Magento Architect

Company: Collabera Inc.
Location: Bloomington
Posted on: February 19, 2021

Job Description:

Position Name: Magento ArchitectLocation: Remote till Covid (Then candidate can work from either Chicago or Mundelein, IL or can pick if they want can pick if they want to be downtown or in the suburbs)Duration: Full Time OR Contract to Hire
Why is This Open: Recently migrated to Magento 2 platform, need additional headcount.
Day-to-Day:

• Design, develop and implement scalable e-commerce applications to support growing B2C portfolio.
• Works with product owners, scrum masters/project managers, graphic designers, Magento developers, QA analysts and ERP/CRM teams to deliver the very best solutions possible in Magento e-commerce.
• Participates in developing the e-commerce B2C roadmap in collaboration with Marketing and Product teams.
• Provides technical leadership to multiple development teams/squads.
• Main technical point of contact for project implementation requirements, helping design solutions that meet or exceeds the current architecture standards and best practices.
• Works closely with solution architects and engineering teams to create highly scalable, flexible solutions that address business problems and accelerate the adoption of platform and services.
• Designs and helps build new features and functionality that will keep B2C platform current. This includes providing guidance in the build versus buy decision making for the new features and functionality requested by the products owner.
• Recommends necessary changes in the existing e-commerce application to ensure efficient functioning, revenue generation and cost savings solutions.
• Leads the component design process to ensure that the application conforms to and Magento best practices and guidelines.
• Create and/or modify detailed application architecture specifications that outline the various layers and common components to be reused by application developers.
• Assists in estimating the size and scope of projects on the e-commerce B2C roadmap.
• Identifies, proposes mitigation strategies, and escalates technology-related risks in a timely manner.
• Designs and enables integration to external applications through APIs, web services and files as needed.
  Must Haves:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related
  • 5+ years of experience as an Application Architect for ecommerce solutions on a .NET, Java, or PHP platform
  • 4+ years of DevSecOps experience - this includes unit testing, CI/CD (Jenkins is preferred), security testing, performance load testing and managing a backlog and triaging defects in JIRA (or a similar tool)
  • Experience in working within an Agile/SCRUM development model
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal team members as well as business stakeholders.
  • Plusses:
  • Experience with Magento 2.x e-commerce platform
  • Experience implementing, configuring, and integrating a search and merchandising tool in Magento such as Bloomreach or Elastic Search.
  • Experience as a Senior or Lead PHP software developer in an ecommerce environment
  • Experience implementing ecommerce solutions for Healthcare and are familiar with PHI, PII, and HIPAA compliance requirements
  • Experience in working with multi-site global teams.
  • Experience working with Application Performance Monitoring & Management tools such as New Relic, App Dynamics, etc.
  • Experience working with Azure.
  • Additional Qual Call Notes:
  • This is a purely Technical Leadership role and not someone who is doing hands on coding.
  • This person will not only deal with Magento but will also work with DevOps, Security, Automation, Architecture and Scalability.
  • AWS/Azure is nice to have but not a mandate.
  • Top 3 Skills
  • App Architecture understanding and experience with Magento
  • Technical Leader and not a coder
  • Exp with DevOps, Automating Testing and Security
    Start Date: February or March 2021
    Interview:(Assume F2F): First-round WebEx interview: 30-45 minutes (Architect) & another team memberSecond-round/FinalWebEx video interview
    If you have any further questions, please feel free to connect with me on or at

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