Job Description
Job Summary :
Our client is seeking a Retail Ecosystem, Senior Solutions Architect to join their team! This position is located in Katy, Texas.
Duties :
- 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
- 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
- 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
Desired Skills / Experience :
Ability to model solutions from conceptual, logical and physical perspectivesExperience with retail environment, in-house or agency retail experience / understandingStrong hands-on technical Solution Architect experienceUnderstanding of customer marketing software and cross-functionalityExperience in end-to-end solution design, not just application developmentStrong retail domain knowledge requiredDemonstrated experience designing : integration technologies, cloud systems, and network / infrastructureBenefits :
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance PlansEmployee-Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)401K offeredThe approximate pay range for this position starting at $165,000 - $175,000 . Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.