FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

If you are a passionate Solutions Architect (E-Commerce) experienced who strives to act as an agent of change, please read on!

We are looking for exceptional talent to join a Fortune 500 company! Apply today!

Emerald Resource Group is the ultimate destination for IT Professionals at every stage of their careers.

We are currently assisting a top employer recruit for Solutions Architect (E-Commerce) in Cleveland, OH.

Our client is a global leader offering industry-leading innovation, value-added service and expertise and is committed to people, quality, growth and performance.  

**Candidate must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future.**

POSITION OVERVIEW:

As the Solutions Architect Lead you will be a member of the eBusiness Center of Excellence (CoE) IT group and you will maintain the architecture (and related artifacts) for Commerce-focused applications and systems. You will be responsible for leading collaboration with Business and IT Stakeholders throughout the organization in order to design solution architectures that deliver the required business capabilities while being aligned to the business and technology strategies. This role specifically is responsible for the assets related to the Web and Ecommerce ecosystem of applications and systems.

This position translates business capabilities/requirements into specific business, application, information, and technology architectures to deliver business value. You will need to build relationships with key business and technology stakeholders across the enterprise; be highly collaborative; drive communication to the business, architecture, and software delivery teams; and apply analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify and solve systems problems.

WHAT’S COOL ABOUT THIS ROLE:

You will join a culture that values the unique talents and abilities from all backgrounds and characteristics. Share your strengths, show what you can do, feel free to innovate, grow and discover! You will thrive in a workplace where you will have the opportunity to explore your curiosity and drive the company forward.

With a broad range of technical knowledge, you will deliver solution architectures across multiple projects, as well as consultative technical leadership across the organization, from strategic decision making to project planning to architectural governance and oversight. In this role you will work closely with others to grow their base of knowledge, but also share their knowledge with the business and IT teams via collaborative meetings, documentation, and formal presentations.

PERKS AND BENEFITS:

• Competitive Salary, with increases based on performance.
• Freedom to make decisions about what we should do and how, and the ability to influence your ideas on projects.
• Collaborative and embracing culture, committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace.
• Comprehensive healthcare plan that includes health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Paid Holidays.
• Plan for your future with our 401k matching program.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Strategy & Planning:

• Provide strategic, technical and operational expertise and leadership in support of business and technology transformational activities.
• Contribute to technology strategy and planning; lead research on emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts; recommend introduction of technologies, new features, or other non-functional requirements for implementation that will increase cost effectiveness and systems flexibility.
• Develop and foster relationships with the divisional and business unit subject matter experts.
• Confer with stakeholders to define business requirements for complex systems development – from both functional and non-functional perspectives (i.e. concept of operations, performance, test, cost, schedule, training, support and disposal).
• Promote synergies and reuse within projects across the CoE in order to maximize rapid yet responsible delivery of business value, as well as championing architectural principles and strategies.
• Communicate the Solution Architectures to senior management, business, architecture, and development teams through deliverables, presentations, training and other appropriate means and forums.
• Coach, mentor and support system development teams in implementing reference architectures and standards.
• Steer CoE use of Integration, partnering with SOA CoE/Integration Competency Center to strategically suggest Services and Integrations to realize reliable business value.
• Steer CoE use of Application Security, partnering with Application Security team to identify and support Delivery Teams' realization of requirements in the security space.
• Stay current on emerging design patterns, software development or infrastructure concepts and industry best practices.
• Serve as a bridge between highly technical and highly business-focused teams, facilitating understanding and brokering agreements to shared goals through collaboration.

Acquisition & Deployment:

• Provide technical oversight for multiple project initiatives.
• Lead technology life-cycle projects including technology evaluation, selection, implementation, support and retirement/replacement.
• Evaluate alternative architectures with respect to their feasibility as well as composition (people, hardware, software, facilities, policies, documents, risks and cost), and make recommendations.
• Develop prototypes of system designs, working with Technical Architects and Delivery Teams, to prove viability where necessary.

