Solution Architect

DFI Company Brief

DFI Retail Group (the ‘Group’) is a leading pan-Asian retailer. The Group provides quality and value to Asian consumers by offering leading brands, a compelling retail experience and great service; all delivered through a strong store network supported by efficient supply chains.

The Group (including associates and joint ventures) operates under several well-known brands across food, health and beauty, home furnishings, restaurants and other retailing.

The Group’s parent company, Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited, is incorporated in Bermuda and has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, with secondary listings in Bermuda and Singapore. The Group's businesses are managed from Hong Kong by Dairy Farm Management Services Limited through its regional offices.

DFI Retail Group is a member of the Jardine Matheson Group.

DFI Team Brief

The selected candidate will be part of the Enterprise Architecture Team, reporting to the Enterprise Architecture Lead. He/she will lead technology innovations, architecture, standards, and governance across the group focusing on digital transformation. The Enterprise Architecture team is part of the Center of Excellence for DFI Retail Group, reporting to the Group Chief Information and Technology Officer.

Job Description

DFI Retail Group is seeking a qualified Solution Architect (SA) with experience in conceptualizing and crafting architectural design for retail, loyalty and integration solutions. The SA must acquire high proficiency and be well-versed in handling various stakeholders to align and enable the balance between solutions, business strategy, objectives, requirements and enterprise architecture standards & governance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand overall transformation strategy, objective and approach.
• Discover, analyze and document the existing (as-is) systems landscape and integration architecture.
• Analyze, design, document and review the target (to-be) solution & integration architecture with internal development & support teams and vendors.
• Define, review and endorse on architecture and integration blueprint.
• Identify, review and recommend technologies, solutions, products and best practices for retail, loyalty and integration implementation.
• Collaborate with various teams for success systems implementation and operations; and adhere to enterprise architecture standards and governance.
• Monitor and ensure implementation of solution is according to the architectural design, assumptions, constraints set in the blueprint and other technical documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of experience as an IT professional within retail, marketing and loyalty functional area.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in solution architecture using modern technology stacks.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP).
• Involved in at least 1 to 2 end to end retail IT project execution, design and implementation. Non-retail project experience with good exposure is also considered.
• Certified in TOGAF or equivalent is preferred but not mandatory.
• Certified with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure or GCP) is preferred but not mandatory.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity, cloud and microservices architectures.
• Effective communication skills and be able to present technical concepts concisely.
• Able to work independently and thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.