What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Architect position at Bayforce?
Role Title: IT Architect
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Duration: 6 months contract to hire
Preferred Location: Local to Chicago in office 3 days a week or remote and relocate upon conversion
Role Description:
The Supply Chain Technologies Architect designs and implements scalable supply chain solutions, focusing on WMS, TMS, ERP integrations, and cloud modernization. Acting as a trusted advisor to both business and IT leadership, the role defines roadmaps, guides development teams, and promotes modern cloud and automation practices.
- llaborate with business and IT leaders to define the Supply Chain technology roadmap, aligning with strategic goals.
- Advise executive stakeholders, driving business and operational decisions through technology innovation.
- Use architecture principles and best practices to guide solution development across WMS, TMS, ERP, and Cloud platforms.
- Evaluate technologies to recommend solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, and competitiveness.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, resiliency, and governance standards.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
- 7 years of experience in IT Architecture, Solution Design, or Enterprise Architecture within large, complex enterprises.
- Proven experience designing cloud-native architectures using Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP.
- Experience working for large corporations
- Strong experience with application integrations, including API gateways, middleware, and event-driven architectures.
- Expertise in guiding development teams, crafting technology roadmaps, and overseeing solution execution.
Technical Skills & Knowledge
- Proven experience in crafting application designs that address complex functional and non-functional requirements, along with developing high-level execution plans to guide development teams through implementation.
- Skilled in designing application landscapes for cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP beneficial).
- Expertise in modern integration patterns, including REST/SOAP-based APIs, message-driven and event-driven architectures, and legacy integration methods such as batch processing and file-based data transfers.
- Extensive development and architecture experience with both traditional application architectures and cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure PaaS, Kubernetes, and serverless computing.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a creative and innovative mindset.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep expertise in Supply Chain & Logistics Technologies, including WMS, TMS, ERP, SCM, and Order Management Systems.
- Experience leading successful global or regional supply chain technology implementations, including WMS, TMS, or ERP solutions (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, Blue Yonder).
- Familiarity with warehouse automation, IoT-enabled logistics, or AI/ML-driven supply chain optimization.
