Solutions Architect - Retail

SUMMARY:
Our client is looking for a Solution Architect - retail to shape requirements for non-supermarket solutions and creates high-quality data, application, and technology architectures in support of the business requirements and leads the realization of the design into the final solution implementation. Deep subject matter knowledge including Retail, FMCG

POSITION INFO:

Experience and Qualifications required

• Degree in Information Systems / B Sc Computer Science (or similar)

• 7 -10 years working experience within the IT industry
• 5 - 10 years working experience in retail or FMCG with at least 5 project lifecycles
• 5 years retail industry experience with an understanding of retail business processes.
• 5 + years worked on projects across multiple applications, SAP and non-SAP
• 5 + years experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis, architectures, system analysis, and design through development, testing, implementation, and production support (SDLC)
• 2-3 years Lead a team through an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects and other members of the software development team.
• 2-3 years experience with current research and standards in Solution Architecture.
• Architecture and solution design (UML, OO, SOA, etc.)
• Frameworks and methodologies (Agile, TOGAF, etc.)
• Solid track record in successful delivery solution architecture
• Experience with Retail applications: SAP Retail, JDA, JDEdwards, Baan, MS Navision or similar

Overall Responsibilities:

• Define and continuously improve the architecture framework and solution architecture modeling standards:
• Develop and maintain an understanding of the business strategy and changes to business priorities.
• Define a structured architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise.
• Architect the next-generation framework developed on a group of core technologies.
• Align to the enterprise data reference architecture in support of the enterprise and regulatory information governance needs such as Information Security, Enterprise Information Management, POPI, PCI, etc.
• Define retail architecture governance processes and quality compliance criteria.
• Define and develop the overall retail architecture landscape in partnership with the Domain Architect, Data Analytics team, and other Solution Architects.

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