts, and secure application design principles.Strong troubleshooting and solution design abilities.Preferred Qualifications:Palantir Foundry Architect, Engineer, or equivalent platform certification.Experience supporting sales, accounting, manufacturing, supply chain, renewable energy, industrial, or data center operations.Experience with ERP platforms such as NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, D365, or similar enterprise systems.Experience building AI-enabled applications, copilots, recommendation workflows, or decision-support tools.Familiarity with Power BI, Tableau, or other enterprise reporting tools.Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.Shoals Technologies Group, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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