Architect (POS Solution)
Permanent
Cape Town based

Purpose of the Job:
As a recognized authority in Point of Sale (POS) solutions, covering payments, billing, ordering, sales monitoring, multi-channel support, loyalty programmes, returns and pricing, cashier management, etc., the solution architect strategically advises and shapes requirements for POS solutions and creates high-quality data, application and technology architectures in support of the business requirements and leads the realization of the design into the final solution implementation. Deep subject matter knowledge of POS-related technologies as applied to the retail industry is essential.

Objectives

• Define and continuously improve the POS architecture framework and solution architecture modelling standards.
• Define and create solution-level POS architecture models that are aligned with business blueprints, non-functional requirements, delivery constraints, data, application, and technology standards.
• Provide expert POS guidance, ensure solution architectures and designs are in line with the
• POS technology standards and conduct architecture and design reviews as part of the
• Architecture Review Committee.

Duties

Define and continuously improve the POS architecture framework and solution architecture modeling standards.

Define and create solution level POS architecture models that are aligned with business blueprints, non-functional requirements, delivery constraints, data, application, and technology
standards.

Provide expert POS guidance, ensure solution architectures and designs are in line with the POS technology standards, and conduct architecture and design reviews as part of the Architecture
Review Committee.

Requirements

Essential
• 7 – 10 years’ experience within the IT industry.
• 3 – 5 years’ experience with architecting POS Platforms.
• 3 years’ experience implementing POS solutions.
• 5 years of retail industry experience with an understanding of retail business processes.
• 5 years’ experience working on projects across multiple applications, SAP and non-SAP.
• 5 years’ experience with all aspects of IT projects from business analysis, architectures, system analysis, and design through development, testing, implementation, and production support (SDLC).
• 5 years’ experience with excellent design and architecture skills and a proven track record delivering well-designed complex enterprise-class systems.
• 5 years’ demonstrated expertise in a variety of application development methodologies and practices.
• 3 years’ experience in high volume data and file processing, in real-time and batch integration environments.
• Architecture and solution design (UML, OO, SOA, etc)
• S/W frameworks and methodologies (Agile, TOGAF, etc)
• Solid track record in successful delivery of scalable solution architectures
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and logical skills
• Experience using RDBMS and NoSQL databases


Nice to haves but not required

• 3 years’ experience with Flooid POS product
• 3 years’ experience with Retalix POS product
• 3 years’ experience with implementing customer loyalty solutions
• 3 years’ experience with omni-channel commerce solutions
• 2-3 years’ project management experience of mid-sized projects
• TOGAF certified
• Commercial and business understanding of the retail industry