Solution Architect - Workplace Services

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale , the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee-centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

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This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family . Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Solution Architects create IT architecture & design solutions based on business requirements, industry trends, and technology options. Solution Architects are responsible and accountable for the solution architecture in partnership with Enterprise Architects, Domain Architects, and Engineering teams. They partner with the delivery team for solution planning, delivery, detailed design, and implementation. They ensure the implemented solutions are consistent with the approved architecture and communicate, mentor, and lead teams based on program or project needs for solution delivery.

The Workplace Services team is responsible for the design, administration, and operations of enterprise-wide platforms used for core workplace technologies. These technologies include critical platforms for business areas related to the end-user digital experience. The Solution Architect for Workplace Services will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing innovative workplace solutions related to end-point devices, virtualized services, unified communications, collaborative platforms, and related digital experience technologies. The candidate that fills this Solution Architect role will be a key member of the Workplace Services team responsible for the design, development, configuration, and delivery of technology-driven solutions that enhance the employee experience and optimize workplace operations. Additionally, the Solution Architect will engage with appropriate teams to ensure that ongoing operations and sustained engineering of the team meet the needs of Costco’s evolving technology landscape. The ideal candidate will possess a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and a passion for driving transformative change.

ROLE

• Designs, develops, and ensures compliance to architectural standards throughout the lifecycle.
• Analyzes the Business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Identifies aging technology issues or misalignment with business requirements, and proposes solutions.
• Partners with Enterprise Architects for domain roadmaps and reference architecture.
• Executes projects and initiatives on the domain roadmap in partnership with Enterprise Architects.
• Consults with application and infrastructure development projects, and identifies when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solution architecture.
• Ensures cohesiveness of solution designs across various projects / solutions.
• Collaborates with Enterprise Architects to balance needs between Solution Architectural Guardrails.
• Designs, develops, and directs solution architectures, design exceptions, and governance activities in compliance with target states, reference architectures, architecture standards, technology guardrails, and security and operational guidelines.
• Identifies the organizational impact of the solutions architecture.
• Creates non-functional specs for operational agility, disaster recovery, and support.
• Establishes solution delivery flow for continuous integration, testing and delivery, and operational deployment.
• Conducts design reviews to validate alignment with architecture.
• Modifies solution architecture to support changing business or technology requirements.
• Documents solutions architecture design and analysis work, and communicates architectural decisions that impact the solution.
• Defines the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.
• Communicates infrastructure, software, information, and solution concepts to all levels of management.
• Designs methodology that consistently yields the right level of technical design documentation.
• Adheres to Costco’s Architectural Framework and Governance model.
• Partners with Enterprise Architecture to develop strategies and standards for Workplace Services solutions.
• Researches and collaborates with stakeholders to understand technical requirements, trends, and strategies as it relates to digital workplace experience.
• Designs and develops innovative solutions that address employee productivity, collaboration, communication, and standardized tool utilization.
• Leads the implementation and integration of Workplace Services solutions.
• Expresses technical strategy through creation and management of architectural documentation.
• Assesses all project information to understand the scope, the current IT and business environment, objectives, and priorities.
• Translates business requirements into technical solutions.
• Defines and documents the proposed, high-level solution, including the use of COTS packages.
• Monitors, partners with technology peers, and evaluates the performance and effectiveness of Workplace Services solutions.
• Builds capabilities for thorough testing and quality assurance procedures.
• Provides architectural guidance and support for Workplace Services teams.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure Workplace Services solutions align with the organization's strategic goals.
• Creates high-level models that guide solution architecture.
• Consults, runs proof of concepts, and advises the best use of cloud and on-premise services.
• Stays abreast of emerging Workplace Services technologies and trends.
• Facilitates business improvement through adoption of modernized architecture.
• Maintains and fosters a sense of urgency within the team and the organization.
• Elevates and upskills team as required.

This is a full-time management / leadership position (45 hours per week).

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Pay Ranges :

Level 2 - $120,000 - $155,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

Level 3 - $145,000 - $180,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

Level 4 - $175,000 - $230,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.

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Salary : $230,000