Architect IT Applications (ERP AND Java) - Garmin International, Inc.

We are seeking a full-time Architect IT Applications in our Olathe, KS location.  In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and implementing system improvements and serves as a technical leader who guides technical and implementation direction of applications and projects.

Essential Functions

• Develops technical roadmaps, supports, and enforces adherence to the technical roadmaps and development standards through interacting/collaborating with development teams, functional owners, and internal customers to understand long-term functional vision as well
• Negotiates with the business on prioritizing technical work with new business features; creating a balance between healthy systems and delivering critical business features
• Contributes to, supports, and encourages application development and integration best practices during the SDLC
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and implementing solutions to address those opportunities (e.g. architectural, performance, maintainability, security, scalability, reusability, etc.) within one or more business applications
• Translates, negotiates, and communicates complex architectural and development concepts across development teams and key (often non-technical) stakeholders to meet both architectural and business objectives
• Performs reviews of technical design and code changes for a specific, assigned portion of the overall applications and integrations code base; providing direction and recommendations to application implementation teams and developers as needed
• Recommends technology and development standards to be used on day-to-day feature development
• Ensures utilization of standard development tools, technologies, libraries, and frameworks (e.g. Eclipse, JQuery, Spring, JSF, custom plug-ins, Toad, SQL+, JDeveloper, OBIEE, Informatica, etc.)
• Exercises a significant degree of leadership to projects and programs which contribute directly to organizational objectives
• May lead major development, integration, or application implementation projects consisting of multiple components or sub-projects which require sophisticated project planning
• Identifies and implements opportunities for system improvement around stability, performance and maintainability and evaluates new technologies, features and functions and provides input on broader technology solutions outside of core discipline
• Works with Directors, Managers, Garmin IT Analysts, and Project Managers to determine system wide design impacts and regularly participates in partnering with Garmin IT Architects by participating in vetting new technology solutions
• Assists in validating and communicating detailed Level of Effort estimates for each project
• Attends or participates in applicable professional organizations to bring outside knowledge to Garmin
• Serves as a mentor to less experienced team members (Levels 1, 2 & 3)
• Develops reliable solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creatively
• Provides on-call responsibilities as required by the team
• Participates in project definition activities including feature analysis and system tradeoffs

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or related field AND a minimum of 9 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Must possess experience in developing and architecting scalable n-tier enterprise business applications, defining and implementing application development and integration best practices and processes
• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience developing in Java
• Experience with Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Agile, Integrations with Backend Systems, Service Oriented Architectures, SQL Query development, Java, Object Oriented Programming, Web and Application Development   
• Must possess excellent leadership skills and the ability to generate and support pragmatic solutions that meet Garmin’s market launch requirements, while maintaining high quality standards
• Must be positive, detail and quality oriented, organized, analytical, team oriented and a driven problem solver, multi-tasker, and self-starter with the ability to prioritize and lead in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Demonstrated experience in successful implementation of technology solutions
• Demonstrated proficiency and possess experience necessary to design, enhance and develop single and multi-system applications
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits