Solutions Architect

Insight Global is looking for a Director of e-Commerce on behalf of one of the world's leading sporting goods companies in the US. This individual will be tasked with leading the team with decisions surrounding integrations, security, cloud, data, etc.


Responsibilities:
• 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 set forth by Enterprise Architecture
• 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 (N+1 views)
• Creates artifacts that define the N+1 views of the end-to-end solution (context, data domain, logical, physical, and deployment)
• 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 (immediate and future) will be addressed by IT
• Develops a thorough understanding of Academy’s policies, procedures and safety rules
• Duties may change; Team Member may be required to perform other duties as assigned

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• 10+ years’ of experience related to IT Management or other information technology solutions architecture role
• Lead architectural strategy and roadmap development across enterprise domains including merchandising, HR, finance, WMS, POS, and digital commerce
• 2-3 years of retail experience is preferred
• Experience in Data Integration patterns and tools
• Experience in designing solutions in cloud and hybrid cloud environments (GCP, AWS and Azure)
• 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 (Oracle RMS, SaaS)
• 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
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and business teams to align technology solutions with business goals
• Oversee integration of legacy platforms with modern, headless, and cloud-native technologies
• Ensure architectural consistency, scalability, and performance across systems
• Guide adoption of streaming, analytics, and AI-enabling technologies
• Provide technical leadership in vendor/platform evaluations and enterprise solution design


Merchandising & Planning:
• Oracle RMS, RIB, SIM
• SAS for merchandise planning
HR & Finance:
• Workday
• Oracle Fusion Finance, EEPS
Warehouse Management:
• Exeter
• Manhattan Associates
• Honeywell (Material Handling)
Point of Sale (POS):
• Toshiba
Digital Commerce:
• WebSphere Commerce (HCL)
• Headless commerce tools (top of funnel)
• Legacy WebSphere (bottom of funnel)
• Contentstack, Adobe Analytics
• IBM Sterling
Integration & Middleware:
• IBM WebSphere Message Broker
• IBM ACE (App Connect Enterprise)
• IBM DataStage (ETL)
Streaming & Data:
• Apache Kafka
• MicroStrategy (BI)
Cloud Platforms:
• Multi-cloud environment: GCP (primary), Azure, AWS

• 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

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.