61566: Sr Solutions Architect

While this is a remote position, the successful candidate must reside within 50 miles of a FedEx Freight location(s)in Posted Domicile Location(s).

Position Overview

Leads the Solution Architecture (SA) chapter to advance enterprise-wide architecture standards, mentor solution architects, and ensure product-level systems align with business needs and enterprise-approved designs

Essential Functions

• Mentor and develop chapter members, fostering technical growth, peer coaching, and continuous improvement
• Oversee the Solution Architecture (SA) chapter, ensuring chapter members consistently apply enterprise architecture (EA) guidance to product-level designs
• Stay abreast of industry trends in both LTL and technology
• Provide design governance and feedback, reviewing solutions from chapter members to ensure scalability and compliance with enterprise standards
• Develop and promote architecture methodologies, patterns and standards, driving adoption of best practices, reusable frameworks and modern engineering approaches within the chapter
• Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives, including workshops, training sessions, and office hours, to advance technical expertise and adoption of standards
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration, partnering with product, engineering, and enterprise technology leaders to resolve architectural challenges and maintain design integrity
• Comply with all applicable laws/regulations, as well as company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, and / or related field or equivalent formal training
• Seven (7) years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, or IT application delivery
• Experience in leading large groups of solution architects, high up in the requirements section
• Proven expertise designing and governing complex technology solutions across application, data, and infrastructure domains
• Strong knowledge of solution architecture standards, scalability, security principles and integration best practices
• Familiarity with freight, supply chain, or operationally intensive industry solutions is desirable
• Technical leadership and mentorship to guide solution architects and foster adoption of enterprise standards and best practices
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills to align product, engineering and technology teams around common architectural approaches
• JOB CONDITIONS:
• Some travel required
  
  

Preferred Skills/Knowledge

MuleSoft / Anypoint Platform experience is a plus — API Manager, DataWeave, API-first design (RAML/OAS), and CloudHub or Runtime Manager for deployment.

EST FedEx Freight, Inc

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