API Integration Architect - L'Oreal Information Technology

Title: API Integration Architect

Division: Corporations

Location: Clark, NJ

Reports To: Assistant Vice President, Zone Accounting Cost 

Who we are:

API Integration Architect will be an integral part of L’Oreal Americas Integration Services Team and serve as a hands-on technical leader in architecting, leading, developing, validating, and maintaining real-time or near real time integrations for Americas Zone specializing in API integration.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Architect, design, build and maintain integration solutions using REST APIs, ESB, EDA/Microservices technologies
• Responsible for cloud native integration services (Azure/GCP/AWS)
• Responsible for defining new architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural standpoint.
• Create and maintain specifications, documents, test plans and scripts
• Architect and develop prototypes and demonstrate various alternatives for functional business requirements for a wide audience range
• Resolve defects discovered during all phases of development and maintenance including severity 1 production issues
• Building relationships with clients and in practice development activities.
• Serve as a key point of contact for countries across North, Central and South Americas for integration activities - Act as a project manager for integration lead projects

• BS or equivalent degree with 7+ years of information technology experience
• Hands on/working knowledge of most environments described below is required:
• Strong knowledge of APIGEE Edge, REST APIs, Portals etc.
• Tibco Business Works 6.x, Enterprise Message Service (EMS)
• Cloud Computing (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Container orchestration technologies (Kubernetes/Docker)
• Microservices
• JAVA/Python
• Industry knowledge/experience within Supply Chain, Sales, e-commerce, loyalty, CRM, retail, mobile apps
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects and strong ability to influence others

• Agile/Product experience is a plus
• Innovator with quick absorption of new technologies; strong understanding of technology solutions
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work as a member of cross functional teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus
• Some travel to USA and Latin America is expected

MISSIONS AND PURPOSE OF NEO PROJECT:

AIign on the frame of NEO deployment throughout L’Oréal Group Entities, the NEO Expert is an expert on their domain from processes to application. Within his/her scope (one or several countries) he/she is interacting with end users to provide them with training, coaching and support on NEO Solution. He might participate to local requirements identification and assessment.

MAIN PROJECT DUTIES:

During the project:

• If relevant on his/her functional scope, would participate to gap identification and analysis workshops, providing local business vision on proposed localized solution to fill the agreed gap.
• If regional/local gaps have been identified, would participate to the User Acceptance Test on the localized solution.
• Prepare and deliver training sessions during the deployment. If needed, he/she will localize training material adding local context and/or by using local use cases/data.

For the 3 months period after Go live:

• Provide a first level of business support by being the single Point of Contact for end users. Log the service request or defect/incident via a dedicated tool. If needed he/she escalate to the SKU.
• Relays central communication to his/her scope (change messages, releases note, best practices)
• Is in charge of making the service request regarding the Business Role assignation to the end users

TRAVEL:

An essential function of the position will be to travel as needed.   Different phases of NEO will require different travel time commitments.