Enterprise/Application Solutions Architect (Retail and Ecommerce with Google Cloud Platform)
Job Title: Enterprise/Application Solutions Architect (Retail and Ecommerce with Google Cloud Platform)
Location: Remote (PST Time zone)
Duration: Long Term
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
1. Architecture Operating Pillars
Advisory
ā¢ Define enterprise-wide architecture standards, principles, and guardrails.
ā¢ Create and maintain reference architectures, patterns, and best practices.
ā¢ Drive clarity on system boundaries, data flows, and integration strategies using recognized modeling frameworks.
Enablement
ā¢ Support engineering teams through architecture co-creation, design guidance, and handshake reviews.
ā¢ Provide hands-on direction during solutioning, technical spikes, and platform migrations.
ā¢ Mentor engineering teams to improve architectural maturity across the organization.
2. Solution Architecture Leadership
ā¢ Lead vendor evaluations based on non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, latency, security, cost).
ā¢ Define canonical data models, integration patterns, and data governance guidelines.
ā¢ Establish API contracts, including versioning, lifecycle guidelines, and boundary definitions.
ā¢ Create and maintain architectural artifacts such as: C4 model diagrams
ā¢ Application/system landscape diagrams
ā¢ Sequence diagrams & process flows
ā¢ Integration architecture maps
ā¢ Partner closely with enterprise architecture teams to maintain alignment with global standards.
ā¢ Provide architectural mentoring to solution engineers and tech leads.
3. Architecture Governance
Two-Layer Governance Model
ā¢ Enterprise Architecture Board Owns global standards, long-term architectural principles, and strategic direction.
ā¢ Digital Architecture Review Board (DARB)
ā¢ Weekly solution design reviews.
ā¢ Ensures compliance with standards, best practices, and platform strategy.
Decision Documentation
ā¢ Use Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to document: Decision context
ā¢ Options considered
ā¢ Chosen approach
ā¢ Impacts and risks
ā¢ Future considerations
4. Target Architecture Direction
Service-Based Architecture Evolution
ā¢ Drive transition to a service-based abstraction layer to decouple front-end applications and backend platforms.
ā¢ Ensure business logic (payments, inventory, promotions, rollback handling, etc.) resides in independent services, not in Salesforce, frontend apps, or monolithic platforms.
Platform Independence
ā¢ Define stable API contracts that allow: Plug-and-play of CDP, loyalty, commerce, payments, or other platforms.
ā¢ Avoiding vendor lock-in.
ā¢ Future scalability and modular evolution.
Current Gaps & Transition Support
ā¢ Guide selection and architecture design for: Customer Data Platform (CDP)
ā¢ Loyalty platform
ā¢ Reduce dependency on Salesforce as an orchestration layer.
ā¢ Introduce a new services framework to support future business growth and technical flexibility.
5. Technical Expectations
E-Commerce & Digital Architecture
Strong understanding of:
ā¢ Product catalog & taxonomy
ā¢ Cart & checkout flows
ā¢ Order lifecycle & fulfillment orchestration
ā¢ Payments, fraud, and promotions
ā¢ Customer accounts, loyalty, and identity
ā¢ Experience designing scalable digital platforms for high-traffic and peak-load seasons.
Cloud & Infrastructure
ā¢ Experience with modern cloud ecosystems: Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
ā¢ Cloudflare (edge networks, workers, security)
ā¢ Comfortable defining infrastructure patterns that support reliability, performance, and observability.
Platform Expertise (Nice to Have)
ā¢ Hands-on exposure to: Salesforce Commerce / Salesforce Platform
ā¢ Shopify headless/composable setups
ā¢ Not mandatory but beneficial for understanding integration boundaries.
Qualifications
ā¢ 12+ years in architecture roles within digital, retail, or B2C technology environments.
ā¢ Proven experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and platform modernization.
ā¢ Strong knowledge of integration patterns (event-driven, messaging, REST, graph, async).
