Job Description Insight Global is looking for a Sr. Solution Architect to join one of our largest retail clients in the US. You will be responsible for solutioning high-performing and thoughtfully architected software applications that satisfy their internal business needs and guest experiences. The ideal candidate has proven experience in effectively applying architectural best practices and forward thinking to build, enhance and sustain technology solutions that supports an organization that grows at an explosive rate. Additional responsibilities include: Solution/system Design of System architecture and roadmap. Utilize architecture best practices and standards in design and build. Design and document re-usable and scalable frameworks and components. Provide first level effort and cost assessments to departmental initiatives. Coordinate & collaborate with counterparts in other departments to ensure technology solutions are built for the enterprise. Assist management in making technology decisions by weighing in on risk and ROI · Participate and contribute to yearly strategic initiative planning and funding discussions. Collaborate with Product Management, Domain Architects and Lead Engineer to bring projects from concept to implementation. Serves as primary technical solution design architect for one or more teams and their systems and integrations. Serves as primary decision escalation resource for addressing architecture and integration issues affecting their team. Continuously drive improvements in areas like performance, security, automation, quality, monitoring, and reliability of platforms. Develops and maintains current and future-state architecture models and ensures all documentation is kept up to date. Keeps up with industry best practices, technologies, architectures, trends, emerging technologies and develop proof of concept projects to validate innovative ideas. We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com .     To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/ . Skills and Requirements Bachelors degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent. 10+ years of software engineering experience including at least 2 years at a retail/supply-chain organization in Solution Architect capacity. Well experienced in the Retail/Supply chain industry, familiar with application systems and business practices in this realm. Experience solutioning end-to-end full-stack applications, integration of SaaS and PaaS systems. Experience building technology roadmaps spanning 3-5 years. Experience in vendor evaluation and scoring of modern technologies/tools. Excellent collaborator, ability to work independently and as part of a team. Experience in mentoring technical team-members and providing technical leadership. Familiarity with architectural frameworks and patterns. Experience working in a SAFE ® /Agile environment. Experience contributing to multiple medium to large size initiatives simultaneously. Familiarity with streaming platforms (real-time data at massive scale like Confluent Kafka). Experience with AWS or other public clouds from a system design perspective. Experience working with containers, Docker, Kubernetes, or other container schedulers. Industry experience in Retail domain Experience in data analytics, reporting TOGAF or similar certifications Proven leadership skills null We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.