Solution Architect – Supply Chain Engineering
On-siteChennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Summary
Define scalable solution architecture approaches across Supply Chain Engineering platforms by creating reusable patterns, solution blueprints, and technical decision frameworks. Establish integration principles and reusable patterns across applications, APIs, and data flows while improving visibility into cross-platform dependencies. Partner with technology specialists, Communities of Practice, and engineering teams to align solution direction with Staples' technology practices and guide teams on scalable, secure, and maintainable designs. Support architecture reviews for critical initiatives and build reusable knowledge assets to improve architecture maturity across teams. Mentor engineers and leads on architecture thinking and platform maturity to strengthen consistency and future-state technology direction.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise application architecture, platform architecture, or senior technology leadership roles
- Experience designing large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems
- Strong understanding of integration patterns, APIs, middleware, data flows, and cross-platform solution design
- Background in one or more enterprise technology stacks such as Java, Microsoft / .NET, enterprise applications, integration technologies, or platform engineering
- Ability to create architecture diagrams, solution blueprints, technical decision documents, and reusable design patterns
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, documentation, and influencing skills
- Ability to work across teams and influence technical direction without relying only on formal authority
- Strong problem-solving, systems-thinking, and decision-making capability
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in Retail / Supply Chain technology environments
- Exposure to complex enterprise ecosystems involving multiple applications, integrations, data flows, and vendor / partner platforms
- Experience with data readiness, analytics enablement, AI enablement, or AI-assisted engineering initiatives
- Experience building reusable architecture standards, technical playbooks, reference designs, or modernization roadmaps
- Experience working with global engineering teams, technology specialists, CoPs, and architecture governance forums
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