Technology Architect- People Domain - Bengaluru, India - IKEA

IKEA

Verified Company

Bengaluru, India

1 week ago

Posted by:

Deepika Kaur

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Description

Who you are

You have a passion for technology and innovation, it makes you appreciate the mix of actions and strategic thinking, turning architecture into practice.

You have a product-centric mindset, are open to change and get energized working both independently and interdependently. You share and live the IKEA culture and values.

To be successful as Technology Architect for the People domain

You have proven advanced education in information technology, computer science or equivalent.
We believe you have a minimum of 7 years of experience in information/data and technology architecture ideally in People Domain where you have had proven a responsibility for the architecture of a domain that is stretching across multiple business capabilities and technologies and in a coexistence with legacy.
You have working experience with SAP SF, Workforce management, Cloud Service Integration and other connected technology solutions supporting backoffice functions such as people master data, Performance & succession, Benefits & Payroll, Talent management, People Planning, Analytics/BI, integration and Data model design.
You have a proven track record in architecting and implementing solutions in those areas and in optimizing them. You have preferably worked in the areas of solution, technology and Technology architecture in the overall context.
In addition, we also believe you have deep understanding in Enterprise Architecture and how to keep an architecture together across areas in the Technology landscape within in the retail business. Equally so how to modernize the existing legacy estate and put new infrastructure enablers in place that unlocks speed and flexibility.

We see that you have a strategic and holistic mindset being able to define the future state of the Core Digital Infrastructure architecture as well as:

Influence decisions at several levels the company
from Sub-domain to Engineer
Drive architecture work for an area of the technology landscape coexisting legacy and digital products
Develop architectures for massive internet scale
Solve deep technical problems in a landscape transforming with several business models
Drive common purpose across diverse stakeholders
Set long term strategic direction and manage its tradeoffs
Deep knowledge of Enterprise Architecture, omnichannel and retailing
Experience in agile development practices
Experience having worked with domain architecture in a product and engineering organization.

As a person you are a good collaborator, have strong leadership skills leading architecture work and work with diverse stakeholders.

You pay attention to detail and actively acquire new knowledge, skills and champions new methods to improve performance in deliveries.

You possess knowledge across a range of different technology stacks, ideally applied within a retail sector, and can change direction based on new ideas, approaches and strategies.

Your responsibilities

As a Technology Architect, you will develop the technology architecture landscape across IKEA and be part of setting the course with sound engineering/architecture through principles and standards that enable guidance for teams.

By influencing decisions across multiple levels, you make sure to set and drive the future architecture across both legacy and new products (at scale).

Your personality allows you to balance common purpose amongst a diverse set of stakeholders to ensure reaching both short
- and long-term goals.

In this role You are:

Responsible to drive and develop the infrastructure architecture in areas of Core Digital Infrastructure ensuring its architecture fits together in the overall Technology domain context and the total landscape
Responsible for defining the future architecture direction for in areas in the Core Digital Infrastructure, the coexistence with legacy, defining boundaries of capabilities and where to implement what
Resolve architecture topics in significant landscape changes affecting the subdomain
Provide the architecture perspective on prioritizations in a subdomain context, its consequences and impact to reach the Subdomain strategies and outcomes
Drive and develop to the architecture roadmap view for the subdomain as well as drive the execution
Develop the Enterprise Architecture practices, and architecture guardrails used in our product teams.
You participate in acquisition activities including technical guidance and assessments from a technology landscape perspective

About this work area
We set the digital agenda to keep IKEA leading in an uncertain and fastmoving environment.

We drive the development, provision and operation of our digital products and services using new and existing technology and agile delivery methods to deliver at pace.

in business, information/data and technology architecture ideally in People Domain

At the same time, we provide a home for digital skills to both develop and extend the technical, peo