Senior Advanced Solutions Architect

Kroger • Blue Ash, OH

2d

About The Position

Partner closely with development, senior product management, architecture, information security & infrastructure teams within a large organization to deliver software & technology products that meet functional & non-functional requirements & produce desired business outcomes. Curate & adhere to architectural principles & associated processes for adopting new technology or integrating with a new third-party solution. Advise senior product management on technology specific aspects of product strategy development & adopt emerging technology appropriate to stated goals. Mentors junior solutions architecture staff on architectural principles & methods. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. Develop and oversee overall solution architecture across multiple teams, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure designs that align with Kroger’s standards and strategic goals. Lead architectural design reviews and draft key documentation, including diagrams, interface specs, and architecture artifacts for delivery teams. Collaborate with product management, engineering, third-party vendors, and security teams to integrate new technologies and deliver business outcomes effectively. Advise on technology roadmaps, mentor engineers, and assess emerging technologies to ensure adoption of modern solutions and best practices Drive initiatives in cloud migration, event streaming, API enablement, and data science to modernize and expand business capabilities. Ensure minimal business disruption and highest security standards during major migrations and transformations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree Computer science or another related technical field
• Any expertise/experience in business case development, product scoping & project planning with development teams
• Any strong performance management experience of large work groups
• Any delivered innovative results in previous roles demonstrating strong knowledge of industry trends & industry competition
• Any experience integrating open source technologies in high volume production environments with strong knowledge of agile methodology
• 7+ years experience taking a lead role in the successful delivery of complex software & automation systems
• 12+ years experience in software/infrastructure development domain with emphasis on utilizing design patterns & architectural principles to ensure timely delivery of quality solutions
• 10+ years of experience in technical leadership, solution architecture, and cross domain project management.
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, modern application development (APIs, event streaming), and digital transformation.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting to senior executives and collaborating with technical and business teams.
• Practical experience with mentoring technical staff, guiding best practices etc.
• Strong problem solving, adaptability, and ability to recommend and implement strategic technology changes.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree Computer science, information systems, or related technical field
• Any experience developing/architecting public cloud-hosted backend services with Azure/GCP
• 5+ years experience in designing eCommerce applications & working on high volume internet scale solutions
• Any experience developing React, Swift (iOS), Kotlin (Android)
• Any experience developing/designing a scalable microservices architecture in Go, Java and Node.js

Responsibilities

• Develop the overall software & deployment architecture of application solutions across several teams within a large organization
• Partner with 3rd party vendors to integrate capabilities as required by the solution under development
• Present opportunities with cost/benefit analysis to leadership in order to shape sound architectural decisions
• Lead the discovery phase of large projects to develop high level architecture & design
• Draft, review & maintain architectural diagrams, interface specifications & other architectural artifacts as required by the delivery teams to clearly communicate the needs of the solution under development
• Interact with & present to senior engineering & product management with the presence to influence & drive the decision makers to a solution
• Identify key technology overlaps & gaps; formulate strategies to optimize technology spend
• Provide technical leadership to ensure clarity between ongoing projects & the strategic objectives of the company
• Assess emerging technologies & make appropriate recommendations based on business needs
• Mentor team members & Solutions Architects in software development principles, patterns, processes & practices
• Promote the capture & reuse of intellectual capital, including code objects & components
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level