Hands-On Ecommerce Solution Architect

IVC Evidensia Group; Keynsham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cycle to Work scheme

Green Cars salary sacrifice scheme

Voluntary benefits

Discounted staff pet care

Retailer discounts

Job summary

Pet Drugs Online is part of IVC Evidensia and is expanding its technology leadership. You will own the architecture for ecommerce and integrations, reporting to the Head of Technology and working with a team of around 20 people across PMO, back-office systems and web technology.

Your first priorities include modernising the Khaos order management system, supporting Adobe Commerce, designing scalable integrations, and introducing design governance while partnering with the business to align

Qualifications

• Solutions architecture experience in ecommerce, ideally in retail or logistics, in a business that trades every day.
• Experience with Adobe Commerce, Magento, SAP Hybris or a similar ecommerce platform.
• Strong integration and middleware experience, including how systems share data and what happens when it fails.
• Experience with ERP or order management systems, and with modernising legacy platforms gradually rather than replacing them in one go.
• The commercial sense to balance cost, speed and risk, and prioritise accordingly.
• A clear way of explaining technical choices to people who aren’t technical.
• Desirable: TOGAF or a similar architecture certification.
• A commitment to supporting our purpose and values.

Responsibilities

• Order management: plan how we modernise our Khaos order management system step by step, without disrupting daily trading
• Ecommerce: support our Adobe Commerce platform while making it simpler to change and better for customers
• Integrations: design patterns that scale across our mix of cloud (PaaS) and on premises systems, covering APIs, events, batch jobs and middleware, with proper monitoring and recovery
• Design governance: introduce proportionate design reviews, standards and decision records that teams actually use
• Turn technology strategy into a phased roadmap tied to commercial priorities
• Review solution proposals from internal teams and suppliers, and challenge them where they fall short
• Weigh up build, buy and hybrid options on cost, supplier risk and time to value, then give senior leaders a clear recommendation
• Support the PMO on feasibility, sizing complexity, risk and sequencing for new work
• Agree with our Data Lead which system owns pet, prescription, customer, product, order and stock data

Skills

Solutions architecture

Adobe Commerce / Magento

Integration & middleware

ERP / order management

Cost, speed & risk balance

Technical persuasion

TOGAF (desirable)

Values & purpose alignment

Tools

Adobe Commerce

Magento

SAP Hybris

Job description

Pet Drugs Online is part of IVC Evidensia and is expanding its technology leadership. You will own the architecture for ecommerce and integrations, reporting to the Head of Technology and working with a team of around 20 people across PMO, back-office systems and web technology.

Your first priorities include modernising the Khaos order management system, supporting Adobe Commerce, designing scalable integrations, and introducing design governance while partnering with the business to align