Retail Enterprise Architect - Chicago Hybrid

Sapient Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 136,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Flexible work options

Learning and development

Wellness program

Paid leave and holidays

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Chicago is seeking a Retail Enterprise Cloud Architect to lead enterprise architecture and design scalable, secure solutions for digital commerce ecosystems.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to define roadmaps, Decompose monolithic systems into modular architectures, and guide cloud/hybrid deployments using GKE, Pub/Sub, and Apigee.

Qualifications

• Senior hands-on engineering leadership experience in GCP enterprise architecture and solution architecture.
• Experience designing and modernizing complex, business-critical technology platforms.
• Strong background in retail, restaurant, hospitality, or digital commerce domains.
• Ability to decompose monolithic apps into modular/microservices architectures.
• Experience across cloud, on-prem, hybrid, and edge environments.
• Proficiency with APIs, event-driven patterns, distributed systems, data flows.
• Hands-on with Google Cloud Platform services (GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Apigee).
• Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture design reviews and governance.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps and strategies.
• Design scalable, secure, high-performance enterprise systems across multiple domains.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and drive business value through architecture patterns.
• Mentor engineers and architects across teams to raise technical standards.
• Oversee payment terminals, store peripherals, or hardware integration into enterprise apps.

Skills

GCP enterprise architecture

Solution architecture

Retail systems

Monolithic to microservices

Cloud/edge/hybrid

APIs & event-driven

Java & Spring

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Payment integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (preferred)

Tools

GKE

Cloud Run

Compute Engine

Pub/Sub

BigQuery

Apigee

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins/Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description

Retail Enterprise Cloud (GCP) Architect

As an Architect specializing in Enterprise Architecture, you will be responsible for designing and implementing high-impact, scalable solutions that align with business objectives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks, ensuring that technology solutions are in line with business goals and industry best practices.

Your Impact

• Develop and implement enterprise architecture strategies that support business objectives and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define architecture roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Design and optimize enterprise-wide systems, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend innovative solutions that drive business value.
• Lead architecture reviews, ensuring that solutions adhere to best practices and compliance standards.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

Skills & Experience

• Senior hands-on engineering leadership experience in GCP enterprise architecture, solution architecture, software architecture
• Experience designing and modernizing complex, business-critical technology platforms.
• Strong background in retail, restaurant, hospitality, point-of-sale, payments, digital commerce, or distributed store systems.
• Demonstrated experience decomposing monolithic applications into modular or microservices-based architectures.
• Experience designing solutions across cloud, on-premises, hybrid, and edge environments.
• Strong understanding of APIs, event-driven architecture, distributed systems, messaging, integration, and data patterns
• Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform services including GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine,Pub/Sub,BigQuery, Cloud Functions, and Apigee
• Working knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps practices.
• Experience integrating payment terminals, store peripherals, or other hardware with enterprise applications.
• Understanding of payment security, privacy, resilience, and production-operational requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead design reviews, architecture governance, proof-of-concepts, and technical-risk assessments.
• Experience mentoring architects or engineers and providing technical direction across multiple teams.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience with Java and modern Java frameworks, including Spring Boot, Micronaut, or comparable technologies.
• Experience with Pub/Sub, Kafka, Cassandra, distributed messaging, or event-streaming platforms.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of point-of-sale integration standards such as JPOS or OPOS.
• Experience with payment authorization, reconciliation, settlement-related processing, or acquirer integration.
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or comparable monitoring and observability platforms.
• Experience applying Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, SOLID, test-driven development, behavior-driven development, and Agile delivery practices.
• Experience supporting technology deployed across a large distributed estate of restaurants or stores.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect certification preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, information systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Additional Information

Salary Range: $136,000 - $190,000 annual salary

The range above represents a grouping of ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. The actual range for this position may vary based on location and the specific skills required for the role.

An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.

• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]

An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.

• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [e-mail]