Solution Architect
Solution Architect
Posted on :
23-08-2025
Employer Active
1 Vacancy
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailValid email field required
Send jobs
Share
Send me jobs like this
Job Alert
You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailValid email field required
Send jobs
Monthly Salary
Not Disclosed
Salary Not Disclosed
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
23-08-2025
Job Description
Ko wai mtou About us
Kia ora. Were Foodies. You know New World PAKnSAVE and Four Square right Thats us!
With 300 stores and over 24000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned we reflect the communities we serve and we celebrate our people - our taonga every day for being uniquely them.
Our Support Centre is 1000 people strong which includes 300 IT employees who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay byte-sized and bug-free..
Te Tranga About the role
Are you passionate about creating smart scalable solutions that drive real impact for customers and the business As a Solution Architect in our dynamic Digital team youll be at the heart of designing future-focused digital and e-commerce platforms that shape the retail experiences of millions of New Zealanders. Youll work at the sweet spot between enterprise architecture digital product and delivery bringing bold ideas to life through practical well-crafted solutions.
This is a role where youll get to flex both your strategic thinking and technical expertise. Youll guide teams to deliver modern high-performing systems that are secure resilient and built to scale all while keeping the customer at the centre of every architectural decision. If you thrive in agile environments love turning complexity into clarity and want to help define the digital retail landscape of the future wed love to hear from you.
In this role you will:
- Architect and guide delivery of best-in-class digital and e-commerce solutions that are resilient scalable and customer-first.
- Act as the glue between business product and engineering ensuring solutions meet both immediate needs and long-term vision.
- Champion architectural best practices design patterns and standards across squads and platforms.
- Bring our future-state retail technology vision to life working closely with Enterprise and Principal Architects.
- Collaborate within agile squads to embed architecture into everyday delivery making big ideas real fast.
Ng painga - What we offer
Were committed to providing awesome experiences for our people including offering a range of benefits:
- Free carparking -weve got over 1000 carparks including 36free EV plugs
- Southern cross health insurance and 5% discount at our retail stores
- Onsite caf with subsidised meals and a mini mart
- Flexible working options a day off on your birthday long service leave
- Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses flu vaccinations and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He krero mu - About you
Youre a seasoned Solution Architect with a strong technical foundation and a passion for creating exceptional digital and e-commerce experiences. With 7 years in architecture and design and a background in development tech leadership or application architecture youre skilled at bringing together people processes and technology to build future-ready solutions. You have a deep understanding of modern digital platforms APIs and cloud-native development and youre equally confident leading architecture strategy as you are working alongside delivery teams.
Technically sharp and commercially savvy youre comfortable engaging with a wide range of stakeholders from developers to senior leaders and youre known for your ability to communicate complex ideas clearly. Youre curious collaborative and always looking for ways to raise the bar.
Youll bring:
- Proven experience in customer-facing digital and e-commerce technologies ideally in grocery retail or FMCG.
- A strong grasp of adjacent domains such as customer marketing loyalty campaign management real-time processing and customer analytics.
- Deep technical knowledge of APIs RESTful services and contract-led development with experience designing and exposing secure scalable data and operations.
- Proficiency in modern cloud-delivered technologies (e.g. Azure or AWS) and working knowledge of CI/CD infrastructure as code and automation in cloud environments.
- Excellent modelling and diagramming skills fluent in UML and business modelling languages like ArchiMate with experience using enterprise architecture tools and frameworks (TOGAF ITAC IBM AD 2.0 or similar).
- Hands-on experience with platforms such as Sitecore Salesforce and SAP is an advantage.
- Strong planning and communication skills with the ability to translate architecture into clear compelling stories for technical and non-technical audiences.
- A relevant Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification.
Experience awesome. Achieve Awesome. Be awesomely you.
Were proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour encourage togetherness inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whnau.
We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background including any disability additional health and mental health needs and/or neurodiversity.
If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process please reach out to. Accessibility support could include interview location sign language interpreter assistive technology.
Applications close: 13 August 2025
#LI-AV1
Employment Type
Full-Time
Key Skills
Report This Job
Disclaimer: Drjobpro.com is only a platform that connects job seekers and employers. Applicants are advised to conduct their own independent research into the credentials of the prospective employer.We always make certain that our clients do not endorse any request for money payments, thus we advise against sharing any personal or bank-related information with any third party. If you suspect fraud or malpractice, please contact us via contact us page.
