Solutions Architect - Marketing

GAF Materials Corporation - Rockford, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Rockford, IL

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

About the position

At GAF, we cover more than buildings. We cover each other. No matter what role, tenure, or track, under this roof you are empowered to be there for your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we don't back down from hard work- we support one another in pursuit of something bigger. We define the future while leading the present. And under this roof, we own our opportunities. Becoming the market leader only happens when everyone feels they have the opportunity, and the support, to thrive. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most. As a Marketing Website Solution Architect, you will play a pivotal role in architecting, designing, and developing comprehensive website solutions that align with our marketing needs and contribute to the overall success of a given marketing portfolio. You will collaborate with key stakeholders, including project managers, business analysts, and product managers, to create solutions that adhere to architecture principles, leverage common solutions and services, and deliver tangible business value. Your responsibilities will include transforming business requirements into scalable and manageable solutions and design specifications, crafting comprehensive solution architectures that meet business requirements, optimizing performance, and ensuring scalability. You will evaluate and select marketing technology solutions, oversee the implementation of designed solutions, provide technical expertise and guidance, monitor and optimize website performance, and champion innovation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Transform business requirements into scalable and manageable solutions and design specifications.
• Craft comprehensive solution architectures that meet business requirements, optimize performance and ensure scalability.
• Evaluate and select marketing technology solutions, assess various technology options, create POC and select the most appropriate solutions for specific business needs.
• Oversee Solution Implementation of designed solutions, ensuring adherence to enterprise architectural principles and quality standards.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance, share technical expertise and guidance with development teams, foster collaboration, and ensure project success.
• Monitor and optimize website performance, continuously monitor the performance of implemented solutions, identifying areas for improvement and optimizing resource utilization.
• Champion Innovation and continuous improvement, advocate for innovation and continuous improvement, propose new technologies and strategies to enhance websites solutions and meet evolving business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Websites or e-commerce architecture with hands-on experience.
• 10+ years of industry experience providing technical solutions development for enterprise software or hosted high-tech services using frontend & backend technology stack, SEO and Azure cloud services offering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Sitecore CMS, Magento E-commerce, .NET core, .Net frameworks, SQL server, MongoDB, C#, Azure cloud services, Kubernetes, Dockers, CDN, Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture.
• Expert knowledge of ASP.NET Core, MVC, Web API, JavaScript, JQuery, Python, Google Analytics, Azure artificial intelligence platforms and Mobile application development (Xamerin, ReactNative and iOS Native).
• Knowledge of Social Media, GCP cloud offerings, Test-driven development DevOps, and CI/CD.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of conveying complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of cloud computing and data integration in a hybrid cloud environment. Advanced marketing data integration experience with industry-standard integration products.

Nice-to-haves

• Professional web development certifications or similar are advantageous.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and problem-solving skills.
• Good ability to define multiple solution options to business problems.
• Excellent ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Strong ability to understand the long-term ('big picture') and short-term perspectives of situations.

Benefits

• A wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood.
• Robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions.
• Wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee's primary residence.
• Internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program.