Solution Architect - hybris (Remote Anywhere in US)

LiveArea, a PFSweb, Inc. brand, is a global commerce services company. We combine business strategy, experience design and technology to help leading B2C and B2B organizations deliver exceptional commerce solutions worldwide. We are a diverse team with distinct interests, skillsets, and backgrounds collaborating across all facets of commerce. Together, we take pride in driving measurable and material value for our clients by leveraging our holistic commerce expertise within specific industry vertical markets.

Hybris Solution Architect

The SAP Hybris Solution Architect (SA) has one of the most critical roles for a project. As the name suggests, the SA is responsible for understanding the entire solution to be implemented for a LiveArea Client. Reporting to the Area Vice President of SAP/Hybris, the Solution Architect is responsible for Business Functionality, Application, Data, Integration, System Architectures, Build and Deploy process, and over all client management.

Responsibilities include:

• Scope - is intimately familiar with the features/requirements as defined in the statement of work; the SA is responsible for ensuring that the architecture is done in a practical, cost effective manner utilizing PFS assets where applicable
• Responsible for developing/enforcing the application architecture used to develop code on the project, including context diagrams, data flows, and customizations
• Approving or designing the data load process - guiding the data architect or catalog lead on what needs to be loaded in the application and designing the feed schedule with the business to ensure that it meets the business requirements
• Ensuring best practices are followed by enforcing coding standards (SDLC guidelines), JavaDocs, Unit Tests and performing code reviews
• Responsible for ensuring all components are well documented
• Defining the project tracks and track leads (Member, Order, Catalog, Integration, etc.)
• Provides Proofs of Concepts to explore the best method for problem resolution
• The SA is responsible for coding on their projects
• Conveying requirements to Build and Deploy resource & ensuring that a process is in place for build verification and what the test cases are
• Developing the tagging/branching strategy as go live nears
• Responsible for review of test cases created by QA to ensure proper test coverage is provided

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or a closely related field required; Master’s degree preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in hybris architecture or similar project leadership, systems integration and development, package implementation, and relational databases, with knowledge of multiple technologies and interactive design required
• Must have previous experience as a Solution Architect or similar project leadership roles for multiple (at least 2) mid to large B2C or B2B Hybris eCommerce sites
• Previous experience with agile development methodologies is required; experience must be obtained while executing e-commerce projects with a global and local team
• Must excel at leading and facilitating large software solutions based on the Java Virtual Machine
• Must be experienced as a project leader in the utilization of open source frameworks such as Spring, Spring MVC, Hibernate or other ORM solutions, and others as tools to create or extend Hybris eCommerce solutions
• Must be competent in using software development tools such as Eclipse, Git, Jira and Subversion (SVN)
• Must be familiar with Test Driven Development (TDD) and Junit
• Must have experience leading projects with one or more of the following RDBMS: Oracle, MySQL, DB2
• Previous experience with performance testing eCommerce web sites required
• Previous experience with projects using REST and/or SOAP-based web services a plus

Characteristics:

• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills
• Demonstrable ability to provide consulting services
• Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy, a big-picture vision and the ability to articulate a vision of the total solution both internally and externally

Role performance measurements/objectives:

• Lead the estimation process for all projects identifying functional and technical activities and estimating accordingly; provide context for test, business analysis, agency personnel
• Create technical architecture designs and other artifacts outlining the process for implementing complex hybris solutions
• Support sprint planning, creation of project tasks and enforcement of project standards on hybris implementation projects
• Mentor SAP Hybris technical team, improving their ability to create technical artifacts, process development tasks, adhere to development standards and reduce re-work on tasks

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.