Your Role  

This role would ideally suit a passionate and experienced Architect to join a mature practice, working with a growing team of 50+ in a supportive environment, with great opportunities for self-development and training. 

•  You'll be supported with training opportunities and dedicated Learning & Development time, including BCS Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise and Solution  
• You will be able to allocate 10% of your time towards Learning & Development activities aligned to your Personal Development Plan. 
• Access to Microsoft Enterprise Skills initiative portal to gain access to Microsoft trainings and certifications. 
• Opportunities to work with latest Technologies and Tooling in the Cloud.
• Lead the designing of solutions involving industry leading eCommerce products such as Salesforce, Amplience, Algolia, Dynamic Yield, Blue Yonder and Bringg. There's also the opportunity to be a part of designing some fresh, exciting bespoke solutions.

  

Essential Skills and Experience  

• Experience with the solution design of modern enterprise ecommerce platforms. Ideally specialising within specific core technologies such as order management, front end, mobile app, content management, personalisation, payment, search, marketplaces.
• An understanding of headless ecommerce architecture and familiarity with how to design solutions that effectively put it into practice.
• Strong grasp of different integration design patterns and technologies.  
• Ability to approach design with timeliness, cost and quality factors in mind.  Risk identification and mitigation, quantification and qualification non-functional and functional requirements. 
• Ability to present at Design Authority and other decision-making forums, and gain consensus from a variety of stakeholders. 

  

Desirable Skills and Experience  

• A strong candidate would also have worked with technologies powering inventory management and fulfilment in the context of retail.
• Experience in solution design, in the other tech domains such as infrastructure, cyber-security, data and integrations.
• Awareness of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
• Experience in modern EA tooling is desirable but not essential, training will be provided on Ardoq.  
• Experience of working with Agile Architecture Methodology. 
• Experience in Retail, or at least operating in an enterprise-scale environment is desirable but not essential.