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• *NO 3rd Parties or Sponsorship! Role Title: IT Architect Duration: 6 months contract to hire Preferred Location: Local to Chicago in office 3 days a week or remote and relocate upon conversion Role Description: Seeking a versatile and strategic Portfolio Architect to join our team. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives on connecting the dots across diverse systems, domains, and business processes. We are not a software company—but software is essential to how we operate. Our ideal candidate will bring a broad understanding of enterprise software architecture and strong leadership capabilities to guide complex initiatives from concept to completion. What You’ll Do: • Lead end-to-end solution architecture for key programs and initiatives, ensuring alignment with both functional and non-functional requirements. • Design and recommend scalable, sustainable solutions that consider integration, system ownership, and operational impact. • Collaborate across technical and business teams to bridge the gap between strategy and execution. • Promote cross-functional alignment, working with infrastructure, data, and application teams, but not bound to any single technical domain. • Drive integration strategy between systems—focusing on how applications communicate and work together. • Serve as a technical thought leader, guiding teams through architectural decision-making and trade-offs. • Support portfolio-level planning and provide architectural governance across a variety of projects. Requirements: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or a related field. • 7+ years of experience in IT Architecture, Solution Design, or Enterprise Architecture within large, complex enterprises. • Proven experience designing cloud-native architectures using Azure (preferred), AWS, or Google Cloud Platform. • Experience working for large corporations • Strong experience with application integrations, including API gateways, middleware, and event-driven architectures. • Expertise in guiding development teams, crafting technology roadmaps, and overseeing solution execution. Technical Skills & Knowledge • Proven experience in crafting application designs that address complex functional and non-functional requirements, along with developing high-level execution plans to guide development teams through implementation. • Skilled in designing application landscapes for cloud environments (Azure preferred, AWS/Google Cloud Platform beneficial). • Expertise in modern integration patterns, including REST/SOAP-based APIs, message-driven and event-driven architectures, and legacy integration methods such as batch processing and file-based data transfers. • Extensive development and architecture experience with both traditional application architectures and cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure PaaS, Kubernetes, and serverless computing. • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a creative and innovative mindset. Preferred Qualifications: • Deep expertise in Supply Chain & Logistics Technologies, including WMS, TMS, ERP, SCM, and Order Management Systems. • Experience leading successful global or regional supply chain technology implementations, including WMS, TMS, or ERP solutions (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Manhattan, Blue Yonder). • Familiarity with warehouse automation, IoT-enabled logistics, or AI/ML-

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