Cloud API Solution Architect for External Sales Solution

Company Description


Shaping the future of fashion with people, data, and tech - The fashion and retail industries are going through a transformation, driven by customers technology and sustainability expectations. At H&M Group, we want to shape the future of retail by harnessing the power of smart tech and data. With our 74-year history of innovation, we understand the need to collaborate and co-create with engineers and tech specialists around the world to achieve our vision.
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with the latest in Cloud and API technology to form a next generation platform for H&M? Come and join our team! We are looking for a Cloud API Solution Architect who can turn business wishes into technical reality. Our inclusive team welcomes new members eager to develop themselves personally and professionally in a fast-paced and varied environment while demonstrating the values of the H&M Group.


Job Description


A vital part of our journey is to continuously expand our presence at external sales channels, and this is the area where the Solution Architect will operate. We are currently building and enhancing a solution for seamless data exchange in between the H&M group and our external sales channel partners. This will enable fast and stable onboarding of new partners, which contributes to H&M’s global expansion plans. This is a new service area within the group and is being developed in close collaboration with our business stakeholders as well as other service areas.
The solution spans cross all functions within the heart of H&Ms e-commerce setup, such as product enrichment, logistics and order orchestration, marketing and business intelligence. You will work closely with the lead Architect for the overall solution, and at times also support in tasks for the generic solution. In the daily scrum meetings, you will interact with a variety of individuals with different roles – all contributing to our high performing team.
We are now looking for an experienced Solution Architect for this highly prioritized project in the Sales Online & Marketing division. To be successful in this role we believe you have documented experience from complex projects, preferably within e-commerce in large organizations with high expectations on both results and time to market. Together with the project’s team members, you will make sure that the architectural design is based on the business needs and the overall H&M IT visions.
The project is run in a multiple supplier set-up, in agile methodology and in Azure.


Qualifications


Your responsibilities
• Translate the business needs into working solutions making sure the architectural principles and Azure architecture are followed.
• Perform technical and architectural analysis of requirements and impact analysis.
• Lead the developers to fulfill the architectural design.
• Cooperate with area architects within H&M to secure the solution position in the IT landscape.
• Cooperate with Infrastructure and Security architects.
• Suggest overall improvements of ways of working and to the solution.
Your skills
Just like everyone at H&M, we believe you are a social, open, communicative and ambitious team player full of drive and optimism. And your skills include:
• Driven IT/system/solution architect with experience from large, international organizations working with cloud solutions (preferably Azure), API’s, Agile, and Devops
• Having a good understanding of retail and e-commerce
• Confident to take architectural decisions regarding functional, information and quality requirements.
• Experience from using SAFe or other agile methods is an advantage


Additional Information


What we offer!
Besides the obvious perks such as staff discount card, flexible work life, learning communities, wellness benefits, parental benefits etc. you are joining a unique value driven culture, a large tech network and community where you can be yourself. There are endless opportunities to experiment and grow in any direction that you want and when you grow, we grow. Being a major player gives us countless opportunities to make a real impact and shape the future.
This is a fulltime position. For any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Zoran Pesic, zoran.pesic@hm.com.
Who are we at the IT department?
Our value-driven culture brings us together. We like working at a fast pace and making decisions on the go. Our creativity helps us solve complex challenges.
We have the opportunity to advance the business of H&M group, work with the latest IT technology in exciting global projects and change the entire fashion and design industry for the better. If you have the drive, joy of discovery and willingness to assume responsibility, there is no limit to what we can achieve together.
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