ERP TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

ERP Technical Architect
H+K International is looking to hire a technical architect for their in-house ERP System, Orion. The role requires a talented, self-starter to join their IT team in supporting their implementation of the Orion ERP solution hosted on IBM iSeries.

Role Responsibilities:
• Identify, recommend, implement, and support ERP solutions. Ensure alignment with technology roadmaps. Envision, navigate, and decide on future projects and enhancements.
• Partner with stakeholders, process specialists, and users to elicit and document business requirements.
• Break down functional requirements into technical designs.
• Produce detailed development plans, estimate work involved and resources required. Co-ordinate with all stakeholders to ensure the successful implementation of a given project.
• Translate non-technical requirements into technical business requirements, including user acceptance testing criteria and success factors.
• Ability to work systematically and logically to analyze solutions, resolve problems, identify causes, and anticipate implications.
• Update and communicate architectural implications of risks, issues, dependencies, and outcomes to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Assessing the feasibility of implementing technical solutions to achieve business outcomes, upgrading, migrating data and interfacing to existing legacy solutions.
• Leading Orion ERP technical and functional team. Facilitate/ participate in the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements; resolve or assist in the resolution conflicts within and between projects or functional areas.
• Utilize specialist knowledge of business processes and the Orion product suite to support the development and expansion of the solution footprint and meet business requirements.
• Provide escalation support as required to the Orion Support team.
• Collaborate and provide functional subject matter expertise and training to business users and technical team members.
• Manage change management control and documentation.
• Manage all technical migrations and updates on the Orion ERP solution or underlying IBM iSeries stack and servers.
• Any other reasonable duties as required by leaders in the business.

Role Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in IT, computer science or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in RPG development including CL, RPG (IV and Free-Format) and ILE
• 5+ years of technical team leadership experience
• 5+ years of hands-on solutions architecture experience designing solutions preferably on IBM iSeries.
• Solution Architect Professional Certification (IASA, TOGAF) is a plus.
• Knowledge of full application life cycle design tools, methodologies, and large enterprise deployment experience in complex business environments
• Extensive experience with all phases of the software development lifecycle (requirements gathering, design, coding, code review, testing, deployment, maintenance).
• Lifelong learner with excellent communication skills and an effective team player.
• Strong background in multiple functional areas ideally within a Distribution or Manufacturing environment, including the following ERP modules; A/R, A/P, G/L, Sales, Purchasing, Warehouse Management, Inventory Management, Reporting.
• Familiarity with IT infrastructure and database administration.
• Expert in DB2 and SQL.
• Experience working with web services and interfacing AS400 with web applications is a plus.
• Proficient in Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities to investigate, research and diagnose issues and recommend solutions.
• The candidate should have good troubleshooting skills and enjoy working both independently and in a team environment.
• Creativity and attention to detail
• Hands-On experience in data conversion and data migration for ERP solutions.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to make major decisions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• A preparedness to take the initiative and a strong desire to achieve results.
• Ability/Experience to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
• Should have experience in documenting business processes, preparing user manuals, and conducting end user training.