Architect IT

Medline • Northbrook, IL

4d

About The Position

Generalist architect assigned to a corporate functions portfolio (Logistics tech, Sales tech, Ecom etc,.) for creating solution designs for new capabilities/projects that the Portfolio implements and for leading/trouble shooting and supporting operational initiatives within the portfolio like technical upgrades of systems, patches, support for outages etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information-technology, systems engineering or a related study.
• At least 5 years of experience with multiple IT solution development disciplines, including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development.
• Experience with Cloud technologies; designing and building applications for the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Experience with ERP and middleware applications (such as SAP, Oracle, SAP IS, SAP AEM, Talend).
• Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences.
• Experience with various software development technologies (such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java, .NET, PHP, ABAP).
• Experience with various database technologies (such as MSSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, HANA).
• Experience developing system designs, strategies, evaluations, and roadmaps.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization.
• Solid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt.
• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making.
• Knowledge of various aspects of an enterprise technology architecture like business, information, data, network and security.
• Ability to understand and apply various diagraming and modeling techniques.
• Good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of those technologies to evolving business and operating models.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of the company’s processes, organization, customers, and business models.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in working with multi-site global teams.
• 4+ years of DevSecOps experience –including unit testing, CI/CD, security compliance, functional/performance/stress test automation.
• Experience architecting secure applications for Healthcare and are familiar with PHI, PII, and HIPAA compliance requirements.
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes.
• Ability to balance the long-term (big picture) and short-term implications of individual decisions.
• Ability to remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice, and is more interested in results than personal preferences.
• Understanding and knowledge of an Agile system development life cycle methodology (such as Scrum at Scale, SAFe, Kanban, etc.).
• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomes.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technology alternatives.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms and vendor offerings and drive targeted business outcomes while maintaining alignment with the overall enterprise architecture.
• Collaborates with management, business leaders, IT architecture, and other stakeholders to connect the business roadmap with operational decisions.
• Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.
• Produces expert analysis, research, and designs for technical solutions that enable business capabilities, processes, and functions.
• Stays abreast of current technology trends both in the industry as a whole and with the applications deployed in the landscape.
• Leads Technical Design, Analysis, Development and Delivery.
• Leads evaluation, design, and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements and enterprise standards.
• Translates business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all architecture design and analysis work.
• Creates architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, projects, and systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information) in a way that is directly actionable, clear and unambiguous.
• Works closely with the product owners and project/product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Provides consulting support to application teams to ensure the project/product is aligned with the overall enterprise, solution, and application architectures.

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees