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