Solution Architect

Why Work for Menards?
• Profit Sharing & 401K, Paid Vacation & Holidays
• Team Member Discount
• Highly collaborative work environment
• Monday – Friday work week
• On campus coffee shop/cafeteria with live music!
• Pay based on experience

POSITION SUMMARY:
As a Solution Architect at Menards you will be responsible for the review and proposal of architectural designs for all information systems solutions. You will analyze and evaluate existing or proposed systems as well as new technologies and make recommendations that will increase reliability and performance as well as ensure scalability. You will also focus on integration patterns and best practices.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Work cooperatively with technical personnel in other IT/IS areas to accomplish enterprise-wide goals
• Design fault-tolerant, scalable and decoupled solutions
• Lead technology decision making with a strong emphasis on the reasoning behind those decisions
• Research new technologies and their potential impact on our current processes
• Identify areas of improvement across existing systems and help design related solutions
• Define standards and best practices for cross-cutting software development concerns