Solutions Architect

Summary:
Responsible for the assessment of inventory and warehouse management business requirements and enablement through SAP; collection, identification, and approval of technical specifications; and the subsequent development of technology solutions that require development to be viable.

Primary Job Duties:
Establish domain specific standards, near/mid-term strategy, and roadmaps, in adherence to, and in support of Enterprise standards, strategy, and roadmaps; provide direction on the implementation and execution. Assist in creating the vision for future state technologies and architecture and participate in setting Enterprise standards and mid/long-term strategy/roadmaps, acting as domain specific subject matter experts. Develop technology specifications and ensure that new technology solutions are designed for optimal access and usefulness, leverage existing technologies when possible, and adhere to Enterprise Architecture standards. Apply architectural and engineering concepts to design a solution that meets operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability. Assist in identifying the technologies to employ based on price, performance, service agreements, and organization constraints. Participate and lead research and development efforts (proofs of concept, prototypes), as subject matter experts, when introducing new technologies. Provide input to management throughout the project management life cycle (PMLC). Assist managers with developing the service level agreements (SLAs) and deployment of key performance measures. Participate in various phases of the SDLC to perform QA/architectural review functions, and to ensure adherence to Enterprise Architecture (EA) technology standards and project specific solutions architecture. (ie, design reviews). Ensure technology solutions are production ready and meet the defined specifications; and that the solution can be maintained via production support methodologies and resources (knowledge management). Serve as technical owner and point of contact for domain specific solutions, in the Production environment. Facilitate communications between IS workgroups and business stakeholders for technical issues and/or major changes; acting as the technical domain subject matter expert. Ensure technology solutions in Production are monitored and assessed for performance and sustainability through periodic health checks (such as capacity planning, incident and problem reviews). Assume ownership of problems and incidents and communicates critical situation status. Review the ongoing implementation solution for improvement opportunities.

Minimum Education and/or Experience:
B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related major or equivalent IS/business experience. 6-8 years experience designing, implementing and supporting business solutions.

Additional Opening Details (to Suppliers)
This job requires strong communication skills and the ability to plan, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the work of a given project. Incumbent must develop relationships across organizational boundaries in order to develop and deliver sound solutions to business partners. Incumbent must have strong experience in SAP MM module, strong understanding of inventory and warehouse management concepts, and experience as a team member for large systems enablement programs.

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.