Job Description
The Supply Chain Technologies Architect at Client leads the design and implementation of scalable, innovative, and efficient supply chain solutions. Serving as a trusted advisor to both business and IT leadership, this role focuses on WMS, TMS, ERP integrations, and cloud modernization to ensure alignment with Client’s strategic goals. The Architect is responsible for defining roadmaps, guiding development teams, and driving the adoption of modern cloud, automation, and integration patterns. Success in this role requires business acumen, strategic influence, and deep technical expertise, ensuring solutions meet enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and operational excellence benchmarks.
Key Responsibilities:
Architecture & Strategy
· Partner with business and IT leaders to define the technology roadmap for Supply Chain systems, ensuring alignment with Client’s strategic objectives.
· Act as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, influencing business models and operational decisions through technology innovation.
· Apply architecture principles, patterns, and best practices to guide solution development across WMS, TMS, ERP, and Cloud platforms.
· Conduct technology evaluations to recommend new or alternative solutions that enhance efficiency, scalability, and competitiveness.
· Ensure compliance with enterprise security, resiliency, and governance standards.
Design & Technical Leadership
· Lead the design, analysis, and realization of scalable and high-quality solutions within the Supply Chain and Logistics landscape.
· Architect cloud-first solutions leveraging Azure with a focus on PaaS, Kubernetes, and API-first design.
· Develop and maintain technical blueprints, solution roadmaps, and reference architectures for supply chain technologies.
· Define and oversee CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated testing to ensure high-quality deployments.
· Provide technical leadership in modern integration patterns, including REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven and message-driven architectures, and legacy integrations.
· Oversee application modernization efforts, including cloud migrations, WMS/TMS transformations, and ERP integrations.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
· Work closely with business, IT, and operations teams to align technology initiatives with supply chain and logistics business needs.
· Collaborate with development teams to validate architectural decisions, remove roadblocks, and lead proof-of-concept initiatives.
· Mentor and coach technical subject matter experts and application teams to implement solutions that support new business capabilities.
· Drive governance activities, ensuring solutions comply with cost optimization, performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.
Innovation & Emerging Technologies
· Stay updated on industry trends, including physical automation (WCS/WES, robotics, AGVs, IoT), and AI/ML-driven supply chain optimization.
· Evaluate and recommend emerging AI/ML, automation, and cloud-native technologies to enhance Client’s supply chain capabilities.
Required Qualifications:
Education & Experience
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
· 7+ years of experience in IT Architecture, Solution Design, or Enterprise Architecture within large, complex enterprises.
· Proven experience designing cloud-native architectures using Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP.
· Strong experience with application integrations, including API gateways, middleware, and event-driven architectures.
· Expertise in guiding development teams, crafting technology roadmaps, and overseeing solution execution.
Technical Skills & Knowledge
· Proven experience in crafting application designs that address complex functional and non-functional requirements, along with developing high-level execution plans to guide development teams through implementation.
· Skilled in designing application landscapes for cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP beneficial).
· Expertise in modern integration patterns, including REST/SOAP-based APIs, message-driven and event-driven architectures, and legacy integration methods such as batch processing and file-based data transfers.
· Extensive development and architecture experience with both traditional application architectures and cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure PaaS, Kubernetes, and serverless computing.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a creative and innovative mindset.
Preferred Qualifications:
· Deep expertise in Supply Chain & Logistics Technologies, including WMS, TMS, ERP, SCM, and Order Management Systems.
· Experience leading successful global or regional supply chain technology implementations, including WMS, TMS, or ERP solutions (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, Blue Yonder).
· Familiarity with warehouse automation, IoT-enabled logistics, or AI/ML-driven supply chain optimization.
Salary : $165,000- $175,000/ year plus bonus
Benefits: Medical Insurance, PTO, 401 (k) and more