ā¢ Experience working with product, engineering, security, and business teams.
ā¢ Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills.
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Location: Remote (PST Time zone)
Duration: Long Term
Job Description:
Key Responsibilities
1. Architecture Operating Pillars
Advisory
ā¢ Define enterprise-wide architecture standards, principles, and guardrails.
ā¢ Create and maintain reference architectures, patterns, and best practices.
ā¢ Drive clarity on system boundaries, data flows, and integration strategies using recognized modeling frameworks.
Enablement
ā¢ Support engineering teams through architecture co-creation, design guidance, and handshake reviews.
ā¢ Provide hands-on direction during solutioning, technical spikes, and platform migrations.
ā¢ Mentor engineering teams to improve architectural maturity across the organization.
2. Solution Architecture Leadership
ā¢ Lead vendor evaluations based on non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, latency, security, cost).
ā¢ Define canonical data models, integration patterns, and data governance guidelines.
ā¢ Establish API contracts, including versioning, lifecycle guidelines, and boundary definitions.
ā¢ Create and maintain architectural artifacts such as: C4 model diagrams
ā¢ Application/system landscape diagrams
ā¢ Sequence diagrams & process flows
ā¢ Integration architecture maps
ā¢ Partner closely with enterprise architecture teams to maintain alignment with global standards.
ā¢ Provide architectural mentoring to solution engineers and tech leads.
3. Architecture Governance
Two-Layer Governance Model
ā¢ Enterprise Architecture Board Owns global standards, long-term architectural principles, and strategic direction.
ā¢ Digital Architecture Review Board (DARB)
ā¢ Weekly solution design reviews.
ā¢ Ensures compliance with standards, best practices, and platform strategy.
Decision Documentation
ā¢ Use Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) to document: Decision context
ā¢ Options considered
ā¢ Chosen approach
ā¢ Impacts and risks
ā¢ Future considerations
4. Target Architecture Direction
Service-Based Architecture Evolution
ā¢ Drive transition to a service-based abstraction layer to decouple front-end applications and backend platforms.
ā¢ Ensure business logic (payments, inventory, promotions, rollback handling, etc.) resides in independent services, not in Salesforce, frontend apps, or monolithic platforms.
Platform Independence
ā¢ Define stable API contracts that allow: Plug-and-play of CDP, loyalty, commerce, payments, or other platforms.
ā¢ Avoiding vendor lock-in.
ā¢ Future scalability and modular evolution.
Current Gaps & Transition Support
ā¢ Guide selection and architecture design for: Customer Data Platform (CDP)
ā¢ Loyalty platform
ā¢ Reduce dependency on Salesforce as an orchestration layer.
ā¢ Introduce a new services framework to support future business growth and technical flexibility.
5. Technical Expectations
E-Commerce & Digital Architecture
Strong understanding of:
ā¢ Product catalog & taxonomy
ā¢ Cart & checkout flows
ā¢ Order lifecycle & fulfillment orchestration
ā¢ Payments, fraud, and promotions
ā¢ Customer accounts, loyalty, and identity
ā¢ Experience designing scalable digital platforms for high-traffic and peak-load seasons.
Cloud & Infrastructure
ā¢ Experience with modern cloud ecosystems: Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
ā¢ Cloudflare (edge networks, workers, security)
ā¢ Comfortable defining infrastructure patterns that support reliability, performance, and observability.
Platform Expertise (Nice to Have)
ā¢ Hands-on exposure to: Salesforce Commerce / Salesforce Platform
ā¢ Shopify headless/composable setups
ā¢ Not mandatory but beneficial for understanding integration boundaries.
Qualifications
ā¢ 12+ years in architecture roles within digital, retail, or B2C technology environments.
ā¢ Proven experience in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, and platform modernization.
ā¢ Strong knowledge of integration patterns (event-driven, messaging, REST, graph, async).
ā¢ Experience working with product, engineering, security, and business teams.
ā¢ Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills.
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