Skills

SAP CI/CD Scrum Product Management Roadmap planning CRM Training Architecture Risk Assessment SDLC Automation Testing

Job Specifications

Solution Architect - £650 p/d (Outside IR35) – Hybrid Working based out of London

We are looking for an experienced Solution Architect to support a major digital transformation programme for a global retail client. The role will work closely with existing commerce architecture teams, with a strong focus on SAP integration, order management, fulfilment, and product information domains.

Key responsibilities:

Own the Digital Order fulfilment domain (including OMS, SAP and Carrier management) that form part of the organisations digital estate.
Lead the end-to-end design and architecture for OMS and SAP domains (SAP S4 & SAP AFS) for digital fulfilment
Additionally own the Digital Content areas of the digital estate – including Product Management, Content Management and Search
Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand changes to the solution.
Work closely with stakeholders including, EAs, SAs, POs, BAs, PMs, dev and third-party vendors to ensure alignment and delivery of project milestones.
Define the solution in accordance with the architecture standards and get the appropriate approvals via the TDA.
Assess existing systems, identify gaps, and propose optimal migration strategies.
Design data migration approach including data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes ensuring data integrity and quality.
Develop integration frameworks where appropriate to connect the comm platform with ERP, OMS, CRM, and other enterprise systems.
Ensure solutions adhere to security, scalability, and performance standards.
Provide architectural oversight during development, testing, and deployment phases of respective projects.
Lead risk assessment and mitigation planning related to architecture and technical implementation.
Document architecture artifacts, solution design, and provide training or knowledge transfer as needed.
Experience working with hybrid teams consisting of teams onshore, nearshore and offshore.
Good understanding of all aspects of SDLC:
CI/CD set ups
Automation testing approaches
Release pipelines (weekly, daily etc)
Good scrum practices – healthy requirements flow and high-level backlog estimation in story points
Involvement in mid to long term roadmap planning and expectation setting (through SAFe, Nexus etc or just good practice)

Initial Assignment Period:

12-month mat cover (with potential for extension based on project needs).

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