Architect - Information Services, Operational Experience

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

• 18,000 trained professionals
• 350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries
• Fortune 500
• Globally unified systems

SUMMARY

The Operational Experience Portfolio is responsible for providing world-class logistics systems for our global staff. The Portfolio Architect is responsible for providing architectural clarity in support of business needs including aligning with enterprise strategic direction. There are approximately 30 agile teams within the portfolio, many aligned with agile release trains (ART’s). As a technical leader you provide direction within the portfolio and collaborate with enterprise, portfolio, system architects across the network. This is a crucial role that supports the modernization of our systems into cloud architecture, facilitating the migration of critical legacy systems that are essential for generating revenue for the organization.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborating with the Enterprise, Portfolio, and System Architects to contribute to, understand and support the strategic technical direction
• Communicating the strategic technical direction to OXP portfolio as needed and formally as we hold Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) ceremonies for planning program increments
• Collaborating with agile teams and portfolio management to provide a high-level, all-inclusive vision of solutions and development initiatives
• Expertise in various cloud native technologies and experience in modernizing legacy technologies
• Understanding and communicating strategic themes, and other key business drivers for architecture, to system architects and nontechnical stakeholders
• Understand the architecture of all systems and address conflicting or divergent approaches
• Promoting continuous delivery pipeline and DevOps capabilities
• Facilitating the reuse of code, components, and proven patterns
• Coach and lead system architects and identify training opportunities
• Create and implement strategies for technology adoption across the portfolio

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

• Downtown Seattle
• Federal Way
• Lynnwood
• Bellevue (Factoria)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• MS Computer Science or related degree
• Experience in technical roles such as engineer, architect, or technical leadership positions in software development (10+ years of experience)
• Designing, implementing, and supporting environments using cloud infrastructure technologies ideally in Azure
• Demonstrated transformation from OnPrem using Cobol or similar languages to cloud Azure or other public cloud environments
• Thrives in a fast-moving multi-context environment
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, and execution capabilities
• Familiarity with a variety of technology stacks
• Experienced problem solver, strong collaborator and able to provide clarity around complex topics
• Assertive personality, interpersonal, action and outcome driven leadership
• Ability to promote autonomy, mastery and purpose, through empowerment and creating leaders

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Global logistics/Supply chain business knowledge

REPORTING STRUCTURE

• Director, Information Services, Operational Experience Portfolio

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Expected base salary:  $100,000

Eligible for bonus

Expeditors offers competitive benefits to all full-time employees including:

• Paid vacation
• Holidays (10)
• Flexible Days (2)
• Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)
• Commuter Benefit
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and Personnel Development Program
• Educational Assistance and Reimbursement
• Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.