Global Commerce Solution Architect

Vmlenterprisesolutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Training opportunities

Pension

Medical insurance

Life assurance

Social events

Holiday buy/sell

Family friendly policies

Retail discounts

Job summary

VML Enterprise Solutions in the United Kingdom is seeking a permanent Solution Architect with commerce experience to lead the solution architecture for major online brands and retailers. You will collaborate with client IT and digital strategy teams and work with our internal delivery teams to realise architecture visions.

You will design and document architectures across SaaS eCommerce and cloud platforms, drive workshops, and ensure delivery aligns with strategic goals.

Qualifications

• Core understanding of the capabilities of a wide range of technologies typically found within an eCommerce landscape, including enterprise eCommerce platforms and components, and apply this knowledge to your solutions
• Proven experience of solution ownership
• Experience delivering solution transformations, roadmaps and (or) integration strategies
• Understand the capabilities of public cloud platforms and be an advocate of cloud-native solutions
• Proven experience Designing quality solutions, often large scale and transactional in nature, for global enterprise clients
• Be client and delivery focussed, able to adapt a solution to meet additional requirements and constraints and apply pragmatism when required
• Prior experience running design workshops
• Strong stakeholder management skills
• Have excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills
• Experience with OMS
• Experience with PIM
• Specific Solution Architecture experience with the following technologies: React, Next.js, GraphQL (incl. federated), Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Sanity.io, GCP

Responsibilities

• Working on large-scale digital transformation programmes with global clients, designing solutions for all the opportunity and complexity this brings
• Own the solution architecture, document it, and communicate that architecture to a wide range of audiences
• See out and develop relationships with key client stakeholders responsible for digital and architecture strategy
• Orchestrate and run design workshops, and translate business strategy and requirements into solution architecture
• Ensure your architecture vision is realised by our teams, across all phases of programme delivery
• Understand common problems, design patterns and considerations for a distributed eCommerce architecture and apply this knowledge to your solutions
• Understand the level at which solution architecture applies, and help transition your solutions to application and cloud architects and technical leads
• Make and justify key architectural decisions considering all relevant constraints
• Follow the principles and guidance set out by the Solution Architecture team
• Contribute to the initiatives of our Solution Architecture team, including developing common patterns for new technologies and developing PoCs against industry trends.

Skills

Solution ownership

Delivery transformations

Cloud-native

Public cloud

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Workshops

React

Next.js

GraphQL

Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Sanity.io

GCP

OMS

PIM

Tools

React

Next.js

GraphQL

Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Sanity.io

GCP

Job description

VML Enterprise Solutions in the United Kingdom is seeking a permanent Solution Architect with commerce experience to lead the solution architecture for major online brands and retailers. You will collaborate with client IT and digital strategy teams and work with our internal delivery teams to realise architecture visions.

You will design and document architectures across SaaS eCommerce and cloud platforms, drive workshops, and ensure delivery aligns with strategic goals.