Solution Architect - Ecommerce, Retail TOGAF V9.1

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Solution Architect - Ecommerce, Retail TOGAF V9.1

For the ecommerce position, they are seeking a candidate who is ideally TOGAF V9.1 qualified and has strong ecommerce experience.

If they are not qualified then someone who has strong knowledge and experience of working within a TOGAF environment.

Ideally, this candidate will be from a retail background however this is not essential.

Candidates from either the travel or telecoms will also be considered or any companies with a "payment system" or transactions type environment as the architecture is similar.

Experience

§ Significant experience as a Solution Architect, Solution Designer or equivalent role within an omni-channel retail organisation or a leading Management Consultancy. This will include the definition and delivery of major change in at least two of the following domains: Ecommerce, Buying & Merchandising, Logistics & Supply Chain, Finance, Omni-Channel Order Management, Customer Experience and Relationship Management (CRM).

§ Extended experience in at least two IT disciplines (such as business analysis, application development, middleware, information analysis, technical architecture, service delivery);

§ Experience designing and engineering applications, both packaged and bespoke, in particular mission critical business applications, distributed and multi-tier applications;

§ Experience delivering solutions within an application, integration or technical subject area within a significant transformation programme through to successful delivery;

§ Experience informing business stakeholders and communicating complex ideas and solution options in a simple and resonant way in order to gain buy-in and commitment;

§ Experience in supporting project delivery involving both in-house and third-party design, development, testing and project management;

§ Experience using modelling tools and techniques to document and manage business, information, applications & technical architectures, e.g. UML, BPMN, Archimate or similar;

§ Experience of different delivery lifecycles and service delivery methods will be beneficial, e.g. RUP, Agile, TDD, Waterfall, Prince2, ITIL and similar;

§ Experience designing solutions for common retail applications will be beneficial, e.g. Oracle Retail Suite, Retek, WebSphere Commerce / Sterling, Oracle ATG / DOO / GOP, PeopleSoft, Oracle Financials, Hyperion, etc.

Technical Skills

§ Awareness of the key business functions within a specific domain (e.g. eCommerce, buying & merchandising) of a modern omni-channel retailer, the major processes and information flows, how they combine to produce value and the role of information systems in supporting them;

§ Awareness of common strategies, challenges and business models relevant to retailers and the influence they have on technology strategy and decision-making;

§ Ability to define all aspects of information, application, integration and technology architecture necessary to effectively meet a business need;

§ Ability to identify multiple solution options to address a business problem and analyse, assess their impact and make appropriate recommendations;

§ Ability to manage the selection and evaluation of vendors and software / hardware procurement, in collaboration with the Project Manager and the IT procurement team;

§ Ability to rapidly analyse and understand functions and operation of existing solutions and capabilities of new technologies;

§ Ability to identify and plan for the information management, security, performance, capacity, availability, reliability, flexibility and supportability aspects of a solution across a diverse variety of technologies and topologies;

§ Demonstrated understanding of key systems design concepts, systems behaviour, application and integration patterns, standards, architecture principles and building blocks.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading retail organisation, looking to interview ASAP.