E2E Solutions Architect II - Distribution & Transportation

Address: USA-MA-Quincy-1385 Hancock Street
Store Code: Distribution & Transportation (5118919)

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

The End-to-End Solutions Architect II is responsible for translating business requirements into solution architecture deliverables. They collaborate closely with the Architecture Community and Product Owner to ensure that business needs are understood, assessed, and translated into feasible, effective technological solutions. This is a strategic role, focusing on complex solution design across multiple projects or products. The Solution Architect II will be involved in setting technical direction, mentoring other solution architects, and providing recommendations to product owners and business leadership. They are expected to have a broader vision, aligning with the greater architecture community. Solution Architects engage closely with stakeholders to grasp the business requirements, analyze the technical feasibility of proposed solutions, and create detailed architectural designs that address functional and non-functional requirements. When designing the solution, they need to have a deep understanding of security, performance, and integration, ensuring its alignment with architecture guidelines.

• Responsible for the development of solution architecture designs and ensuring communication to the product team.
• Lead analysis and section of appropriate technologies and services from third-party vendors
• Present solution architecture designs to Enterprise Architects and, when necessary, the architecture forum.
• Providing technical leadership and governance prior to project execution, making sure the proposed architecture is implemented as designed.
• Evaluate the project's outcome, measuring its results against the expected benefits outlined in the architecture design. Recommend improvements and backlog priority.
• Stay updated with industry trends and emerging technologies, leveraging this knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement within the broader team.

• Acts as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, product teams, and development teams, providing technical recommendations and influencing decision-making processes for IT solutions and value stream optimization.
• Responsible for developing and reviewing the solution architecture (blueprint) for products and value stream, including interaction requirements for specific components, subsystems, and interfaces within the application or solution.
• Responsible for architecture designs that are future-proof and scalable solutions, considering all hardware, infrastructure, and data constraints.
• Responsible for license efficiency and compliance with vendor guidelines and within the constraints of the solution architecture design.
• Responsible for simplicity in IT solution design by re-using existing assets; degree of asset re-use across the enterprise.
• Influencer in the creation of IT and Architecture standards and guidelines to define the overall solution architecture.
• Mentors and provides technical expertise and guidance to other Solution Architects and product team members.
• Accountable for identifying non-functional requirements and ensuring the solution architecture design meets the required performance, security, scalability, availability, and other quality attributes.
• Leads the assessment and adoption of new technologies and methodologies that can provide a competitive advantage.
• Reviews IT solution engineering designs to ensure compliance with architecture standards, policies, and procedures. Ensure all security and compliance aspects are considered in the architecture (e.g., secure by design, compliant by design)
• Responsible for advising program & project delivery teams to embed security, privacy, and regulatory needs into the solution design and execution.

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, CIS or related (or equivalent related work experience)
• 10+ years of equivalent experience in relevant job or field of technology.
• 8 + years of equivalent experience in an advanced role or technical capacity, leading teams directly or indirectly
• 8 + years experience directly responsible for guiding, training, or onboarding team members in relevant technologies, capabilities or skills.
• 8+ years of Practical Experience in IT Architecture (i.e., solution architecture) plus various software designs and development languages
• Working Knowledge of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), SOA, APIs, microservices, and integration topics like event-driven architecture
• 10+ years of design, implementation, and/or support of complex application architectures (i.e. having an architectural sense for connecting disparate data sources, structured and unstructured data, etc.) required
• Practical Experience in implementation of CI/CD practices and robust build/test automation, with a preference for cross platform stacks and containerization (Git, Maven, Jenkins, Crucible, Sonar, Docker, AKS etc.)
• Practical Experience in agile software development lifecycle, and how to drive the technology roadmap concurrent with the feature roadmap.
• Experience in budget planning and financial management product practices, esp. a product or application cost to acquire and run.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to lead others, influence outcomes, facilitate meetings, negotiate, and achieve results.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Data Security First mindset

• Masters Degree in relevant field of study, Additional trainings or certifications in relevant field of study
• 8 years of experience in Agile teams and Product/Platform based operating model.
• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, ArchiMate, Cloud Solution Architect)
• Experience in retail or grocery preferred.
• Practical Experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipeline,
• Experience interacting with Infrastructure, network, and security aspects of product development.
• Experience in delivering and supporting IT Supply Chain applications, specifically in the areas of Distribution & Transportation