Notes from Manager: Need to understand retail and retail functions. Need to have breath of knowledge on the application used Security, Order management system, ERP, Allocation, replenishment, Pricing promotion, inventory management, Infrastructure, Omnichannel , POS, supply chain. Along with the below Areas EA Infrastructure Omnichannel Screening questions What kind of solutions have you brought to the table to solve a business problem/pain? How did you find/decide on the right solution Thinking about Current state and future state (where are we and where are we going, What have you contributed to these projects? What doesyou know about retail? – Give us a day in the life in layman's terms – departments and things working together Give us an example of the retail area you have contributed to the most? Must Haves: 5+ years of Solutions/Enterprise Architect experience Does not have to be in title 3+ years of Infrastructure Architect Experience Cloud (GCP preferred, Azure, and/or AWS), Network, Security Retail industry experience Heavy experience solving business problems, from discovery to support Experience in heavily SaaS environments (not building in house) Nice to Haves: Engineering background Manhattan implementation (on prim to cloud) experience Experience in Data Integration patterns and tools Experience in designing solutions in cloud and hybrid cloud environments Understanding of networks and security as it relates to integration and data flow between systems Solid grasp of security in both on prem as well as cloud environments Familiar with vendor management tools and integration with EA tools Knowledge of IT Architectural frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman Knowledge of retail supply chain and planning, including merchandising preferred At least two implementations of enterprise class supply chain management systems preferred Strong experience in services (SOA/Microservices) design preferred Strong experience with retailing COTS enterprise class applications preferred What projects will they work on / what will they help your team accomplish?
They are building this new EA team from scratch,n. eComm/Retail and Infra focused (security, Network, Cloud) focused one for now. 80% Architecture maybe 20% hands on if that. Projects coming up:
Manhattan implementation (on prem to cloud) Customer Data platform project Security/network projects Mobile projects Upgrades coming up – Oracle Multi Cloud – Google preferred Infra monitoring is in Azure and AWS They are Brought in discovery and see it all the way thru till support Using SaaS to solve EVERYTHING - nothing is built in house Day in the life: Assigned to a project Architect assigned to the project What does the project need to make it a success He will be involved in every single meeting in the project Make sure they are doing the right solution to solve the business problems Governance – Audit – performance – DR – What if something were to happen what would happen? Diagrams Best practices Choosing the best technology to solve the problem Day-to-Day Responsibilities: Taken from JD - DNP:
Responsibilities: Directs the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership. Develops and executes solutions which further reduce the percentage of time spent on reactive work. Works with business and technology subject matter experts to derive end-to-end solutions that provide value to the enterprise and these solutions comply with standards and guidelines set forth by Enterprise Architecture Interacts with business leadership to establish a solid working relationship between IT and operations Must be able to model solutions from conceptual, logical and physical perspectives (N+1 views) Creates artifacts that define the N+1 views of the end-to-end solution (context, data domain, logical, physical, and deployment) Facilitates the requirements refinement process; with special focus on service-level requirements Collaborates with other parts of IT to ensure a thorough understanding of the proposed architecture; must be willing to accept and factor-in feedback Participates in design reviews to ensure traceability of the design to the proposed solution architecture Contributes to enterprise guidelines, standards and principles as precedents are discovered and adopted Articulates architecture decisions behind the solution architecture Takes initiative in working with business stakeholders to ensure their requirements (immediate and future) will be addressed by IT Develops a thorough understanding of policies, procedures and safety rules Duties may change; Team Member may be required to perform other duties as assigned
