Black Kite Technologies - Architect - Supply Chain Technology (15-20 yrs)

Supply Chain Technologies Architect

Key Responsibilities :

- Technical Leadership: Lead the design, analysis, and realization of high-quality solutions for systems and applications, with a strong focus on WMS, TMS, and cloud modernization.

- Design and Documentation: Develop and maintain detailed technical designs for software applications, adhering to modern architecture principles, patterns, and best practices. Document all architecture design and analysis work.

- Review and Oversight: Oversee application design reviews to ensure solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements, including cost optimization, performance, reliability, scalability, security, and compliance.

- Guidance and Standards: Provide guidance to the IT team on technical designs, development practices, CI/CD pipelines, testing, validation, monitoring, security, and system integrations, ensuring adherence to Medline standards.

- Hands-On Engagement: Engage directly with development teams to overcome technical roadblocks, validate architectural decisions, and lead proof-of-concept initiatives to accelerate delivery.

- Collaboration: Work closely with management, business leaders, IT architects, and other stakeholders to define and execute the IT roadmap in alignment with operational and strategic business objectives.

- Industry Trends: Stay updated on industry trends and advancements in supply chain technology, evaluating and recommending new technologies and tools to enhance application development.

- Mentorship: Coach and mentor technical subject matter experts, application team members, and enterprise architects to implement architectures that support new business capabilities and operating models.

Required Qualifications :

- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field.

Technical Expertise :

- 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.

Communication and Leadership :

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of interacting with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.

- Strong influence, guidance, and facilitation skills to drive architectural alignment across teams.

- Agile and Product Management: Solid understanding of product management and agile development principles.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Experience leading successful global or regional supply chain technology implementations, including WMS, TMS, or ERP solutions (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, Blue Yonder).

- Certifications such as TOGAF, Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or PMP.

Familiarity with warehouse automation, IoT-enabled logistics, or AI/ML-driven supply chain optimization