Development Architect

Description:

Evaluate architecture risks and estimates effort for business case or backlog item and prepare management decisions on these topics. Translate business and product requirements into technical requirements, models and software architecture. Collect and document requirements and constraints with high impact on the architecture as basis for architectural decisions. Define the product's architecture together with implementation team(s), drive alignment of architecture concepts, and ensure documentation in architecture concept document(s). Identify opportunities for reuse of architecture concepts or software parts and cross-team synergies. Align architecture with stakeholders regarding architectural or technical dependencies. Support and advise product owner by ensuring technical and architectural feasibility, readiness, and compliance. Collaborate with the developers/architects of the product/implementation team(s) and contribute to all tasks of implementation team/product team. Coach and advise implementation team(s) on all aspects which have impact on the architecture, review design documents of implementation teams regarding compliance with ACD and relevant product line guideline. Monitor implementation of the architecture concepts together with implementation team. Implement software parts, typically related to infrastructure or architecture. Propose improvements and innovations for implementing a product but also in development processes and methodologies.
Education and Qualifications/Skills and Competencies:

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Systems, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field and 7 years of progressive experience in the job offered or a related occupation. The company will also accept a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Systems, Engineering, Mathematics and 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.

Work Experience:

Position requires at least 5 years of experience in each of the following:

• Events and message driven development using integration technologies including IDOC, RFC, and BAPI;
• Software Architecture and Design;
• Object Oriented Analysis and Design using Technical Architecture Modelling (TAM), Design Patterns, and Requirements Analysis;
• Utilize functional SAP public domain applications including Customer Activity Repository (CAR), Demand Management Foundation (DMF), Promotion Management for Retail 7.X (PMR), Promotion Analytics, Trade Management Optimization (TPO) and ERP Retail (IS-R);
• Code and implementation programming in ABAP, using WebDynPro, FPM, BOBF, POWL, Portal Contents, and SAP NetWeaver;
• Design and development in Business Warehouse, including Promo Analytics, utilizing SAP Business Warehouse Modeling and Content Management; and
• Utilize customer support and maintenance applications including DMF, PMR, TPO, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and Promo Analytics.