Retail Cloud Architect - Hybrid, Lead Enterprise Solutions

Publicis Sapient; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Learning opportunities

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking an experienced Retail Enterprise Cloud Architect to design and implement scalable enterprise architectures in a Chicago hybrid environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology with business goals, focusing on scalable, secure, and high-performing systems across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.

With senior leadership responsibilities, you will mentor engineering teams, drive architecture governance, and guide adoption of modern

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or equivalent professional experience in CS/engineering or related field.
• Extensive experience in enterprise architecture for retail/commerce domains.
• Strong background in cloud-native architecture including microservices and distributed systems.
• Expertise with Google Cloud Platform services (GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement enterprise architecture strategies aligned with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps across cloud, on-prem, hybrid environments.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performance enterprise-wide systems.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to drive business value and modernization.
• Lead architecture reviews and governance with technical leadership across teams.
• Mentor architects and engineers across multiple teams, guiding best practices.

Skills

GCP architecture

Solution architecture

Retail tech domain

Microservices

APIs & event-driven design

DevOps practices

Java frameworks (Spring Boot/Micronaut

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/IS

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Compute Engine

Pub/Sub

BigQuery

Cloud Functions

Apigee

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins/Azure DevOps

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking an experienced Retail Enterprise Cloud Architect to design and implement scalable enterprise architectures in a Chicago hybrid environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technology with business goals, focusing on scalable, secure, and high-performing systems across cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.

With senior leadership responsibilities, you will mentor engineering teams, drive architecture governance, and guide adoption of modern