Solutions Architect
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Job Location:
Monrovia, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Solution Architect Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture Leadership
- Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap for retail supply chain and warehouse management domains.
- Translate business strategies into actionable solution architectures and technical designs aligned with organizational goals.
- Evaluate and recommend technology stacks integration patterns and modernization approaches (cloud-native microservices APIs data platforms).
- Design hybrid cloud architectures supporting migration from on-premises to Azure
- Solution Design & Delivery
- Collaborate with the Delivery Lead and other team members on business development such as sizing and estimating new opportunities creating proposals conducting reviews and planning engagements.
- Identify assess and solve complex business problems within the area of responsibility requiring in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
- Independently lead a team to facilitate maturity assessments/gap analyses solution assessment workshops requirements gathering design and end-to-end implementation activities.
- Architect and design end-to-end solutions covering ERP WMS OMS TMS POS and e-commerce platforms.
- Validate business requirements and conduct solution architecture and design workshops including documenting functional and integration design gap analysis and solution options.
- Design application interfaces supporting both current and target state architectures
- Collaborate with existing onsite and remote teams to ensure architectural consistency
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with business leaders product managers and operations teams to understand requirements and shape solution approaches.
- Work closely with engineering DevOps and data teams to ensure architectural alignment and delivery excellence.
- Act as a trusted advisor to both internal and client stakeholders.
- Governance & Best Practices
- Establish and enforce architectural standards design patterns and documentation practices.
- Lead architecture reviews solution assessments and vendor/product evaluations.
- Ensure solutions meet compliance security and performance standards.
Required Skills & Experience
- Domain Expertise:
- Strong understanding of retail business processes (merchandising store ops omni-channel commerce).
- In-depth knowledge of supply chain planning order management transportation and logistics.
- Hands-on experience with warehouse management systems (e.g. SAP EWM Oracle WMS HighJump).
- Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in enterprise integration patterns APIs event-driven architectures and microservices.
- Solid experience with Azure cloud platform and container orchestration (Kubernetes Docker).
- Familiarity with data platforms analytics and real-time visibility solutions in supply chain/retail context.
- Experience with enterprise platforms covering ERP WMS OMS TMS POS and e-commerce platforms.
- Leadership & Soft Skills:
- Strong problem-solving analytical and conceptual skills.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience in leading cross-functional teams influencing senior stakeholders and managing vendor partnerships.
- Experience working as embedded consultant within client organizations
- Multi-team coordination across distributed delivery teams
- Change management and team mentoring capabilities
Preferred Qualifications
- 12 years of IT experience with at least 5 years in enterprise/solution architecture roles.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale IT solutions.
- Certifications such as AWS/Azure/GCP Solution Architect or SAFe are a plus.
- Global exposure with multi-region retail/supply chain implementations preferred.
Key Skills
- Organizational Management
- Presentation Skills
- Agile
- SAFe
- AWS
- Solution Architecture
- Conflict Management
- Data Management
- Scrum
- Team Management
- Pre-sales
- Management Consulting
About Company
As Encora Inc. expands its footprint in Latin America, its acquisition of Nearsoft provides our clients with a unique chance to Nearshore on a global scale.
