Application Integration Architect

Who We Are:

Brooks is a team of passionate people united by a desire to do meaningful work, lead healthy lives, and make a difference.  We share a focused mission: to inspire everyone to run and be active.  That’s it.  No distractions—it’s all about the run.  Through science, creativity, service, authenticity and connection, we obsess over delivering the best running gear on the planet.  We do it our way, with our unique spirit, with a goal of being more relevant to runners than any other brand, day after day and mile after mile.  We are determined to innovate, challenging ourselves to lead thought at every turn.  Inside these walls and on the roads, tracks and trails, we live and breathe Run Happy, celebrating the positive impact running has on our lives and others.  We inject it into all we do because it makes everything better, smarter, more fun and more memorable.  Our company culture defines us, bonds us together and creates the conditions for success.  It is lived daily as a behavioral expression of our collective set of brand values: Serve People, Lead Thought, Play as a Team, Compete Every Day, Demonstrate Integrity, Have Fun, and Be Active.  If you’re on our team, it means you’re part of creating something extraordinary.  You’re part of Brooks.

Your Job:

Brooks extensively leverages third-parties to deliver business applications as Software-as-a-Service and employs public and private cloud technologies for its infrastructure – we don’t have a data center; we don’t buy servers or storage.  Your challenge is to integrate our growing portfolio of applications to create a holistic ecosystem that maximizes business value across our global operations.  The integrations will touch all of our critical business systems including ERP, warehouse management, CRM, eCommerce, PLM, enterprise data warehouse, and master data. Our objective is to maximize the value of the technology that we already own and incrementally introduce new to meet evolving needs.

As a key member of the IT leadership team, you will report directly to the VP, Global Information Technology.  Collaboration with application and infrastructure leaders will be critical to your success.  You will also manage our business-to-business integration with customers, suppliers and third-party service providers across the enterprise. We’re a flexible team and we believe architects need to stay grounded and up-to-date on technology so expect to get your hands dirty with some coding, implementation and support work.

Your Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, architect, and supervise all activities related to the integration of software programs, applications, data, and third-party solutions as required to meet Brooks’ business requirements.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of company’s global strategic business plans and apply technologies in support of these plans
• Develop a working knowledge of integration technologies currently in use at Brooks including Microservices, Infor MEC, Infor ION, and Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). 
• Monitor the industry for technologies that may be applicable in the future.  Assess new integration technologies and tools to fulfill unmet needs.
• Develop and maintain an application integration architecture blueprint for Brooks using a holistic integration approach focused on reducing tactical/one-off solutions.
• Identify the application and data integrations patterns that need to be supported, and specify the preferred technology solutions for them.  Document logical components, physical systems, and data flows.
• Champion the architectural competency at Brooks.
• Own the definition of integration standards, principles, policies and the escalation process for proposed exceptions.  Influence decision-makers to adopt integration strategy and standards.
• Develop strong working relationships with all IT staff to be able to assist and receive assistance in meeting critical and often urgent deadlines.
• Work with stakeholders to identify detailed implementation plans and set appropriate and realistic timelines for system integration projects and work efforts.
• Work closely with vendors providing outsourced services to design solutions and resolve problems.
• Maintain system documentation for all integration activities including business purpose, technology used, frequency, alert monitoring activities, and problem resolution steps.
• Track and report integration failures providing root cause analysis to assist with ongoing process optimization.
• Research, diagnose and resolve complex technology problems.
• Communicate with clarity and appropriate frequency about progress on troubleshooting efforts and root cause analysis.
• Work with IT engineering teams on recommendations for maintaining and improving system and network performance, capacity and availability during analysis, design, implementation, system backup and archiving activities.
• Ensure that proper security functions are adhered to in the appropriation of user access and decommissioning activities.
• Adhere to SDLC and ITIL-based IT Service Management processes in ServiceNow for incident, change and problem management, maintaining a stable environment across dev, test and production systems.

Qualifications:

• 4-year degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.

• 10+ years’ experience working with integration middleware including web services.
• Ability to translate/transform business requirements into solution architecture alternatives.
• Experience building current-state to target plans that detail all functions, components, applications, data and information.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
• Experience with electronic data interchange (EDI).
• Experience working with a cloud-based infrastructure hosting solution.
• Experience programming in Java, XML, and SQL.
• Experience with Infor MEC and ION (integration technologies used by the Infor M3 ERP) desirable.  Willingness to learn required.
• Proven knowledge and experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience in technology project management.
• Experience with business process management / optimization a plus.
• Excellent technical documentation skills.
• Solid customer interaction skills and the ability to understand and document customer needs from a business solutions perspective.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, time management and organizational skills.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Highly motivated; ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high pressure environment with aggressive project timeframes.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Ability to independently conduct and practically apply research into emerging technologies and trends, standards, products as required.
• Ability to summarize complex technical and business issues to ensure understanding by a broad variety of audiences with varying degrees of technical acumen.
• Be comfortable accepting feedback, positive and constructive.
• Be driven by time constraints and a personal commitment to quality.

• Flexibility to work additional hours, as needed, to address service outages or complete projects tasks to meet deadlines.
• A passion for maintaining an active healthy lifestyle.

Reports to: VP, Global Information Technology

Department: Information Technology - 25

Position Class: Exempt

Position Location: Headquarters – Seattle, WA, USA

Brooks Sports, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and our policy is to maintain employment practices that conform to the intent and letter of the laws regarding equal employment opportunity. Brooks is committed to affording equal employment opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status, marital status, sexual preference, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local laws or regulations. This commitment applies to all phases of the recruitment process including hiring, selection, promotions, transfers, demotions, compensation, benefits, or training. Brooks will endeavor to make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in an undue business hardship or a direct threat to the health or safety of any individual.