Sr. Solutions Architect

Role: Sr
Solutions Architect
Description:
EM will prefer someone in the Bay Area or Dallas
EM will also look at candidates for the following cities only:
Phoenix, AZ, Fullerton, CA, Denver, CO, Boise, ID, Chicago, IL, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA

Years of experience required: 15+

Education/Certifications: Bachelors
Will this position require any traveling? Yes
-What % of the time? 5%
-Domestic or International? Domestic
-Will travel expenses be billable to Albertson's and reimbursed to the CW? Yes

Position Purpose

Help to build Albertsons next generation health and wellness platforms and deliver on a multi-year roadmap that delivers new and transformational wellness experiences that is integrated in our grocery business
Albertson's Companies is looking for people who are interested in re-imagining the pharmacy experience by harnessing the power of digital technologies
The Health & Wellness Solutions Architect will work closely with Product, Agency, Business, UX, Data teams and more to define and govern the architecture and platform solution.

Key Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

1
Take part in design and development of digital capabilities within Health & Wellness to enable creation of impactful communication across channels and markets for Albertsons customers
This will cover our pharmacist as well as our consumer facing business.
2
Define the technology plan including Business architecture, Target and Solution Architectures and strategic technology roadmaps through partnership with Pharmacy and grocery portfolio leaders to understand and define the technology strategy, drivers, objectives, and requirements needs
3
Stays abreast of current and emerging data technologies and trends and advises on how they can be used to support business and technology objectives
Builds prototypes to determine feasibility when warranted.
4
Continuously assess and communicate portfolio technology risk and opportunities to pharmacy technology leadership while maintaining & enhancing the Pharmacy Architecture repository.
5
Attends governing committee meetings as a committee member and advises & designs concepts originating in the governing committee
Collaborates with Regulatory team on current & future requirements, determining build and workflow changes and engaging operations on net new/changing workflows
6
Work closely with a Product management, Architecture, Data Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Information Security groups to define and deliver the overall solution including contributing to roadmap of backlog of priorities
7
Continuous partnership with cross functional teams, including vendor partners, to ensure all solutions are being developed with continuity of the enterprise solution ecosystem, while meeting all HIPPA/PHI, security, data governance, legal, risk and compliance standards
8
Well-organized, detail oriented, has great communication skills and thrives in a fast-paced environment.
9
Flexibility and ability to work collaboratively within matrices, 'virtual' and flat environments.

Qualifications

Significant experience with high volume consumer facing eCommerce or other web applications
Hands-on Experience with web (Java, J2EE, Angular/React/JQuery, Java, REST etc.) and mobile (Kotlin, IOS, Android, Swift, Objective C etc) technologies.
Deep experience with running and scaling applications on the cloud infrastructure and containerized services like Kubernetes.
Experience gained in a Senior Architect role, leading, or mentoring a small team of more technical leads and engineers, able to guide them, review their work, drive best practice.
Significant understanding of and experience in best practices around systems integration, security, performance, and data management.
Proven analytical, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
High energy levels and tolerance for tight deadlines and time pressures.
High-level project management experience.
Good communications skills, both verbal and written - for building relationships, managing stakeholders, working with clients and delivery teams

Desired:
Exposure in Healthcare or Pharmacy systems with significant understanding of pharmacy security compliance (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, 21 CFR, GxP etc.) & integration standards (e.g., HL, GS1 etc.)
Exposure in the following products or similar systems: PDX Enterprise Pharmacy System, Toshiba POS.