Overview
HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI) makes everyday apparel that is known and loved by consumers around the world for comfort, quality and value. Among the company's iconic brands are Hanes, the leading basic apparel brand in the United States; Champion, an innovator at the intersection of lifestyle and athletic apparel; Bonds, which is setting new standards for design and sustainability; Maidenform, America's number one shapewear brand; and Bali, America's number one bra brand. HBI employs 48,000 associates in 29 countries and has built a strong reputation for workplace quality and ethical business practices. The company, a longtime leader in sustainability, has set aggressive 2030 goals to improve the lives of people, protect the planet and produce sustainable products. HBI is building on its unmatched strengths to unlock its #FullPotential and deliver long-term growth that benefits all of its stakeholders.
Principal Solutions Architect, Enterprise Integrations is an industry thought leader that will help to create, Publish and communicate Enterprise Integration Framework, guidelines and standards. The integration Architect will set the overall vision, strategy for both Application to Application (A2A), Application to Cloud(A2C) and Business and Business (B2B) integration including directing future initiatives that build components of architecture ensuring convergence towards the defined future state.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrating thought leadership during client engagements emanating in the form of discussion papers and white papers in the field of BTP Integration to create best in class practices and tools for all customer/vendor engagement.
- Extensive experience in BTP Integration suite with Integration Advisor, APIM, TPM , Open connectors, Cloud Integration and advanced Event Mesh.
- Develop and review high level solution design and Integration approach documents.
- Preparing Integration strategy documents and roadmap.
- Creating prototypes and giving the demonstration to the internal team.
- Developing and maintaining the enterprise architecture to create an overview of the current and future state of the organization's IT systems.
- Define long-term enterprise architecture blueprint, and strategy to support business growth and help to plan for readiness of systems across various business functions.
- Evaluate internal functions, business development strategies and IT processes and suggest improvements.
- Architect end-to-end integration solutions that connects SAP BTP Integration suite with various on -premise applications, legacy applications, e-commerce portal, cloud application (IBP, SuccessFactors, MBC), B2B EDI applications and SAP applications and 3rd party Banks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including service stream lead, project managers, architects, business analysts, and developers to understand integration requirements, gather feedback, and deliver integrated solutions that meet business needs.
- Continuously evaluate and enhance the integration architecture to adapt to changing business needs, new applications or services, and evolving IT landscapes.
- Extensive experience with SOA architecture, SOA services, ESB and Event driven process development.
- Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to define and refine technical requirements for system integrations.
- Define EA standards, EA governance frameworks, and assist with system integration standards.
- Provide BTP expert advice to project teams on use of integration technology, data architecture and modeling, system architecture including integration best practices.
- Define the end-to-end integration architecture covering process, application, data, and technology. Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with vendors, ensuring effective vendor management for integration technologies and solution selection.
- Conduct knowledge-sharing sessions to optimize future integration projects and ensure expertise is transferred to the broader team.
- Determining & delivering operational strategies by conducting needs assessments, performance reviews, capacity planning, and cost/benefit analyses, in line with future state target operating model
- Coordinate with the Systems Integration vendor partner teams for delivery of the application development and integration work items outlined in the scope for a given deployment release.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field with 10+ years of experience; 4+ years of equivalent work experience can be substituted for Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree with 8+ years relevant work experience preferred.
- Proven experience (8+ years) as a Solutions Architect, with a focus on enterprise integration.
- Strong expertise in designing and implementing integration solutions using middleware platforms, ESBs, APIs, messaging protocols, and other integration technologies.
- Ability to articulate all the integration patterns and enabling platforms
- Strong experience and expertise with SAP BTP (CPI, API Management, Trading Partner Management, Event Mesh, Open Connectors ) ,SAP PO/PI and IPaaS(Dell Boomi, MuleSoft)
- Preferable to have background with other IPaaS Integration Platforms and other Cloud platforms (SuccessFactors, Ariba,IBP)
- Expert in integration patterns: web services, REST API and synchronous/asynchronous integration mechanisms
Job Specific Competencies
- Hands-on experience with leading integration platforms such as SAP Integration tools with SAP BTP integration Suite.
- Solid understanding of B2B EDI applications , A2A application integrations.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to architect scalable and resilient integration solutions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
Core Competencies
- Data Fluency
- Written/verbal communication and listening
- Strong interpersonal and relationship skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Results orientation
- Adaptability
Core Values
Play to Win - We expect to win, working together to drive results. We push ourselves to simplify and innovate. When we fail, learn from it. We will break with the past when necessary to move forward.
Act Like Owners - We take action. We build relationships across functions so we can see the company holistically and seek out opportunities for improvement. We're willing to sacrifice in one area if that leads to our overall success.
Do What's Right - We behave ethically. We are transparent. We share information about the factors influencing our actions. Our behavior aligns with our values. Our products make the world a better place.
Create Opportunity for All - With success comes opportunity. Everyone is respected and included. We provide opportunities for all associates to reach their Full Potential.
This position requires full COVID-19 vaccination. Applicants may request exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons by contacting [email protected].
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status
EOE/AA: Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled
Only applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact us directly:
Telephone: 877.999.5553
Email: [email protected]
What We Do
HanesBrands, based in Winston-Salem, N.C., is a socially responsible leading marketer of everyday basic innerwear and activewear apparel in the Americas, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific. The company sells its products under some of the world’s strongest apparel brands, including Hanes, Champion, Maidenform, DIM, Bali, Playtex, Bonds, JMS/Just My Size, Nur Die/Nur Der, L’eggs, Lovable, Wonderbra, Berlei, and Gear for Sports. The company sells T-shirts, bras, panties, shapewear, underwear, socks, hosiery, and activewear produced in the company’s low-cost global supply chain. A member of the S&P 500 stock index, Hanes has approximately 68,000 employees in more than 40 countries and is ranked No. 432 on the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest companies by sales. Hanes takes pride in its strong reputation for ethical business practices. The company is the only apparel producer to ever be honored by the Great Place to Work Institute for its workplace practices in Central America and the Caribbean, and is ranked No. 110 on the Forbes magazine list of America’s Best Large Employers. For eight consecutive years, Hanes has won the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star sustained excellence/partner of the year award – the only apparel company to earn sustained excellence honors. The company ranks No. 172 on Newsweek magazine’s green list of 500 largest U.S. companies for environmental achievement. More information about the company and its corporate social responsibility initiatives, including environmental, social compliance and community improvement achievements, may be found at www.Hanes.com/corporate. Connect with HanesBrands via social media on Instagram (@hanesbrandsinc), Twitter (@hanesbrands) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/hanesbrandsinc).