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Principal Engineer, Architect for Integration, Engineering, and Security

Advantage Solutions

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • 3 days ago
  • Full-time

Highlights

Responsibilities: The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Numbers & Facts

LocationChicago, Illinois
Job TypeFull-time
IndustryBusiness Services - Other
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1987
Websitehttp://www.advantagesolutions.net/

Description

Summary:

 

Architect for Integration, Engineering & Security

 

Responsibilities

  • Enterprise integration architecture: Own the architectural direction for the enterprise applications across application portfolios and their business units. This includes:
    • Architecture for both custom-built applications and technology platforms
    • Support software selection decisions
    • Define architecture patterns
    • Ensure architecture achieves information security requirements
    • Work alongside engineering teams and product teams as an active, embedded partner in delivery
  • Enterprise plan platform and AI architecture: Design the end-to-end data flows between commercial and corporate systems and the data and analytics / AI platform. This includes:
    • Define flows of business operational data for analytics and management reporting and surfacing analytics data into company applications
    • Ensure business systems are designed to support emerging AI use cases
    • Define integration patterns for data that keep client and company data secure
    • Architect the integration of external industry data sources into business applications
  • Integration of security practices and architecture into application delivery: Plan and shape integrations between systems that are secure by design. This includes:
    • Collaborate as peer with cybersecurity engineering teams
    • Jointly design patterns and delivery approaches for maximizing information security
    • Ensure coherent data and integration plans
    • Shape plans for phases of application change between parallel implementation programs
  • Architecture practice participation: Operate as an active member of the enterprise architecture practice. This includes:
    • Collaborate with peer architects across commercial systems, enterprise systems, data/AI, and infrastructure/security
    • Build, advocate, and participate in shared governance, architecture standards, and ways of working
    • Contribute to keeping the practice coherent and relevant as the organization's technology agenda grows in complexity
  • Business domain expertise: Bring working knowledge of retail and consumer packaged goods business processes. This includes:
    • Have experience in technology and processes such as sales/customer relationship management, category management, retail execution, and field workforce management
    • Build credibility as a technology advisor to business stakeholders based on industry operational reality
    • Advise on building shared capability, reusability, and user experience within company applications

Qualifications

  • Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience Requirements: 10-12 years experience in relevant field
  • Travel requirement: No travel requirements

 

 

Required Knowledge and Skills

  • Integration architecture between custom / technology platform applications and enterprise resource planning systems
  • Data design: Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
  • Software selection, pattern definition, and product team partnership
  • Enterprise and / or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
  • Business domain expertise, such as retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, services company service delivery, and revenue management

 

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

 

Responsibilities:

The Company is one of North America’s leading sales and marketing agencies specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management, and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers, and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods. The Company services a variety of trade channels including grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club, hardware, consumer electronics, and home centers. We bridge the gap between manufacturers and retailers, providing consumers access to the best products available in the marketplace today.

 

Responsibilities

  • Enterprise integration architecture: Own the architectural direction for the enterprise applications across application portfolios and their business units. This includes:
    • Architecture for both custom-built applications and technology platforms
    • Support software selection decisions
    • Define architecture patterns
    • Ensure architecture achieves information security requirements
    • Work alongside engineering teams and product teams as an active, embedded partner in delivery
  • Enterprise plan platform and AI architecture: Design the end-to-end data flows between commercial and corporate systems and the data and analytics / AI platform. This includes:
    • Define flows of business operational data for analytics and management reporting and surfacing analytics data into company applications
    • Ensure business systems are designed to support emerging AI use cases
    • Define integration patterns for data that keep client and company data secure
    • Architect the integration of external industry data sources into business applications
  • Integration of security practices and architecture into application delivery: Plan and shape integrations between systems that are secure by design. This includes:
    • Collaborate as peer with cybersecurity engineering teams
    • Jointly design patterns and delivery approaches for maximizing information security
    • Ensure coherent data and integration plans
    • Shape plans for phases of application change between parallel implementation programs
  • Architecture practice participation: Operate as an active member of the enterprise architecture practice. This includes:
    • Collaborate with peer architects across commercial systems, enterprise systems, data/AI, and infrastructure/security
    • Build, advocate, and participate in shared governance, architecture standards, and ways of working
    • Contribute to keeping the practice coherent and relevant as the organization's technology agenda grows in complexity
  • Business domain expertise: Bring working knowledge of retail and consumer packaged goods business processes. This includes:
    • Have experience in technology and processes such as sales/customer relationship management, category management, retail execution, and field workforce management
    • Build credibility as a technology advisor to business stakeholders based on industry operational reality
    • Advise on building shared capability, reusability, and user experience within company applications

Qualifications

  • Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience Requirements: 10-12 years experience in relevant field
  • Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

 

Required Knowledge and Skills

  • Integration architecture between custom / technology platform applications and enterprise resource planning systems
  • Data design: Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
  • Software selection, pattern definition, and product team partnership
  • Enterprise and / or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
  • Business domain expertise, such as retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, services company service delivery, and revenue management

Environmental & Physical Requirements

 

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

 

Additional Information Regarding Job Duties

 

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.

 

Important Information:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of associates so classified. The Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all employment practices without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, religion, physical or mental disability, or any other category protected by law. As part of this commitment, the Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable an applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.

About Company

Advantage Solutions is a leading provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions to consumer goods companies and retailers. Our data- and technology-driven services — which include headquarter sales, retail merchandising, in-store and online sampling, digital commerce, omnichannel marketing, retail media and others — help brands and retailers of all sizes get products into the hands of consumers, wherever they shop. As a trusted partner and problem solver, we help our clients sell more while spending less. Headquartered in Irvine, California, we have o!ces throughout North America and strategic investments in select markets throughout Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe through which we serve the global needs of multinational, regional and local manufacturers.

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