Principal IT Architect, CPQ
6 days ago
Atlanta
What we expect\n The first 3 letters in workplace safety are Y-O-U! TK Elevator is currently seeking an experienced and hands-on Principal IT Architect, CPQ located in Atlanta, GA. TKE is currently seeking an experienced Principal Architect to work in the IT Architecture organization. This role is responsible for bridging technology & business goals to create achievable enterprise solutions. They will be required to have a relevant experience in quote-to-cash processes and expertise in defining strategy, creating guidelines and best practices for CPQ (Configure, Price & Quote) solution with integrations to CRM and ERP. The Principal Architect must have a broad knowledge of software, hardware, applications, networking & business process engineering, while influencing architecture, design, & integration of solutions. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: • Help business leaders envision Configure, Price and Quote solutions to streamline sales with integrations to CRM and ERP, foster partnerships with stakeholders and creates value propositions in quote-to-cash processes., • Define CPQ Strategy, standards and best practices in collaboration with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, developers, and administrators, to deliver integrated solutions while minimizing customizations., • Collaborate across IT, Business Partners and vendors to ensure implementations and integrations are designed, developed and deployed in a scalable way., • Propose and implement improvements to optimize the use of CPQ within manufacturing, sales, field service and customer service processes., • Configure advanced CPQ features, pricing logic, workflows and templates, • Perform thorough testing of solutions to ensure they meet functional and technical requirements, conducting regular system audits and ensuring data integrity., • Develop solutions cross functionally, owning the implementations needed in CPQ, including design, implementation, quality control, end-to-end testing plans in multiple, • environments (dev/test/stage/prod), troubleshooting, bug fixing and post release end user support., • Provide input on delivery timelines for implementations, set expectations cross - functionally., • Provide input into Quality Assurance to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are deployed with minimal defects., • Participate in daily standups, discovery sessions, backlog refinement, sprint planning and, • retrospective meetings for the Salesforce team., • Review and approve configuration and coded items to be deployed between environments; this can include from time to time supervising the configuration, quality assurance, testing, and deployment of CPQ and dependent system changes., • Write documentation on technical designs, technical processes, best practices; from time to time this can include providing technical training for cross-functional teams.\nWho we are looking for\n, • EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:, • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, System Analysis or a related field. Or equivalent work experience., • Typically has 15 or more years of IT and business/industry work experience including architecture design and deployment, systems lifecycle management and infrastructure planning and operations with exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments., • Minimum 10 years of experience designing and supervising complex implementations of CPQ solution and integration with CRM and ERP, preferably SAP CPQ, • Background in enterprise security, identity management (SSO, OAuth, SAML), data protection, and compliance., • Proven experience with system integration patterns, APIs (REST, SOAP), middleware, and asynchronous architectures., • CRM and ERP implementation and support experience is a plus, • Ability to be a visionary to proactively assist in defining future CPQ projects. Ability to conceive strategies, solutions, build consensus, and execute solutions., • Capability to work both independently and as a team member. Strong communication skills in interfacing with TKE partners and the IT community are required., • Aptitude to educate and guide others on architectural standards, principles, methodology and trends., • In-depth experience aligning business requirements with IT solutions., • Thorough understanding of systems to perform functional and non-functional requirements analysis and testing based on requirements., • Define problem statements, analyze process, system, data and people issues and present solution options for requirements, • Define and comply with standard processes to maintain high availability and stability of application/system, • Timely resolution of Problems and Issues, • Salesforce Admin/Developer certification, • SAP or Oracle implementation certification or equivalent work experience, • Medical, dental, and vision coverage, • Flexible spending accounts (FSA), • Health savings account (HSA), • Supplemental medical plans, • Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance, • Company-paid basic life insurance and AD&D, • Optional life and AD&D coverage, • Optional spouse and dependent life insurance, • Identity theft monitoring, • Pet insurance, • Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP), • Tuition reimbursement, • 15 days of vacation per year, • 11 paid holidays each calendar year (10 fixed, 1 floating), • Paid sick leave, per company policy For any additional questions or job specific requests, please use the contact below and include the Job Requisition Number as a reference.