IT Solution Architect-RETAIL

IT Solution Architect

Katy, TX- ONSITE

10+ years' of experience related to IT Management or other information technology solutions architecture role; 2-3 years of retail experience is REQUIRED

Job Description :

• Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership.
• Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work.
• Works with business and technology subject matter experts to derive end-to-end solutions that provide value to the enterprise and these solutions comply with standards and guidelines set forth by Enterprise Architecture
• Interacts with business leadership to establish a solid working relationship between IT and operations
• Must be able to model solutions from conceptual, logical and physical perspectives (N+1 views)
• Creates artifacts that define the N+1 views of the end-to-end solution (context, data domain, logical, physical, and deployment)
• Facilitates the requirements refinement process; with special focus on service-level requirements
• Collaborates with other parts of IT to ensure a thorough understanding of the proposed architecture; must be willing to accept and factor-in feedback
• Participates in design reviews to ensure traceability of the design to the proposed solution architecture
• Contributes to enterprise guidelines, standards and principles as precedents are discovered and adopted
• Articulates architecture decisions behind the solution architecture
• Takes initiative in working with business stakeholders to ensure their requirements (immediate and future) will be addressed by IT
• Develops a thorough understanding of policies, procedures and safety rules
• Duties may change; Team Member may be required to perform other duties as assigned

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