Requirements eCommerce Solution Architect
The Architect will be responsible for building road maps, policies, standards and frameworks in SAP area across the domains of Network, Infrastructure, Applications and Data to guide the project teams or business unit or service development initiatives.
This position is also responsible for The Company's systems for search and navigation of product and site content in support of multi-channel eCommerce.
Position Responsibilities:
* Lead design, development, and deployment of technical and application solutions to meet business requirements that are cost effective and sustainable
* Deliver conceptual, logical, and physical solution specifications
* Translate business requirements using complex methods and models to determine appropriate system solutions
* Provide Senior design and implementation guidance to SAP project teams on diverse topics including SAP Integration points, functional and technology alternatives, methodologies, implementation tools etc.
* Review detailed designs created by software engineers to ensure architectural principles are adhered to, requirements are satisfied, and the solution is well tuned for a high volume environment
* Champion solutions and present to enterprise review boards for implementation approval
* Provide input into annual budget planning for technology migrations and project cost estimation
* Research, identify, test, certify, and select technology products required for solution delivery
* Establish and implement technology migration strategies for a specific application or architecture within an IT portfolio that includes but not limited to vendor-hosted solutions
* Develop and motivate staff
Experience/Knowledge Required:
* Must meet minimum time in position and performance management requirements
* 10 years of experience architecting, developing, deploying and operating large scale e-commerce solutions
* 5+ years of leadership experience. Exceptional communication, influencing and consensus building skills.
* 5+ years of SAP experience with multiple modules including new dimension products such as BI, SD, MM, FI, CRM, SRM, Netweaver etc.
* Strong understanding of SAP tools, protocols, interfaces ? XI/PI, Visual Composer, Solution Manager, SAP Mobile, ALE, Web Dynpro (Java/ABAP) and SAP Business Suites
* Strong understanding of BPM (Business Process Management) life-cycle and ALM (Application Life Cycle Management) principles
* 3+ Years of SAP Portals & Collaboration, Security / Identity management experience
* 5+ years of experience developing solutions in Java.
* Experience developing and deploying solutions on IBM WebSphere Commerce (WCS).
* Experience integrating systems utilizing SOA, EAI and ETL technologies.
* Demonstrated breadth of IT knowledge ranging from web middleware, web protocols, Java, eCommerce, networking, operating systems (Unix, Linux and Windows), server hardware, storage, databases, scalability, performance, configuration and change management, and high availability.
* Extensive experience networking with peers inside and outside of the company to leverage industry experience and best practices
* Comprehensive understanding of systems, applications, and/or networks so that practical solutions can be provided that factor system performance, usability, quality, cross-system interdependencies, scalability, and overall cost to develop and maintain:
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong oral and written communications skills.
- 3 years of experience architecting, developing, deploying and operating solutions based on Endeca Search.
- Experience with Endeca 6.1.
- Experience integrating web sites with services such as web content management, personalization, social commerce, and web analytics.
- Experience with web site caching technologies or platforms such as Akamai or DynaCache.
- Experience with SEM/SEO.
- University degree and/or 10+ years of equivalent experience
- University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Business or the equivalent experience demonstrated by progressive responsibilities
Location: Toronto ON
Duration: Permanent Position
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