Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, we employ over 15,300 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 330 locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.
IS Global Service Center (GSC) operating from Chennai, India, is a part of IS supporting Expeditors IT operations. IS GSC has grown to 500+ employees today delivering world class Information services globally. This Product based Strategic Center's IT transformation has delivered a radical change to Expeditors IT manpower profile and skills over the past three years and will continue to deliver services as we continue to grow responsibly in the coming years.
Job DescriptionThe Architect, Operational Experience is responsible for driving architectural initiatives for the Operational Experience Portfolio in order to deliver business outcomes. This architect is responsible for providing architectural clarity in support of business needs and systems operating environment. This architect provides guidance and is responsible for aligning the technical work of OXP Portfolio and enterprise strategic direction related to development and delivery of technology stacks, interoperability, API’s, and deployment strategies. This architect will provide direction within ARTs as well as influence and knowledge sharing with the OXP Architect, Enterprise Architect, and across the enterprise.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Collaborating with the OXP and Enterprise architects to contribute to, understand and support the strategic technical direction of the enterpriseCollaborating with key stakeholders to provide a high-level, all-inclusive vision of solutions and development initiativesDefining key technical initiatives that support Lean Budgets via Enabler EpicsHelping in building value streams adhere to the budget guardrails for retiring solutionsLeading the strategy for building and maintaining the architectural runwayUnderstanding and communicating Strategic Themes, and other key business drivers for architecture, to technical and nontechnical stakeholders within tenant.Driving architectural initiatives in the ART and participating in epic analysis where applicableInfluencing common modeling, design, and coding practicesPromoting Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps capabilitiesCollecting, generating and analyzing innovative ideas and technologies to use across the businessFacilitating the reuse of code, components, and proven patternsSynchronizing the following disciplines across solutions whenever applicable: System and data security, quality production infrastructure, user experience (Lean UX), scalability, performance, and other Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs)Coach developers and identify training opportunitiesPrepare, manage, and coordinate breakdown of Portfolio Enablers into ART or Team EnablersUnderstand the Architecture of all systems and address conflicting or divergent approachesCreate and implement strategies for technology adoption.QualificationsKEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Collaborating with the OXP and Enterprise architects to contribute to, understand and support the strategic technical direction of the enterpriseCollaborating with key stakeholders to provide a high-level, all-inclusive vision of solutions and development initiativesDefining key technical initiatives that support Lean Budgets via Enabler EpicsHelping in building value streams adhere to the budget guardrails for retiring solutionsLeading the strategy for building and maintaining the architectural runwayUnderstanding and communicating Strategic Themes, and other key business drivers for architecture, to technical and nontechnical stakeholders within tenant.Driving architectural initiatives in the ART and participating in epic analysis where applicableInfluencing common modeling, design, and coding practicesPromoting Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps capabilitiesCollecting, generating and analyzing innovative ideas and technologies to use across the businessFacilitating the reuse of code, components, and proven patternsSynchronizing the following disciplines across solutions whenever applicable: System and data security, quality production infrastructure, user experience (Lean UX), scalability, performance, and other Nonfunctional Requirements (NFRs)Coach developers and identify training opportunitiesPrepare, manage, and coordinate breakdown of Portfolio Enablers into ART or Team EnablersUnderstand the Architecture of all systems and address conflicting or divergent approachesCreate and implement strategies for technology adoption.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Qualifications
Personal and professional alignment with Expeditors culture and ten critical success factorsProven experience as a logistics and technology oriented leaderStrong leadership, communication, and execution capabilitiesExperienced problem solver, strong collaborator and able to provide clarity around complex topicsExperience with DevSecOps, Lean, Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Assertive personality, interpersonal, action and outcome driven leadershipAbility to actively inspire, coach, mentor and motivateAbility to promote autonomy, mastery and purpose, through empowerment and creating leadersAt least 15 years of professional software development experienceObject-oriented programming, analysis, and design.Component-based development with Java 8, Spring, Spring BootExperience with Maven, Junit, Hibernate/JPA, and IntelliJ IDEExperience with SQL and relational database design/developmentExperience with HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript frameworks like Angular and Jasmine TestingUnderstanding of Agile software development methodologiesExperience writing unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end.Experience in Microservices architectureOperating systems include UNIX, Linux, WindowsExperience with Event Driven Architecture, Domain Driven Design, CQRSExperience with Distributed Systems, REST API design, and Apache Kafka/MQ/SonicDesired Qualifications
BA/BS Computer Science, MIS, or related degree preferredGlobal logistics/Supply chain business knowledge (minimum 5 years of experience)Experience in a technical role such as systems/data/business analysis, project management, or software development (1 year minimum)REPORTING STRUCTURE
Senior Manager, Information Services, Operational ExperienceAdditional InformationExpeditors offers excellent benefits:
Paid Vacation, HolidayHealth Plan: Medical InsuranceEmployee Stock Purchase PlanTraining and Education ProgramsUnlimited opportunities for career advancement