Application Architect

Designs application architectures that provide business capabilities. Ensures technical expertise and seamless implementation of solutions. Designs and develops application architectures for product management. Analyzes functionality and constraints of recommended solutions. Ensures compatibility, interoperability, and usability of solution architecture.
Provides specific functional expertise that is theoretical and conceptual in nature. This expertise is typically acquired through a combination of university education and experience within a field. May have responsibility for supervising others in the capacity of a player coach but primary focus is individual expertise. Particularly at higher levels, sophisticated subject matter expertise is a requirement for success. Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field. Interprets business challenges and recommends best practices. Leads others to solve complex problems. Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex situations. May lead functional teams or projects. Business Partnership Consulting Advises key stakeholders by continuously helping them to successfully navigate through critical business changes. Utilizes deep expertise and contextual awareness to explore complex issues with customers and provide trusted advice. Serves as a subject matter expert to others on new ideas and solutions that will improve current business processes and address challenges, and leverages other subject matter experts as needed to develop solutions. Systems Thinking Leads collaboration with key stakeholders and contributes subject matter expertise to develop unique solutions to complex issues. Enables optimum organizational efficiency by taking a whole systems approach and thinking across boundaries to identify which polices/processes should be standardized and which should differ. Provides guidance when evaluating the impacts of a solution to ensure linkages between structure, people, process and technology. Technology Advising/Consulting Exceeds customers expectations by listening for unexpressed needs; connects customer needs to relevant service offerings and new technology. Leads others in resolving technical issues in a timely manner; follows up with customers to ensure satisfaction. Partners with the business to integrate new technologies into business solutions; creates and communicates a vision of the technology requirements for the future state of the business. Troubleshooting Provides guidance and expertise to analyze data and patterns and assess the root cause of complex, non-routine problems. Collaborates with others across disciplines to brainstorm and execute solutions to the most complex, uncommon problems. Guides the execution of solutions for complex, non-routine issues; redirects solution implementation if desired results were not originally met. System and Technology Integration Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends integration of the appropriate systems, applications and technology to provide a fully functional solution to a business problem. Architecture Design Leads projects designing and developing IT architecture solutions to business problems that meet user requirements.

Requirements:

10+ years of hands-on experience in .Net, Java, SQL/Databases

Warehouse Management Systems knowledge

5+ years of experience in cloud computing

Experience with Azure, GCP

Extensive experience working with technical vendors