Role and Responsibilities: 

• Conduct research, comparisons, and evaluations of digital solutions relevant to the retail industry.

• Explore and propose solution options, with clear recommendations aligned to business requirements and enterprise architecture strategy.

• Translate business needs into end-to-end system and technical designs.

• Facilitate workshops and discussions with both business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements and present clear architectural solutions.

• Design and define system architecture including applications, data flow, integration, infrastructure, and security components.

• Develop and document integration methodologies and APis, supporting ecosystem connectivity and scalability.

• Lead collaborative planning and implementation of data handling and system integration processes.

• Incorporate Devüps best practices into solution designs, enabling automation, monitoring, and infrastructure as code.

• Guide development teams on CI/CD pipeline design and configuration for streamlined build, test, and deployment cycles.

• Manage vendar evaluation and selection through structured RFPs/RFQs for IT implementations.

• Estimate the scope, effort, cost, and timeline of architecture activities, ensuring proper alignment with project plans.

• Provide architectural oversight throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring alignment to best practices and compliance requirements.

• Ensure architecture documentation is maintained and accessible for technical teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications: 

• 7+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems design, or software development, using general-purpose programming languages (e.g., C#, Java, Python, Go, etc.).

• Experience designing and implementing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices-based architectures.

• Deep understanding of integration pattems and modem API-driven approaches.

• Hands-on experience with both on-premise infrastructure and major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).

• Strong knowledge of Devüps methodologies, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates), automated testing, and release automation.

• Familiarity with tools like Azure Devüps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar.

• Proven ability to design secure systems, with knowledge of public key infrastructure, certificate-based authentication, and multifactor authentication.

• Demonstrated experience estimating project efforts and leading solution design efforts in cross-functional teams.

• Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and techniques (UML, ArchiMate, etc.).

• Experience with container-based technologies and orchestration platforms ( e.g., Docker, Kubemetes).

• Experience in agile/scrum environments.

• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF ( certification is a plus).

• Retail industry-specific experience is ;:i pl11s. 

Experience & Skills: 

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with innovative problem-solving capabilities .

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, capable of interfacing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Effective collaboration in cross-functional teams, with the ability to influence decisions and drive architectural alignment.

• Strategic mindset with attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership .