Solutions Architect - IT Logistics

At World Wide Technology, we work together to make a new world happen. Our important work benefits our clients and partners as much as it does our people and communities across the globe. WWT is dedicated to achieving its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is also a Great Place to Work for All. We achieve this through our world-class culture, generous benefits and by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions for our clients.

WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ more than 10,000 people globally and closed nearly $20 billion in revenue in 2023. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to have been included on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For®" list 13 years in a row!

Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

What will you be doing?

World Wide Technology, Inc. currently has an opportunity available for an Architect: IT Logistics to support the fast-paced and dynamic Internal IT Department in St. Louis, MO

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Mentoring team members in the development and delivery of product and process solutions.
• Analyze Business Processes, capture macro-level business requirements, and design solutions for all requests on logistics-related platforms.
• Working closely with process architects and solutions architects aligned to supply chain value streams to build longer-term logistics solution strategies.
• Work with Product Management to establish short-term and long-term logistics' functional and technical roadmap to meet business demands.
• Collaborate with the product management and delivery teams to drive the implementation according to a roadmap.
• Evaluate current solution and application architecture to identify and address gaps and technical debt.
• Identify the shortest route to fail fast to help speed up solution delivery.
• Balance long-term planning, technical debt management, operational load, and team velocity while delivering new features.
• Establish and maintain feature-technology mapping and drive governance towards achievement.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of Oracle Logistics (receiving, put-away, inventory movement, LPNS, costing, etc.)
• Advanced ability to present in-depth technical solution demos and presentations to business stakeholders.
• Ability to break down complex technical solutions and communicate so audiences of different levels of specialized experience can easily understand them.
• Strong leader with demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Active listener with the ability to quickly assess a situation or problem and communicate understanding with the business.
• Ability to be innovative, have outside-the-box creativity, and present alternative ideas functionally and technically.
• 8+ years of full application lifecycle development experience using multiple frameworks.
• 3+ years of technology leadership experience (direct reporting or dotted line with proven success metrics as defined by SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).
• 3+ years of experience in API lifecycle management application integrations
• 5+ years of working in SQL, PL/SQL, SOA
• Strong knowledge of Oracle Supply Chain Modules: data model, custom objects, workflows, and configuration.
• Experience with technology delivery management tools (ServiceNow, VersionOne).

Designing Solutions
• Mapping what is built and how it is built to business needs
• Identifying technical and functional gaps & design flaws
• Employing a future-forward, broader view in how solutions are built: minimizing tech debt
Defining & Maintaining Standards
• Developing and documenting technical & functional patterns and best practices
• Communicating and enforcing these and other standards established by the Architecture team to delivery teams
• Bridging the communication/consistency gap between teams: spreading solutions coming out of Enterprise Architecture to and between delivery teams
Aligning Functionality & Technology
• Deciding which problems are solved with which technology platforms
Selection & Introduction of Technology
• Identifying when incumbent technologies don't meet needs
• Spearheading the New Technology Process (NTP) to address these gaps
• Implementing NTP-selected technology platforms and driving adoption into delivery teams
Strategic Planning
• Developing longer-term business capability and technology plans that span all of IT & advocating for them with Product Owners and Management
• Rationalizing applications: consolidating duplicate business functionality into single products