Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks seventh in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join Costco Digital - part of the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco Digital is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation digital retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees. We are embarking on a large digital transformation and need team members like you to help us grow to the next level.

Our Digital team is transforming how we deliver solutions and interact with our members across our Mobile, Commerce and Order Management platforms. We have a culture of improvement & learning with a start up mentality and a customer centric approach for our Costco members and our employees. We are looking for talented individuals to join our team and pursue bold ideas and explore growth opportunities.

Digital SRE and Operations ensures industry leading performance and operational excellence across all channels of costco.com, including desktop and mobile. The Solution Architect supports the performance, reliability and achievement of Service Level Objectives of all products and platform services required for Costco’s digital presence. This role will be hyper focused on improving performance and stability of the existing landscape as well as participate in the design of foundational architecture, processes, and tools for Costco’s future digital modernization.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

Designs, develops and ensures compliance to architectural standards throughout the lifecycle.

Analyzes the Business-IT environment (run, grow, and transform the business) to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement (systems of record, differentiation, and innovation).

Consults with application and infrastructure development projects, and identifies when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solution architecture.

Collaborates with Enterprise Architects to balance needs between Solution Architectural Guardrails.

Identifies the organizational impact (Skills, processes, structures, or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.

Conducts design reviews to validate alignment with architecture.

Modifies solution architecture to support changing business or technology requirements.

Documents solutions architecture design and analysis work, and communicates architectural decisions that impact solutions.

Designs methodology that consistently yields the right level of technical design documentation and develops technical solutions that conform both to customer requirements and information development standards.

Adheres to Costco’s Architectural Framework and Governance model.

Researches and understands technical requirements, trends, and strategies for Costco Digital. Identifies new technologies and optimization tools as required.

Identifies, implements and optimizes tooling for the Development and Ops teams to improve efficiency, velocity, and stability.

Analyzes technical risks and advises on risk mitigation strategies.

Assesses project information to understand the scope, the current IT and business environment, objectives and priorities. Designs and implements solutions to evaluate and improve production readiness of systems, infrastructure, interfaces, applications, and platforms. Responsible for the technical content (architecture and design), integrity and quality of the solution.

Ensures for the delivery of the solution as specified (by requirements and architecture).

Architects micro-services for self-service performance and scalability evaluation.

Partners with Enterprise Architecture and peer architects/engineers to develop strategies and standards for Digital.

Participates in Architecture and Engineering forums; performs design reviews.

Participates in Development Modernization and adoption of emerging/modern technologies.

Aligns with the security standards and guidelines to ensure systems are secure and protected.

Analyzes available assets (frameworks, reference architectures, etc.) to bridge the gap between as-is architecture and to-be architecture. Creates transitional architecture views as part of solution design in support of modernization strategy.

Defines system use cases and requirements. Evaluates non-functional requirements for performance, scalability and technical acceptance criteria.

Creates high-level models that guide solution architecture, including component, context, data-flow security, data, services, infrastructure, deployment and integration viewpoints.

REQUIRED

Minimum of 10 years in an engineering and/or architect role.

5+ years’ proven experience in software engineering - focusing on development, automation, performance.

Experience architecting and designing Digital Commerce environments with component systems and API services, such as Payment gateways, Order Management Systems, Content Management systems, User generated content, Analytics.

Experience with Cloud and on premise automation, storage, network, and monitoring technology.

Advanced knowledge of Akamai or other CDN solutions.

Ability to communicate trade-offs and transactional states with technical and business teams.

Proven skills in leadership, relationship building, negotiation, collaboration, advocacy, governance, and consensus building.

High level of verbal and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders without authority and engage with at all levels of the organization including C-suite.

Thorough understanding of and experience with Agile principles and SAFe methods. Ability to make architecture changes in a dynamic agile environment.

Willing to share knowledge and coach others in technical and business topics.

Innovative, creative, and extremely responsive with a strong sense of urgency.

Scheduling flexibility to meet the needs of the business, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Recommended

Retail industry experience.

Knowledge with WebSphere Commerce, AIX, DB2.

Knowledge of different enterprise supply chain fulfillment systems (e.g. ERP, WMS).

Solution Architecture Professional Certification (e.g., IASA CITA-F, CITA-A or higher).

Experiencing using TOGAF as an architecture design methodology.

Proficient in service oriented architecture (SOA), messaging, object-oriented programming concepts, multi-tiered distributed component based technology, legacy infrastructure platforms and technologies, and enterprise service bus.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter

• Resume

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Pay Range: $145,000 - $180,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.