Advanced Data Solutions Architect - End to End Supply Chain

Company Name: Kroger General Office
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Exempt
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Position Summary:
Partner with development, product management, architecture, information security and infrastructure teams to deliver data and technology products that meet requirements and produce desired business outcomes. Adhere to established architectural principles and associated processes for adopting new technology or integrating with a new third-party solution. Advise product management on data and technology specific aspects of product roadmap development and recommend adoption of emerging technology appropriate to stated goals. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.
Learning & Development: Kroger Technology & Digital immensely values learning, development, and personal growth goal setting to create big possibilities for your career and life. You will be mentored and grown as a technology leader through our Kroger Leadership Model and Personal Development Program.
Essential Job Functions:

• Develop the overall software & deployment architecture of data application solutions across teams within a single domain
• Partner with engineering staff to deliver solutions
• Partner with 3rd party vendors to integrate capabilities as required by the solution under development
• Partner with Senior Solutions Architects during large, cross-functional project discovery to develop high level architecture and design
• Lead architectural design reviews as required
• Draft, review and maintain architectural diagrams, interface specifications and other architectural artifacts as required by the delivery teams to clearly communicate the needs of the solution under development
• Interact with/present to engineering and product management with the presence to influence and drive the decision makers to a solution
• Identify technology overlaps and gaps and inform Senior Solutions Architecture staff
• Assess emerging technologies and make appropriate recommendations based on business needs
• Mentor engineering team members in software development and architectural principles, patterns, processes, and practices
• Promote the capture and reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects and components
• Contribute to Solutions Architecture Community of Practice
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
• Articulate and/or translate business problem statements to data requirements to proactively work on design and analysis prior to system design for timely delivery
• Collaborate with Business, UX/UI, Services and Architecture teams, including others to design data models for SQL and NoSQL databases that meet functional and performance requirements while ensuring flexibility, scalability and ease of implementation
• Recommend and present analysis on platforms of choice for application database, event data stores, data warehouses, reporting, archival, etc., as required
• Develop data migration strategies for moving, duplicating, retiring data from legacy systems to new applications

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Experience developing and/or architecting backend services with Azure
• 10+ years of experience in software or data development domain with emphasis on utilizing design patterns and architectural principles to ensure the timely delivery of quality Data Solutions
• 5+ years of experience taking a lead role in the successful delivery of complex Data Solutions
• Proven knowledge of service-oriented architecture and cloud architecture and tools
• Demonstrated capability to build, mentor and maintain an inclusive team-based environment
• Proven delivery of innovative results in previous roles and strong knowledge of industry trends and industry competition
• 5 or more years' experience with requirements and system analysis, system design, data modeling and data architecture.
• Proficient in using and designing with ERwin Data Modeler for SQL Server, Cassandra, Kafka, MS Azure Databases and Data Stores, or other similar technologies.
• Well-versed with the concepts and application of entity definition, idempotency, normalization/de-normalization of relational models, naming convention, data types, dimensional modeling and modeling for key-value based databases.
• Demonstrates solid understanding of architectural components and system design principles for effective contribution to all design discussions.

Desired Previous Experience/Education:

• Master's Degree in computer science, information systems, or related technical field
• 3+ years of experience in designing cloud Data Solutions

Required Travel: Work from alternate location options available.
Position Summary
Partner with development, product management, architecture, information security and infrastructure teams to deliver software and technology products that meet requirements and produce desired business outcomes. Adhere to established architectural principles and associated processes for adopting new technology or integrating with a new third-party solution. Advise product management on technology specific aspects of product roadmap development and recommend adoption of emerging technology appropriate to stated goals. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
Essential Job Functions

Develop the overall software & deployment architecture of application solutions across teams within a single domain

Partner with engineering staff to deliver solutions

Partner with 3rd party vendors to integrate capabilities as required by the solution under development

Partner with Senior Solutions Architects during large, cross-functional project discovery to develop high level architecture and design

Lead architectural design reviews as required

Draft, review and maintain architectural diagrams, interface specifications and other architectural artifacts as required by the delivery teams to clearly communicate the needs of the solution under development

Interact with/present to engineering and product management with the presence to influence and drive the decision makers to a solution

Identify technology overlaps and gaps and inform Senior Solutions Architecture staff

Assess emerging technologies and make appropriate recommendations based on business needs

Mentor engineering team members in software development and architectural principles, patterns, processes and practices

Promote the capture and reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects and components

Contribute to Solutions Architecture Community of Practice

Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in computer science or in another related technical field, High School Diploma or GED

10+ years of experience in software or infrastructure development domain with emphasis on utilizing design patterns and architectural principles to ensure the timely delivery of quality solutions

5+ years of experience taking a lead role in the successful delivery of complex software and automation systems

Any experience integrating open source technologies in high volume production environments and strong knowledge of agile methodology

Proven knowledge of technology to support omnichannel experiences

Proven knowledge of service-oriented architecture/Cloud

Demonstrated capability to build, mentor and maintain an inclusive team-based environment

Proven delivery of innovative results in previous roles and strong knowledge of industry trends and industry competition

Demonstrated written, oral and presentation/public speaking communication skills; demonstrated interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate/work effectively with diverse groups of people

Desired Previous Experience/Education

Master's Degree in computer science, information systems, or related technical field

5+ years of experience in designing eCommerce applications

3+ years of experience working on high volume, Internet scale solutions

Any experience developing and/or architecting public cloud-hosted backend services with Azure and/or GCP

Any experience developing/designing a scalable microservices architecture in Go, Java & Node.js

Any experience developing React, Swift (native iOS), Kotlin (native Android)

Education Level: Master's Desired
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
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Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and one of the world's largest retailers, we employee nearly half a million Associates across 35 states. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.
Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.
Posting Notes: OH || Blue Ash || 11450 Grooms Road || 45242 || Kroger General Office || [[mfield2]] || Kroger Technology/Digital || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None