Technical Architect

Job Description:
Role 3: Sterling OMS Technical Lead
Experience: 7–10 years
Job Title: IBM Sterling OMS Technical Lead
Job Summary
We are looking for a Sterling OMS Technical Lead to lead development teams, define technical solutions, oversee integrations, and ensure the successful delivery of Sterling OMS implementations. The candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in Sterling OMS and proven experience leading developers through complex commerce implementations.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
·       Lead a team of Sterling OMS developers and provide technical guidance throughout the development lifecycle.
·       Translate functional requirements into technical designs, development tasks, and implementation plans.
·       Define coding standards, development guidelines, reusable components, and technical best practices.
·       Conduct code reviews, design reviews, and technical walkthroughs.
·       Identify technical risks, dependencies, and implementation challenges.
OMS Solution Development
·       Lead the design and implementation of Sterling OMS customizations, APIs, services, agents, user exits, and integrations.
·       Oversee order orchestration, sourcing, scheduling, inventory management, order release, shipment, and fulfillment processes.
·       Ensure appropriate use of Sterling OMS out-of-the-box capabilities and minimize unnecessary customizations.
·       Review complex Java, XML, XSLT, SQL, and integration implementations.
·       Guide developers in performance optimization and troubleshooting.
Integration and Architecture
·       Lead OMS integrations with eCommerce platforms, ERP, WMS, payment gateways, tax engines, fraud platforms, and carrier systems.
·       Define integration patterns using REST/SOAP APIs, messaging, and asynchronous processing.
·       Coordinate with middleware teams working on MuleSoft, IBM App Connect, IBM MQ, or Kafka.
·       Ensure reliable error handling, retry mechanisms, idempotency, and reconciliation.
Delivery and Production Support
·       Estimate development effort and support sprint planning and resource allocation.
·       Track technical progress, resolve blockers, and ensure delivery commitments are met.
·       Coordinate SIT, UAT, defect resolution, and production deployments.
·       Lead root-cause analysis for critical production incidents.
·       Work with business stakeholders, QA teams, architects, and project managers.
Required Technical Skills
·       7–10 years of experience in IBM Sterling OMS, with substantial hands-on development experience.
·       Strong knowledge of Sterling OMS architecture and order lifecycle.
·       Expertise in Java, XML, XSLT, JSON, SQL, APIs, services, agents, and user exits.
·       Experience with Sterling configuration, pipelines, transactions, sourcing, scheduling, and fulfillment.
·       Strong understanding of enterprise integrations and distributed systems.
·       Experience with performance tuning, production troubleshooting, and release management.
·       Demonstrated experience leading developers and reviewing technical solutions.
·       Strong communication, estimation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Skills
·       Sterling OMS 10.x and OMOC 2.0 experience.
·       Cloud deployment experience on IBM Cloud, AWS, or Azure.
·       Experience with MuleSoft, API management, Kafka, or IBM MQ.
·       Experience with high-volume commerce implementations and OMS modernization.
·       Exposure to DevOps, CI/CD, monitoring, and automated testing.
Expected Deliverables
·       High-quality technical designs and implementation plans.
·       Reusable, maintainable OMS customizations and integrations.
·       Code reviews and technical sign-offs.
·       Development estimates and sprint delivery plans.
·       Technical documentation and production support runbooks.
·       Mentoring and capability development for the OMS team.

Location:
DGS India - Pune - Indiqube Orchid
Brand:
Merkle
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent