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Howdens Joinery have an exciting opportunity in our Digital & Trade Architecture team based in either our office in Raunds, Northamptonshire or Croxley Park, Watford with some home working.

• Solution Architecture in highly complex enterprise environments covering Omnichannel solutions for ecommerce, Stores \ Depot, customer and payment systems
• Produce and/or contribute to high level solutions and detailed designs, undertake peer reviews for the technical/application designs with development and engineering teams, as a follow-on activity from producing high level designs.
• Lead and drive the Design authority for programmes and projects
• Apply architecture standards, principles, views and solutions modelling.
• Lead the definition of the baseline and target technology architecture, including current, future and transition states.
• Ensure that the technology architecture models, patterns and principles are well defined, appropriate and of a high quality. Ensure that the artefacts are effectively maintained, evolve at the appropriate rate.
• Lead the definition of the business case, RFI \ RFP and solution options (this includes participating in technology selection and procurement processes).
• Actively contribute to the definition and establishment of Architecture, Dev Ops and Security governance and processes
• Responsible for communicating changes within the Application[s] and ensuring that the end solution can be delivered and sustained whist remaining feasible within the budgetary limits.

• Preferable Digital, Retail store and e-Commerce business domains and solutions experience
• Practical experience in an architecture position with deep technical knowledge of online digital and store applications using Microservices, APIs, Content Management systems, CAD, POS e-Commerce, CRM, mobile applications and Integration
• Working with and supporting the overall business strategy, transformation and technology direction to define the future architecture state covering data, security and integration standards and patterns
• Be an expert in their field, well versed in technological developments and understand how changes affect the applications under their ownership.
• Understanding of modern integration and cloud hosting platforms and supporting technical architecture necessary to build systems
• Knowledge of Application Development frameworks and assurance approaches (Front and Back end)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be able to communicate work and ideas to senior business stakeholders and product and platform teams with the confidence to collaborate and facilitate workshops
• Flexible and delivery focused with an ability to work under pressure and have a track record of delivering outstanding results.
• Understanding of TOGAF architecture methodology with a good working knowledge overall

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Company car or car allowance
• Private medical insurance
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
• Subsidised lunch at our onsite restaurant in Raunds
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT System Design Services

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