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Senior Solutions Architect
IT Application Development
Katy, Texas, 77449
Contract
Ref.: 137238
Job Summary:
Our client is seeking a Senior Solutions Architect to join their team! This position is located in Katy, Texas.
Duties:
$122,500 - $175,000 (est. annual rate)
Our client is seeking a 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
- 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
- Creates artifacts that define the N+1 views of the end-to-end solution
- 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 will be addressed by IT
- Develops a thorough understanding of policies, procedures and safety rules
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, other related Engineering discipline, or relevant field of study required
- 10+ years of experience in IT Management or other information technology solutions architecture roles
- 2+ years of retail experience is required
- Experience in Data Integration patterns and tools
- CDP experience preferred
- Experience in designing solutions in cloud and hybrid SO environments
- Understanding of networks and security as it relates to integration and data flow between systems
- Solid grasp of security in both on-prem as well as cloud environments
- Familiar with vendor management tools and integration with EA tools
- Knowledge of IT Architectural frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman
- Knowledge of retail supply chain and planning, including merchandising preferred
- At least two implementations of enterprise class supply chain management systems preferred
- Strong experience in services SOA/Microservices design preferred
- Strong experience with retailing COTS enterprise class applications preferred
- Ability to bridge the gap between waterfall and agile methodologies
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, and interface effectively with individuals at various levels
- Ability to build consensus around proposed solutions
- Ability to work well independently, as well as effectively contribute to a team environment
- Analytical, with strong problem-solving abilities and creative resolution skills
- Self-motivated, with the ability to work on multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Preferred skills include strong optimization skills – stochastic modeling, optimization algorithms, holistic planning
- Ability to understand and derive lower-level roadmaps with business leadership to help set requirements' context
- Strong Microsoft Office program experience, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint and SharePoint
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
- 401K offered
$122,500 - $175,000 (est. annual rate)
