.JOB DESCRIPTIONYou're an original. So are we.We're a company of people who like to forge our own path. We invented the blue jean in 1873, and we reinvented khaki pants in 1986. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines in manufacturing. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. Our brands stand for freedom and self-expression around the world.Where we lead, others follow. For more than 160 years, we've used the strength of our brands to lead with our values and make an outsized impact on the world. We employ more than 15,000 people globally to support our great brands: Levi's, Dockers, Denizen, Signature by Levi Strauss & Co. and Beyond Yoga.About the JobAt LS&Co we're embarking on a multi-year business transformation program to position the company for long term success in a rapidly changing retail environment. The goal is to transform our supply chain, commercial operations and technology platform by implementing a scalable set of global systems and processes. At the core of the program, we are implementing SAP S/4 Fashion and rolling it out globally. We are also investing in other strategic platforms across supply chain and operations to enable the business to become an omnichannel DTC retailer. The scale and complexity of the LS&Co business model(s) and system landscape make it an extremely challenging and exciting environment to work in.As a Solution Architect within the CIO organization at LS&Co IT you'll be responsible for the overall solution design for various large-scale, cross-domain projects within the overall portfolio. To be successful you'll need to collaborate with software engineers, business partners, enterprise architects and technology leaders to deliver robust and scalable solutions that are aligned with our technology and business capability roadmaps. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who is passionate about technology and delivering business value through technology.ResponsibilitiesDevelop project level solution architecture and system conceptsParticipate in and facilitate architecture design reviewsCollaborate with business partners, Subject Matter Experts (SME) and other stakeholders to define and document business requirementsUnderstand the functional intent of business requirementsTranslate functional requirements into a technical solution that supports the end-to-end business process.Lead efforts to scope and estimate technical deliverablesManage the Key Design Decision Process and Design EscalationsCollaborate closely with enterprise architects and other solution architects to ensure that the solution architecture aligns with technology and business capability roadmapsDevelop technical designs in partnership with development teams that align with technology standards and architecture principles.Perform software inspections and design reviews.Ensure that technical and other non-functional requirements are designed into the end-to-end solution