Information Technology Solutions Architect

ABOUT OUR CLIENT

Our Client is committed to building a workplace where innovation, collaboration, and growth thrive. They take pride in creating an environment that values hard work, accountability, and professional development.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a senior-level Solutions Architect role with a clear career progression path (Solutions Architect to Senior Architect to Enterprise Architect to Principal Architect). The architect will play a critical role in driving enterprise-wide application consolidation initiatives, supporting process enhancements, and delivering scalable solutions. The role demands a strong background in solution design, fit-gap analysis, and trade-off evaluation across retail, supply chain, infrastructure, or marketing technology domains.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct the identification and recommendation of solutions, upgrades, or decommissioning options with a focus on usability, productivity, and total cost of ownership
• Develop and execute solutions that minimize reactive work and maximize strategic impact
• Collaborate with business and IT subject matter experts to design end-to-end solutions that align with enterprise architecture standards
• Engage with business leadership to establish strong IT and operations partnerships
• Model solutions across conceptual, logical, and physical perspectives (N+1 views)
• Create architecture artifacts defining end-to-end solution context, data domains, logical, physical, and deployment views
• Facilitate requirements refinement with a focus on service-level requirements
• Participate in design reviews to ensure solution alignment and traceability
• Contribute to the development of enterprise architecture principles, guidelines, and standards
• Clearly articulate architectural decisions to both technical and business audiences
• Engage proactively with business stakeholders to ensure IT addresses immediate and future needs

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field required
• 10+ years of experience in IT management or solutions architecture
• 3–5 years of experience designing solutions in cloud and hybrid environments
• 3–5 years of experience with data integration patterns and tools
• Understanding of networks and security across on-premise and cloud environments
• Experience with vendor management tools and enterprise architecture integration
• Knowledge of architectural frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman
• 2+ implementations of enterprise-class supply chain management systems preferred
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build consensus
• Proven ability to balance waterfall and agile methodologies
• Advanced problem-solving and analytical skills

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Retail industry or supply chain experience (merchandising, planning, logistics)
• Experience with enterprise-class retail COTS applications
• Background in SOA/Microservices design
• 2–3 years of retail industry experience
• Optimization expertise, including stochastic modeling and holistic planning
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and collaboration tools