Architect IT

Medline; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 134,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Paid time off

Job summary

Medline Industries, LP seeks a Generalist Architect to lead solution design for IT portfolios (Logistics, Sales, Ecom) and to guide upgrades, outages, and operations across the portfolio. The role involves translating business needs into architectural blueprints, collaborating with product owners, and ensuring governance and alignment with enterprise strategy.

The position emphasizes collaboration with executives, architecture teams, and project managers to sustain a robust architectural runway

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience across IT solution development disciplines.
• Strong presentation skills to executives and technical audiences.
• Experience with enterprise architecture and aligning roadmaps with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead evaluation, design, and analysis for solutions architecture across portfolio.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to connect business roadmap with operations.
• Identify organizational and financial impacts of solutions architecture.
• Translate requirements into architectural blueprint and documentation.
• Ensure robust architectural runway with product owners for future requirements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / information-technology / systems engineering or related field

Tools

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Java

.NET

PHP

ABAP

MSSQL

MongoDB

Oracle

HANA

Job description

Job Summary

Generalist architect assigned to an IT portfolio (Logistics tech, Sales tech, Ecom etc,.) for creating solution designs for new capabilities/projects that the Portfolio implements and for leading/trouble shooting and supporting operational initiatives within the portfolio like technical upgrades of systems, patches, support for outages etc.

Job Description

Major Responsibilities

• Leads evaluation, design, and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture with the assigned Portfolio across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements and enterprise standards.


• Collaborates with management, business leaders, and other stakeholders in the assigned Portfolio and Enterprise architecture, to connect the business roadmap with operational decisions.


• Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.


• Translates business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all architecture design and analysis work.


• Works closely with the product owners and project/product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

Minimum Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information-technology, systems engineering or a related study.

Work Experience

• At least 5 years of experience with multiple IT solution development disciplines, including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences.


• Experience with various software development technologies (such as JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java, .NET, PHP, ABAP)


• Experience with various database technologies (such as MSSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, HANA)


• Experience developing system designs, strategies, evaluations, and roadmaps.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization.


• Solid understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt


• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation.


• Strong leadership skills.


• Excellent analytical and technical skills.


• Excellent planning and organizational skills.


• Skilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making.


• Knowledge of various aspects of an enterprise technology architecture like business, information, data, network and security


• Ability to understand and apply various diagraming and modeling techniques.


• Good understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of those technologies to evolving business and operating models.


• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead cross-functional teams.


• Strong understanding of the company’s processes, organization, customers, and business models.

Preferred Job Requirements

Work Experience

• Experience in working with multi-site global teams.


• 4+ years of DevSecOps experience –including unit testing, CI/CD, security compliance, functional/performance/stress test automation.


• Experience architecting secure applications for Healthcare and are familiar with PHI, PII, and HIPAA compliance requirements.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to enable future-state business capabilities that, in turn, drive targeted business outcomes.


• Ability to balance the long-term (big picture) and short-term implications of individual decisions.


• Ability to remain unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor choice and is more interested in results than personal preferences.


• Understanding and knowledge of an Agile system development life cycle methodology (such as Scrum at Scale, SAFe, Kanban, etc.)


• Trusted and respected as a thought leader who can influence and persuade business and IT leaders and IT development teams.


• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations and how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomes.


• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technology alternatives.


• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of existing, new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models.

The Anticipated Salary Range For This Position

$134,000.00 - $201,000.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best.

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.