Operational Management:

• Assist in the creation of enterprise-wide technology standards.
• Document architectural designs and standards for implemented solutions.
• Create and maintain reference architectures, systems models, use case scenarios, workflow diagrams, and data models to provide architectural expertise, direction, and guidance to IT delivery teams.
• Validate the architecture’s compliance to the requirements and verify the system’s compliance to the architecture.
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce system standards and solutions review processes.
• Mentor and/or provide guidance to all members of the team.
• Support risk identification and mitigation process and provide issue management. Provide recommendations as required.

Incidental Functions:

• Assist with other projects as may be required to contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the group and other business/technical entities.
• Participate in hiring activities and fulfilling affirmative action obligations and ensuring compliance with the equal employment opportunity policy.
• Minimal travel, up to 5% may be required.
• Work outside the standard office 7.5 hour workday may be required.

MUST-HAVE SKILLSETS:

• Bachelor’s Degree or foreign equivalent in related field or equivalent experience.
• Master’s Degree preferred.
• 12+ years IT experience.
• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, implementing middle-tier and distributed systems.
• 6+ years of experience in enterprise and/or solutions architecture and architectural frameworks. 
• Experience designing and developing solutions on IBM WebSphere Commerce/HCL Commerce.
• Strong working knowledge of architecture with the ability to analyze and resolve moderately complex, cross-system issues, and demonstrate an understanding of specific technologies (and their architectural connectivity).
• Experience in developing strategic solutions architecture plans, technology planning and execution, and policy development and maintenance.
• Knowledge of information processing, data modeling principles, data management practices, and system interaction patterns and interfaces.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze existing technical architectures and recommend and implement alternatives with regard to tools, technologies, and approaches to their use.
• Experience with virtualization, cloud computing, or container technologies.
• Knowledge of vendor software integration and interaction patterns.
• Knowledge of COTS evaluation principles and practices.

BONUS POINT IF YOU HAVE:

• Professional training and/or certifications using Oracle, IBM, HCL, and Microsoft tools and technologies.
• Experience with Search and Merchandising (Solr, Elasticsearch, or similar).
• Experience with Content Management (Adobe AEM, or similar).
• Experience with Order Management (IBM Sterling OMS, or similar).
• Experience with Product Information Management / Master Data Management (Stibo STEP, or similar).
• Experience with various key business and operational activities of a manufacturing and retail enterprise, including Sales and Marketing, Product Development, Identity and Access Management, Financial Processing, or Digital Workplace Management.
• Experience with defining, utilizing, and guiding the appropriate use of various data integration techniques (ETL, EAI, EII), including understanding the components within, capabilities of, and appropriate "fit to purpose" of Service Bus and Microservices Architectures.
• Experience with practices governing definition and design of Services and RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of various legal and regulatory obligations such as PCI, SOX, HIPAA, or similar standards a plus.
• Knowledge of common testing methodologies, terminology and industry standards a plus.
• Certification or experience with enterprise architecture methodologies and frameworks, such as TOGAF, Zachman, or FEAF, is a plus.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

• Excellent analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional ability and initiative to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly.
• Ability to effectively partner with IT and Business to lead and influence best practice design.
• Driven to challenge the existing processes, methods, products and services of the company.
• Excellent written and oral communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, and enjoys leveraging them.
• Ability to see and articulate patterns and relationships between technologies, processes, business models, and people.
• Strong ability to translate ideas and concepts to intended audiences.
• Negotiation skills and ability to influence others by educating and sharing information.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks independently.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative, multi-stakeholder, multi-location environment.
• Strong ability to train and teach others.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and follow up with resulting action items.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Thrives in an environment of continuous change; strives to act as an agent of change.

SALARY:

• Up to $150,000

Our clients is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, our client requests state and local employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected Veterans.

INTERESTED BUT NOT SURE?

We know the confidence gap can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you! For any follow up questions email your Recruiter MARK KRUSINSKI JR directly at markjr@emeraldresourcegroup.com or call at 440-627-6920.

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