Technical Architect - Consulting

Blue Yonder Title:

• Technical Architect and Senior Technical Architect (Consulting)

Other Comparable titles:

• Architect, Enterprise Architect, Principal Architect, Application Architect, Cloud Architect, Solution Architect, SCPO Architect

Overview:

• Leading AI-driven Global Supply Chain Solutions Software Product Companyand one of Glassdoor’s “ Best Places to Work”
• Seeking an astute individual that has a strong technical foundationwith the additional ability to be hands-onwith the Consulting team as part of the development/deployment cycle, and deep knowledge of industry best practices, with the ability to lead and implement independently working with both the platform, and the solution teams.

Scope:

• Blue Yonder Technical Architect (SCPO – Supply Chain Planning and Optimization) will be responsible for services delivery of product implementation and related integration
• Core responsibilities to include Architecting, designing (along with counterparts, customer and Architects) and leading the technical team on projects
• The team currently comprises of 80+ associates in India and is expected to grow rapidly. The incumbent should be passionate about working with new technologies, products and demonstrate ability to learn quickly, have good interpersonal & communication skills – verbal & written.

Desired skills and experience:

• Knowledge on OS – Windows, Unix, DB – RDBMS Concepts, Oracle, MS SQL Server, SQL/ PL SQL
• Implementation experience using SCPO Platform
• Next Gen Skills - Data Science, Agile, Azure, Python, AI/ML
• Other – Cognos, Power BI, Mulesoft, Customer Management, problem solving skills
• Professional Attributes:
• Excellent communication, Inter-personal, Analytical and Problem-solving skills
• Excellent organization and project documentation skills
• Meticulous planning with attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Domain knowledge: Understanding of Supply Chain Planning and how it integrates with other systems. Any industry specific experience is a big plus.

What you’ll do:

• Lead a team of technical consultants / developers on Solution implementation, enhancement, managed services, integration, custom projects either at the customer site or offshore
• Estimate the workload of implementation activities that are within the scope of their skills; assess business needs that fall outside the standard solution, assess integration complexity, architecture
• Conduct technical analysis sessions with customers and/or the project team to understand the functional and technical needs of the customer and develop technical solutions to meet those needs
• Design and develop platform workflow/ user interface, integration scripts, Data mapping, data modeling and loading of data
• Provide a variety of technical support to the project team; including quality assurance/design review, environment setup, software installation, configuration, operations consulting, troubleshooting, system testing, programming, etc.
• Handle activities with a diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
• Provide internal and external trainings
• Implementation and steady state support, and contribute on internal development projects
• Accelerate Time-to-Value for customer by iteratively delivering in short cycles.
• Continuously upskill on Blue Yonder’s product suite to convey relationships and touchpoints to the customer
• Ready to travel to customer site based on business needs, and flexible to work with overlapping time zones and work timings
• Recognize and highlight incremental revenue opportunities within existing customer projects
• Create artefacts towards reusability and automation decreasing implementation lifecycle and reducing errors post go-live

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree (Computer Science Preferred) and 8 to 14 years of experience in Software industry; ideally a candidate that has started as a Consultant and has worked his/her way to leading the technical team on 4-6 complete implementation cycles.
• Strong programming experience and problem-solving skills
• Technical Background, Supply Chain Planning Industry Experience
• Expertise on performance tuning techniques and ability to assists other team members with benchmarking and sizing exercises
• Possess technical expertise on PL/SQL, database, ETL, Platform, Perl scripting, Cognos
• Demonstrable experience leading, building, deploying and maintenance of enterprise solutions (cloud or on-premise)
• Demonstrable experience with Blue Yonder SCPO Platform.
• Hands-on development skills; should not have moved away from development activities
• Passionate about working with new technologies, products and demonstrate ability to learn quickly, have good interpersonal & communication skills – verbal & written

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