Lead ERP Architect

Description: Lead Solution and Implementation Architect, DMS ERP System

Job Purpose:
The Lead Architect for DMS ERP system is responsible for architecting, designing, and leading implementation of comprehensive solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements for an automotive dealer ERP system based on a third-party low-code/no-code platform. The architect in this position is expected to be 50% hands-on.

Key Responsibilities:

Participates in the conceptual phases of identifying and solving business problems and initiatives.

Assists with the development of frameworks, standards, policies, principles, and procedures to guide technology implementation.

Facilitates technical design reviews, ensuring adherence to architectural standards of the organization.

Contributes to functional, logical, and technical architecture for the ERP project and ERP platform initiatives and collaborates with the greater architecture team and the project team on implementation

Identifies necessary non-functional requirements (performance, security, operational concerns) and participates in addressing them.

Recommends options for the resolution/prevention of technical debt and to facilitate rapid development and implementation.

Helps develop and execute test plans to test functional software and infrastructure and helps drive consistency and automation.

Recommends improvements to processes and technology that improve the effectiveness of the team.

Helps drive best practices for software development, coding, performance tuning and integration.

Contributes to the definition of engineering processes, standards, and technologies / frameworks.


Requirements:

Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or equivalent combination of industry related professional experience and education

7 years of working experience on engineering and architecture teams.

Experience as a Technical Lead on large-scale software implementations with design and hands-on development

Experience in technology development and delivery for SAAS applications

Experience with AWS or similar Cloud based environment.

Experience in multi-tier enterprise architecture environments

Experience designing and developing enterprise integrations

Experience with relevant database technologies

Some experience with low-code/no-code architecture

Experience documenting and presenting architectural designs and solutions to the team.

Experience working across multiple teams to influence consistent patterns.

Excellent communication skills and ability to work with teams across multiple time zones.

In-person presence in the office per company policies and some amount of travel as needed.