Principal Architect

- Subject matter expertise in Merchandising areas (merchandise planning, price and markdown management, purchase order and inventory management, financial reconciliation, store allocations, etc.) - Experience in Merchandising & Planning ERP platforms like Oracle Retail, Infor, SAP IS Retail - Strong design & engineering experience; ability to design & document solutions that are appropriate to the problem at hand, ensuring simplicity, cost effectiveness, and maintainability - Experience in Architecture disciplines: standards, designs and patterns (application, integration, security, etc.), blueprints, roadmaps - Familiarity with application architecture & development fundamentals, e.g. Service Architecture, Agile, DevSecOps, Cloud, Non-Functional Requirements - Ability to partner effectively with key stakeholders to influence and gain consensus on Solutions/application architecture - Excellent communications and collaboration skills - Strong strategic and critical thinking skills - Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and adversity - Expertise in Oracle Retail MOM application and other custom Merch Operations platforms (desired) - Experience in defining Architecture Runway by analyzing requirements, documenting & reviewing Solution design options (desired) - Experience working in an agile delivery environment (desired) - Ability to learn and adapt quickly (desired) - 10+ years of IT experience with at least 5 years in Retail Merchandising ERP Systems (preferred) - Experience working in the Retail Industry implementing/enhancing Merchandising Systems (preferred) - Familiarity with modern application architecture, e.g. microservices, web/mobile app architecture, cloud-native app architecture (preferred) - Exposure to a variety of software stacks such as Oracle, PL-SQL and other relational databases (preferred) - Exposure to a variety of public cloud platforms like Azure/AWS PaaS services (preferred)