Sterling Order Management-Solutions Architect

Company: Perficient
Location: Virginia Beach
Posted on: May 7, 2022

Job Description:

Overview

At Perficient you'll deliver mission-critical technology and business solutions to Fortune 500 companies and some of the most recognized brands on the planet. And you'll do it with cutting-edge technologies, thanks to our close partnerships with the world's biggest vendors. Our network of offices across North America, as well as locations in India and China, will give you the opportunity to spread your wings, too.

We're proud to be publicly recognized as a "Top Workplace" year after year. This is due, in no small part, to our entrepreneurial attitude and collaborative spirit that sets us apart and keeps our colleagues impassioned, driven, and fulfilled.

We are a leading-edge digital consultancy where team members build their careers solving complex and interesting business problems for great brands and clients. Clients love us because we fuse strategy, creative and technology into data-driven solutions - and we bring the full weight of a tech-savvy consulting firm to support our best-of-breed digital consultancy.

Our national Commerce Practice team is comprised of passionate and capable strategists, architects, project managers, business analysts, developers, and infrastructure specialists who specialize in the designing and implementing of industry leading eCommerce and Order Management platforms. We deliver on the promise of a unified commerce experience, through strategic discussion aligned to business needs. We use an agnostic approach with a deep portfolio of options to address all levels of digital maturity. We are experts on the leading Commerce and Order Management platforms including HCL Commerce, Adobe Commerce (Magento), Optimizely (Insite), Znode, SalesForce, InRiver PIM, Akeneo, KIBO, and IBM Sterling OMS.

Perficient has more than 20 years of experience working with the IBM Sterling platform, and honored to be recognized as IBM Sterling Order Management solution Partner of the Year since 2018. Implementing solutions for some of the world's most recognizable brands, our firm's order management practice ( https://www.perficient.com/what-we-do/platforms-and-technology/oms ) is focused on helping clients optimize their supply chain. This includes but is not limited to work that provides a companies a global view of their inventory and then optimizing corresponding order execution all the while maintain transparency throughout the fulfillment process.

Perficient currently has a career opportunity for a Senior Order Management Solutions Architect in our National Commerce Practice in the United States and/or Canada.

Job Overview

A Senior Solutions Architect is expected to be or become knowledgeable in two or more technologies within (a given Solutions/Practice area). The Solutions Architect may or may not have a programming background but will have expert architecture, solution design, client interaction skills, team leadership and thought leadership skills.

You will provide best-fit architectural solutions for one or more projects; you will assist in defining scope and sizing of work; provide solution architecture for the business problem, platform integration with third party services, designing and developing complex features for clients' business needs. You will collaborate with some of the best talent in the industry to create and implement innovative high quality solutions, participate in Sales and various pursuits focused on our clients' business needs.

You will also contribute in a variety of roles in thought leadership, mentorship, systems analysis, architecture, design, configuration, testing, debugging, and documentation. You will challenge your leading edge solutions, consultative and business skills through the diversity of work in multiple industry domains. This role is considered part of the Business Unit Senior Leadership team and may mentor junior architects and other delivery team members.

Responsibilities
Own and aggressively drive forward specific areas of technology architecture. Provide architectural solutions/designs to project execution teams for implementation.
Provide architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for one or more technology domains.
Lead projects within architecture. Work with Product Owner/Business Analysts to understand functional requirements and interact with other cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release features.
Project and solution estimation and team structure definition
Develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions.
Support multiple Agile Scrum teams with planning, scoping and creation of technical solutions for the new product capabilities, through to continuous delivery to production.
Liaise with offshore team and clients for resolving technical dependencies, issues, and risks.
Mentor and provide architectural guidance to multiple teams building innovative applications.
Drive common vision, practices and capabilities across teams.
Engage with business stakeholders to understand required capabilities, integrating business knowledge with technical solutions
Engage with Technical Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs
Demonstrate broad solutions technical leadership, impacting significant technical direction, exerting influence outside of the immediate team and driving change

Qualifications
Minimum 10-15 years of professional experience with IBM Sterling OMS.
Leadership and team management experience with ability to provide strategic planning and oversight.
At least 5 project implementations that exploit the full capabilities (discover, design, implement and optimize) of the IBM Sterling OMS- is a MUST.
At least 5 years of experience in a professional services company, consulting firm, or agency.
Have a solid understanding of delivery methodology and lead teams in the implementation of the solution according to the design/architecture.
Experience in project and solution estimation and team structure definition.
Fluent and current on architecture trends with an eye on market/technical conditions and future direction.
Experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural stand point.
Experience leading customer workshop sessions to educate customers on the latest technology trends and best practices.
Proven record of accomplishment of leadership roles delivering solutions within defined timeframes.
Demonstrated success in performing work and managing complex and/or large consulting projects.
Proficient in authoring, editing and presenting technical documents.
Ability to elicit requirements and communicate clearly with non-technical individuals, development teams, and other ancillary project members.
Excellent written and oral communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams.
Desire to mentor younger team members and develop their skills.
Experience working on multiple concurrent projects.
Experience leading internal initiatives.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Be independent and self-driven.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
Must be open to travel.

Preferred Skills And Education
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays. In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities. Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work.

More About Perficient

Perficient is the leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and enterprise customers throughout North America. With unparalleled information technology, management consulting and creative capabilities, Perficient and its Perficient Digital agency deliver vision, execution and value with outstanding digital experience, business optimization and industry solutions.

Our work enables clients to improve productivity and competitiveness; grow and strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners; and reduce costs. Perficient's professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and offshore locations in India and China. Traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Perficient is a member of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index.

Perficient is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national, origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Disclaimer: The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.

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