Job Description

Job Description

Join our team of more than 34,000 team members, supporting our members and communities in our Club Support Center, 235+ clubs and eight distribution centers. BJ’s Wholesale Club offers a collaborative and inclusive environment where all team members can learn, grow and be their authentic selves. Together, we’re committed to providing outstanding service and convenience to our members, helping them save on the products and services they need for their families and homes.

The Benefits of working at BJ’s

• BJ’s pays weekly

• Eligible for free BJ's Inner Circle and Supplemental membership(s)*

• Generous time off programs to support busy lifestyles* 

o Vacation, Personal, Holiday, Sick, Bereavement Leave, Jury Duty

• Benefit plans for your changing needs*

o Three medical plans**, Health Savings Account (HSA), two dental plans, vision plan, flexible spending ​

• 401(k) plan with company match (must be at least 18 years old)

*eligibility requirements vary by position

**medical plans vary by location

IT Solution Architect – Club Excellence

Position Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and strategic driven IT Solution Architect to lead the design and integration of technology solutions supporting our club systems within a retail wholesale environment. This role will focus on architecting scalable, secure, and customer-centric systems that enhance member experience, streamline club operations, and support business growth.

Duties & Responsibilities:

 

• Acts as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, product teams, and development teams, providing recommendations and influencing decision-making processes for IT solutions and value stream optimization.
• Collaborates with Enterprise Architects to align solution architecture with enterprise architecture standards and vision.
• Responsible for developing and reviewing the solution architecture (blueprint) for products and value stream, including interaction requirements for specific components, subsystems, and interfaces within the application or solution.
• Designs future-proof and scalable solutions, considering all hardware, infrastructure, and data constraints.
• Drives simplicity in IT solution design by re-using assets; degree of asset re-use across the enterprise.
• Aligns with cross functional areas to ensure the user story or product backlog item meets a set of team-established criteria as to whether the story is ready for a sprint.
• Contributes to the creation of IT/Architecture standards and guidelines to define the overall solution architecture.
• Creates Technical Design documents, technical specifications, production supporting documents, implementation plans, test plans and test cases.
• Responsible for identifying non-functional requirements to ensure the architectural design meets the required performance, security, scalability, availability, and other quality attributes.
• Leads the assessment and adoption of new technologies and methodologies that can provide a competitive advantage.
• Reviews IT solution design for every new or changed solution and ensures alignment with enterprise architecture standards, policies, and procedures. Ensure all security and compliance aspects are considered in the architecture (e. g., secure by design, compliant by design)
• Supports the program & project delivery teams to embed security, privacy, and regulatory needs into the solution.
• Indoctrinate Enterprise Architecture strategy and approach with applications development teams.
• Ensure operational stability of a warehouse retail environment by providing technical support, system monitoring, and issue resolution which may be required during off-hours, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline
• 5 or more years as a solution architect in software development
• 5 or more years in retail industry
• Ability to employ EA concepts around best practices, standards, and EA trends
• Experience in programming languages, data flows, information delivery, application integration, db technologies, cloud technologies (i. e. AWS) and infrastructure requirements
• Experience delivering POS and store system solutions that meet demands for reliability, scalability, maintainability, etc.
• Ability to prepare specifications, deliver oral presentations, and explain complex technical concepts in simple terms.
• Must possess strong leadership skills and the ability to provide direction to cross-functional teams responsible for the project
• Experience with cloud technologies, AWS preferred.
• Must be customer/service focused

This is a hybrid role. Tuesday through Thursday are in-office days at BJ's Club Support Center in Marlborough, MA and Monday and Friday are remote days.

In accordance with the Pay Transparency requirements, the following represents a good faith estimate of the compensation range for this position. At BJ’s Wholesale Club, we carefully consider a wide range of non-discriminatory factors when determining salary. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, education, experience, and qualifications. The pay range for this position is starting from $125,500.00.

Job Tags

Weekly pay, Work at office, Remote work, Monday to Friday, Flexible hours, Weekend work,

Similar Jobs