Solutions Architect - Retail

Experience in working with teams operating in Waterfall (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
Proficient in asynchronous communication pattern using message queue handling techniques such as polling, pushing and listening (e.g. RabbitMQ)
Proven work experience with ERP systems (i.e. Microsoft Dynamics, SAP and Oracle)
Strong working proficiency in cloud- based services (Azure / AWS / GCP) environment.
Strong understanding of web APIs and familiarity of development with JavaScript, HTML, Ruby on Rails and CSS.
Experience with the Microsoft D365 API specification and development skills including RESTful API integration (using OData)
Experience designing and integrating web-interfaces with Web APIs using REST (JSON) and XML / JSON parsing techniques.

Advantages
Long Term Contract
Pay Every Week
2-3 days a week in office
Office is close to Yonge and Dundas Subway Station

Responsibilities
Lead the technical architecture for solutions in a method that is consistent with enterprise frameworks.
Consistently apply industry best practices and scalable components.
Analyze proposed changes against the technology ecosystem to assess feasibility; and understand the effect on the solution, data collection and interfaces.
Leading the evaluation and assessment of inbound requests from business partners, in collaboration with solutions and enterprise architecture.
Design highly effective system architecture and provide peer support to internal teams and vendors as needed.
Identify and lead efforts to remedy risks and issues while establishing effective paths to resolution.
Develop the architecture artifacts in a manner consistent with OCS best practices and review with key stakeholders on a consistent basis.
Recommending technical solutions that align to OCS architecture roadmap and IT strategic plan with a lens of maximizing the customer experience while optimizing IT spend and reducing operational risk.
Providing technical guidance to platform and development teams during the development and implementation of various solutions.
Thought leadership, research and analysis to understand evolving industry trends and best practices and align OCS IT to best-in-class standards.
Ensuring the OCS enterprise architecture framework is aligned to the IT strategic plan
Evaluating inbound IT initiatives and projects and recommending technical solutions that are aligned to the IT strategic plan.
Conducting research and analysis on emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices to inform IT strategy and decision-making.
Collaborating with business and IT stakeholders to develop architecture roadmap and ensure alignment of proposed solutions to OCS IT plan.
Collaborating with IT development and operations teams to design and implement solutions.
Building and maintaining strong relationships with business stakeholders, IT teams, and senior management to ensure alignment between IT strategy and business objectives.
Preparing and presenting reports to IT and business leaders and other stakeholders.
Communicating technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications
Experience Requirements (40%):

5+ years of experience of overall software development
5+ years of experience of solution architecture, preferably in retail or regulated industries (banking, telecom, public sector)
Experience in working with teams operating in Waterfall (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
Experience with Shopify Plus Platform is an asset .


Technical Requirements (40%):

Proficient in asynchronous communication pattern using message queue handling techniques such as polling, pushing and listening (e.g. RabbitMQ)
Proven work experience with ERP systems (i.e. Microsoft Dynamics, SAP and Oracle)
Strong working proficiency in cloud- based services (Azure / AWS / GCP) environment.
Strong understanding of web APIs and familiarity of development with JavaScript, HTML, Ruby on Rails and CSS.
Experience with the Microsoft D365 API specification and development skills including RESTful API integration (using OData)
Experience designing and integrating web-interfaces with Web APIs using REST (JSON) and XML / JSON parsing techniques.
Experience on MS Azure database platforms (MySQL, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL).
Experience with front-end systems (e.g. Salesforce, Adobe Experience, Shopify Plus).
Experience or familiarity with Shopify/Liquid development is a strong asset.

Summary
The Senior Technology Architect (STA) who will be responsible for providing technical leadership and strategic direction in the assessment of requests for IT applications, platforms and resources from business stakeholders.

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