Job Description

GO PUT THE WORLD ON VACATION

At Travel + Leisure Co. our goal is simple: to put the world on vacation. We’re the world’s leading membership and travel company, with a portfolio of nearly 20 resort, travel club, and lifestyle travel brands. Our global team of associates brings hospitality to millions, turning vacation inspiration into exceptional travel experiences through our products and services: Wyndham Destinations, the largest vacation ownership company with 230 vacation club resort locations across the globe; Panorama, the world’s foremost membership travel business that includes RCI, the largest vacation exchange company, along with industry-leading travel technology, and membership travel brands; and Travel + Leisure Group, offering travel products and services all inspired by top online and print travel content, including travel booking platform BookTandL.com, subscription travel clubs and branded consumer products.

SUMMARY

Travel + Leisure Co. is seeking an IT Solutions Architect who is responsible for translating business strategy into an exceptionally architected IT solution design of one or more applications or services. To fulfill this function, the Solution Architect bridges the gap between business outcome and a technology solution with thought leadership, technical specialty, and mentorship in the analysis, development, testing and implementation.  This person ensures ongoing support of evolving business objectives by delivering solution architecture designs that combine guidance from different enterprise architecture viewpoints (business, information, technical).

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:                                                        

• Engage with fellow architects and solution teams on in-flight projects for consultative guidance regarding enterprise architecture strategy, application development/customization, data and integration methodologies.

• Consult with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, project and product teams to ensure consistency with the overall architecture strategy, as well as to identify when it is necessary to modify the enterprise architecture.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience. Master’s degree, or equivalent experience, is preferred.

CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• Certification with one or more  leading technology frameworks and platforms is a plus

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, infrastructure and operations, and Architecture and ITIL frameworks

• of business ecosystems, SaaS, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS).

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent analytical and technical skills

• Excellent planning and organizational skills

• Familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories

• Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions

• Ability to translate business needs into technical capabilities within a comprehensive overall solution.

• Ability to operate independently with minimal supervision, managing numerous analysis and design priorities without losing sight of strategic context.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Understand software architectures, frameworks, design patterns, infrastructure architecture and design, and data modeling.

• Knowledge of n-tier design and e-business technologies such as application servers, web server, portals, personalization, content management, web transaction processing, backend integration, middleware and messaging.

• Familiarity with Oracle (Java, service bus, app server, reporting, database), Informatica (ETL, MDM, data quality), and to a lesser extent Microsoft (C#/.Net, database) technologies.

• General understanding of data architectures and DBMS technologies.

• Comprehensive understanding of enterprise application integration (EAI), including SOA, API, open data patterns and middleware technologies.

• Understanding of cloud-first and hybrid design patterns and practices on platforms such as AWS, Google or Azure.

• Exposure and understanding of existing, new and emerging technologies, and processing environments

JOB EXPERIENCE:

• At least 5 years of experience in information, solution or technical architecture, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations in a multitier environment.

• Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) is desired.

• Experience with API, SOA enabled practices in context of technical agility and digital thinking is desirable

• Business/process knowledge of travel, hospitality or similar industries a plus

• IT strategy enablement using SaaS, IaaS or PaaS architecture experience

• Excellent presentation skills, strong written and oral skills, business relationship skills including the ability to quickly create productive collaborations

• Experience in application software development methodologies, techniques, processes, and tools.

• Experience working with IT service providers in an outsourced resource model

Unless there is a legal requirement, experience will be accepted for the education requirement.

A WORLD OF INCLUSION

Hospitality is at the heart of all we do at Travel + Leisure Co., including how we treat each member of our growing community. Here, you’ll find a team that’s inclusive, values diversity, and is built on a foundational respect for people from all over the world.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to mycareer@wyn.com, including the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.