Global Omni-Retail Solution Architect

SmartEdge, Lda; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a talented Solution Architect (Omni Retail) to join our Client & Market team. In this strategic role, you’ll shape and support scalable omni-retail solutions across global markets, partnering with business and technical teams to design target architectures, drive integration, and support major retail transformation initiatives.

If you have strong expertise in omni-retail technologies, solution design, and global stakeholder management, we’d love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field.
• Fluency in English is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design of digital omni retail solutions.
• Provide architectural leadership and decision-making in global transformation programs.
• Ensure alignment of solution designs with enterprise architecture standards and industry best practices.
• Define and enforce architectural governance, guiding principles, and reusable patterns within the product area.
• Support the evaluation of build vs. buy decisions and contribute to vendor/product assessments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural consistency and data integrity across systems.
• Provide hands-on support in solution modelling, documentation and review of technical specifications.
• Develop and monitor technical roadmaps aligned with business capabilities and digital strategy.
• Lead the creation and documentation of high-level solution designs, including system integration flows.
• Participate in cut-over planning, system migration strategies and infrastructure setup when relevant.
• Coordinate with support teams to ensure architectural traceability into operational procedures and tools.
• Support continuous improvement of DevOps and delivery practices within the organization.
• Review and validate proposed solutions from delivery teams to ensure scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Identify interdependencies and ensure solutions fit into the overall retail landscape by working with other architects.

Skills

Solution architecture

Omni-retail design

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Architectural governance

Cloud platforms

API & microservices

DevOps knowledge

Git

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Tools

Git

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Jira

Confluence

Job description

HCLTech is seeking a talented Solution Architect (Omni Retail) to join our Client & Market team. In this strategic role, you’ll shape and support scalable omni-retail solutions across global markets, partnering with business and technical teams to design target architectures, drive integration, and support major retail transformation initiatives.

If you have strong expertise in omni-retail technologies, solution design, and global stakeholder management, we’d love to hear from you.