Architect IT Applications

Garmin Ltd.; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. in the United States (Greater Kansas City area) seeks an experienced Architect IT Applications 1 to lead and design software architectures that align with business and technology goals. You will drive standards, roadmaps, and continuous improvement while mentoring teams across multiple applications.

The role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and strong communication to translate complex concepts for diverse stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or MIS and at least 9 years of relevant experience.
• Experience architecting scalable, multi-tier enterprise applications.
• Proven ability to lead teams and define development best practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration across technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and design software architecture systems aligned to business needs.
• Define roadmaps and ensure adherence to standards and SDLC practices.
• Review designs and code, provide direction to teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with Directors and Managers.

Skills

Leadership

Software architecture

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Node.js

Vue.js

Oracle E-Business Suite

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Architect IT Applications 1 at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and designing software architecture systems aligned to business and technology needs while maintaining, driving, and improving overall technical strategy, standards, and continuous improvement. This role must have deep technical domain knowledge and relevant product acumen to design solutions, identify improvements, and continually optimize a portfolio of applications.

Essential Functions

• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Identifies and implements opportunities for improvement and solutions to address those opportunities (e.g. architectural, performance, maintainability, security, scalability, reusability, etc.) within one or more business applications
• Leads major development, integration, or application implementation projects consisting of multiple components or sub-projects which require sophisticated project planning
• Performs reviews of technical design and code changes for a specific, assigned portion of the overall applications and integrations code base and provides direction and recommendations to application implementation teams and developers as needed
• Develops technical roadmaps and provides support and ensures adherence to roadmaps and development standards through interacting and collaborating with development teams and functional owners
• Translates, negotiates, and communicates complex architectural and development concepts across development teams and key (often non-technical) stakeholders to meet architectural and business objectives
• Contributes, supports, and encourages application development and integration best practices during the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Recommends technology and development standards to be used on day-to-day feature development
• Ensures utilization of standard development tools, technologies, libraries, and frameworks
• Negotiates with the business on prioritizing technical work with new business features, creating a balance between healthy systems and delivering critical business features
• Exercises a significant degree of leadership to projects and programs which contribute directly to organizational objectives
• Works with Directors, Managers, IT Analysts, Project Managers, and Architects to determine system wide design
  impacts
• Assists in validating and communicating detailed Level of Effort estimates for each project
• Evaluates new technologies, features and functions and provides input on broader technology solutions outside of core discipline
• Serves as a mentor to less experienced team members (Levels 1, 2 & 3)
• Demonstrates broad and global understanding of Garmin’s business model including Engineering, Operations, Finance, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, etc.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or another relevant field AND a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience
• Must possess experience (in years noted above) in developing and architecting scalable n-tier enterprise business applications relevant to Garmin’s business needs
• Must possess experience (in years noted above) in defining and implementing application development and integration best practices and processes relevant to Garmin’s business needs
• Must be team-oriented, possess a positive attitude, and work well with others
• Must be detail-oriented and can work proactively and effectively with minimal supervision
• Must possess the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a flexible, fast paced and challenging environment
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and the ability to generate and support pragmatic solutions that meet Garmin’s market launch requirements, while maintaining high quality standards
• Superior organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail and quality
• Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
• Demonstrated proficiency and possess experience necessary to design, enhance and develop single and multi-system applications
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills in a large team or departmental setting
• Previous experience working in a team environment

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Agile, Demantra, Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Service Oriented Architectures, Java, Node, Vue, Web development, etc.

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits