Solution and Data Architect

Solution and Data Architect at Marriott in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description Job Number 24130934 Job Category Information Technology Location Starwood Above Property, One StarPoint, Stamford, Connecticut, United States Schedule Full-Time Located Remotely? Y Relocation? N Position Type Management JOB SUMMARY: At Marriott International, our vision and goal is to become the world's favorite travel company We celebrate the dreamers who make their own mark, and with good reason. Our success is measured by the joy and satisfaction we bring our customers. Our world class Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program, portfolio of 8,800+ properties across the globe and 30 brands makes us a leader in the travel & hospitality space. Being world class is possibly only through being able to hire and retain the best talent. At Marriott, our success is measured by the joy and satisfaction we bring our customers. Much of that success is driven by our award-winning Loyalty program Bonvoy, and the member benefits that can be enjoyed by staying at one of our 8,800+ properties or taking advantage of exclusive travel experiences and the amenities offered at one of our 30 brands. We are looking for a highly dynamic and hands on technical architect to join our Global Technology - Enterprise Architecture team. This individual will be responsible for helping to define, advance and execute the technology future of our Loyalty platform. This includes extending and modernizing our Core Loyalty and Loyalty Finance architecture to enable greater levels of business innovation, scale and services that delight and surprise our customers with unique Loyalty offerings, partnerships and on-property benefits. This individual will collaborate across various domains to create integrated Loyalty solutions exposed through partners, web, mobile, smart devices and voice channels. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of collaboration, designing, building, and implementing architectures that are highly scalable, resilient, secure and flexible. This individual will work with product owners, other architects, software-designers and delivery leads across the organization to extend and introduce new technology into our Loyalty platform. CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience Required: - Minimum 10 years' experience as a software/technical architect or technical engineering lead designing and delivering distributed, scalable and highly resilient enterprise applications - Experience of large-scale digital transformations of legacy enterprise systems - Experience of evaluating SaaS vendor solutions and defining the architecture to integrate them within large enterprises - Experience creating conceptual, and logical architectural diagrams, and gaining stakeholder approval/alignment. - Ability to manage multiple solutions across multiple projects within tight timelines - Ability to apply forward thinking principles and innovation to future proof business solutions - 5+ years' experience with APIs, microservices & event-based architectures and NoSQL technologies - 5+ years' experience working with building and deploying distributed applications in Cloud environments Preferred: - Undergraduate degree (Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering) or equivalent experience - Experience of Loyalty and/or Loyalty finance and accounting business processes, software, and audit controls across an enterprise - 10+ years relevant work experience in software engineering with a focus on enterprise business systems and real-time integration - 6+ years of documenting and communicating solution architectures/designs to peers, executives and stakeholders. - Experience authoring IT standards, frameworks and patterns related to the modern application design - Experience in the deployment of business solutions in cloud environments - Experience integrate enterprise applications with SaaS solutions across multiple cloud providers - Demonstrated background in architecting in an Agile-delivery environment, (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe). - Passionate learner who actively seeks to learn about new technologies and approaches - Working knowledge of IBM Mainframe, and DB2 - Excellent client/user interaction skills to determine requirements - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Excellent presentation and people skills - Ability to present complex ideas in user-friendly language - Ability to lead peer reviews across many domains - Ability to lead complex, cross-functional problem-solving initiatives. - Experience in researching and evaluating emerging technologies and trends, standards, and products. CORE WORK ACTIVITIES Defining the Future-State Loyalty Architecture & Supporting Loyalty Business Projects - Leads and defines Loyalty projects architecture solutions to enable business objectives, and drive stakeholder alignment and drive detail design by engineers - Leads and defines the Loyalty systems architecture vision to deliver the next generation Loyalty platform and improve their travel experience with Marriott. - Defines solutions and patterns that address system and partner integration - Leverages short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and advance the overall Loyalty management capabilities - Identifies and develops opportunities for reuse, migration, or retirement Enterprise Planning & Execution - Development of Loyalty Target State Architecture and Roadmaps - Understand and evaluate current and emerging technology products and trends - Develop re-usable design patterns and best practices that can be leveraged by the enterprise - Socialize and educate the organization including service providers on design patterns that have been developed Solution Architecture - Develop prototypes and architecture artifacts to support projects - Partner and consult with project teams to enable consistent solution design and implementations aligned to the architecture - Engage in IT Governance activities to promote consistency and solution compliance Cross-Training, Technology Research, and Proof-of-Concepts - Obtain training & experience on business functions and technologies outside area of expertise. - Research emerging or existing technologies that may have specific business outcomes. - Conduct proof-of-concepts to determine the feasibility of technologies that could provide business benefits. Building Successful Relationships - Collaborates with business and IT resources to help advance Loyalty platform agenda across the organization - Acts as a leader and advocate for architecture, including coaching, training, and career development to staff - Liaises with vendors and Service Providers to select the products or services to enable strategic goals MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES Leadership - Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods. - Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action. - Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis, taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges. - Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; obtains and comp To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account