Solutions Architect chez Encora

Solution Architect – Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Architecture Leadership
  • Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap for retail, supply chain, and warehouse management domains.
  • Translate business strategies into actionable solution architectures and technical designs aligned with organizational goals.
  • Evaluate and recommend technology stacks, integration patterns, and modernization approaches (cloud-native, microservices, APIs, data platforms).
  • Design hybrid cloud architectures supporting migration from on-premises to Azure
• Solution Design & Delivery
  • Collaborate with the Delivery Lead and other team members on business development, such as sizing and estimating new opportunities, creating proposals, conducting reviews, and planning engagements.
  • Identify, assess, and solve complex business problems within the area of responsibility, requiring in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
  • Independently lead a team to facilitate maturity assessments/gap analyses, solution assessment workshops, requirements gathering, design, and end-to-end implementation activities.
  • Architect and design end-to-end solutions covering ERP, WMS, OMS, TMS, POS, and e-commerce platforms.
  • Validate business requirements and conduct solution architecture and design workshops, including documenting functional and integration design, gap analysis, and solution options.
  • Design application interfaces supporting both current and target state architectures
  • Collaborate with existing onsite and remote teams to ensure architectural consistency
• Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Partner with business leaders, product managers, and operations teams to understand requirements and shape solution approaches.
  • Work closely with engineering, DevOps, and data teams to ensure architectural alignment and delivery excellence.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to both internal and client stakeholders.
• Governance & Best Practices
  • Establish and enforce architectural standards, design patterns, and documentation practices.
  • Lead architecture reviews, solution assessments, and vendor/product evaluations.
  • Ensure solutions meet compliance, security, and performance standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• Domain Expertise:
  • Strong understanding of retail business processes (merchandising, store ops, omni-channel commerce).
  • In-depth knowledge of supply chain planning, order management, transportation, and logistics.
  • Hands-on experience with warehouse management systems (e.g., SAP EWM, Oracle WMS, HighJump).
• Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in enterprise integration patterns, APIs, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
  • Solid experience with Azure cloud platform and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Familiarity with data platforms, analytics, and real-time visibility solutions in supply chain/retail context.
  • Experience with enterprise platforms covering ERP, WMS, OMS, TMS, POS, and e-commerce platforms.
• Leadership & Soft Skills:
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, and conceptual skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience in leading cross-functional teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and managing vendor partnerships.
  • Experience working as embedded consultant within client organizations
  • Multi-team coordination across distributed delivery teams
  • Change management and team mentoring capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in enterprise/solution architecture roles.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale IT solutions.
• Certifications such as AWS/Azure/GCP Solution Architect, or SAFe are a plus.
• Global exposure with multi-region retail/supply chain implementations preferred.