Senior Lead, Solution Architect, R&;D Operations

Company: Estee Lauder Companies
Location: Islip
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Description. Position Summary The Senior Lead, Solution Architect is a key business interfacing role that has technical and business domain specific expertise and provides oversight and coordination across portfolio of technical solutions being developed in that domain. They develop, maintain, and communicate processes and standard practices related to the high-level design, development, and implementation of solutions across portfolio of projects in the domain. Additionally, they work with the business to define technology roadmaps & ensure solutions meet business needs along with architecturally significant functional and nonfunctional requirements. Key Roles & Responsibilities. Effectively translates business domain/cross-domain needs, challenges and context into technical solutions captured in technical diagrams and other documentation. Ability to collaborate with multiple business stakeholders to assess current capabilities, understand business requirements and identify solution gaps. Manages/Informs work scope to ensure solution architecture meets the quality standards of ELC. Ability to examine current system architectures and working with business and technical staff to identify opportunity to recommend solutions that result in modernizing existing processes or systems. Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture team to ensure alignment on design principles, standards, patterns, and frameworks. Leads engagement with other SAs to drive alignment, standards and modernization of ELC technology. Shares/teaches current trends/technologies in consumer space and be aware of technology initiatives from other best in class retailers and technology companies globally. Leads/Initiate's prototype development efforts that align to strategy, standards, best practices, and innovation. Drives cross-domain adoption of best practices in the areas of technology integration, cloud computing, managed services, process improvement, technology innovation and implementation. Manage Stakeholder's concerns regarding technical issues for their areas. Present solution designs at architecture review board meetings and garner support for standards-based solutions. Develop and maintain partnerships across functions to tackle multifaceted challenges ensuring partners have a voice, melding options to create new innovative solutions. Demonstrate strong domain expertise (e.g., 1P/3P) to introduce domain optimizations such as in areas of Supply Chain, Order Management, Omni-Retail and Media Optimizations. Leverage's expertise to identifies opportunities to advance business capabilities further. Qualifications. Minimum Education level: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, or Equivalent Discipline; MBA Or Equivalent A Plus. Minimum Years of Experience: 7-9 Years Required Language Proficiency: English Additional Job Specifications (e.g., physical demands, working conditions, equipment/machinery, specific skills, etc.): Application technologies. Integration Technologies. Cloud computing / SaaS / IaaS / PaaS technologies. Big Data Analytics, Data Architecture & Modeling. Mobile technologies. PLM knowledge - (understanding of product life cycle). Strong knowledge in these technologies-. ReactJS. Java 9+ Spring Boot. Microservices Architecture. Apollo GraphQL gateway. Hibernate. EFK Elastic Search - Kibana/Graphana. LDAP. Kafka implementation. Oracle databases. Docker/Kubernetes. Complete CI/CD pipeline (Jira, Git, Jenkins, SonarQube, Spinnaker.etc). C#.net/AngularJS knowledge is a plus Behavioral Skills. Ability to influence. Problem solving / analytical thinking. Interpersonal skills. Ability to execute. Adaptability / ability to manage change. Creative thinking. Conceptual thinking Functional Skills. Business acumen. Understanding of future technologies. Ability to tie together solutions across systems. Application domain knowledge. Oral & written communications. Business case development. Ability to simplify & standardize complex concepts / processes. Solid understanding of IT group operating model, including enterprise architecture, development lifecycle, tools, methods and processes High Performing Leadership Competencies. Defines road map to accomplish strategic priorities. Inspires others to make decisions based on the benefit to the enterprise--- Translates strategy to individual contribution. Prepares for change by planning, allocating resources and assigning roles. Proactively provides constructive feedback. Inspires confidence in others to give their best. Articulates critical project information to upper management in a clear and actionable form. Guides others to operate effectively in ambiguous situations. Recognizes and champions great ideas within domain and helps move those ideas forward.

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