Senior Technical Architect

Espire Infolabs is hiring for Senior Technical Architect for UK location,

Job Title : Senior Technical Architect

Job Type : Permanent

Job Location :

UK(Multiple site according to the need)

Job Description :
Role Overview

The WMS Architect will be responsible for designing, validating, and governing end-to-end Warehouse Management Solutions for the clients supply chain environment. This role demands strong functional expertise in WMS, deep understanding of industry frameworks, ability to drive requirement discovery, and capability to support solution evaluation and governance across implementation cycles.

Key Responsibilities

Requirement Validation & Alignment

Validate Requirement Packs against industry best practices and SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) standards

Identify solution gaps, improvement opportunities, and process optimization needs

Discovery and On-Site Engagement

Participate in on-site visits during discovery phases to understand current operations, system workflows, and stakeholder expectations

Conduct requirement walkthroughs, business reviews, and system mapping exercises

Workshops & Stakeholder Collaboration

Lead validation workshops with business, IT, operational teams, and vendor stakeholders

Collate feedback, refine solution assumptions, and align scope boundaries

Gap Analysis & Documentation

Prepare Gap Analysis Reports (Draft and Final) covering deviations, risks, fit-gap scoring, and recommendations

Develop refined, consolidated requirement packs including process flows, functional narratives, use cases, and enhancement proposals

Provide advisory support during vendor assessment and RFP phases

Evaluate vendor capabilities, solution compliance, technical match, and scalability

Governance & Project Leadership

Participate in solution governance forums, steering sessions, and progress reviews

Ensure adherence to architecture principles, traceability, quality, and delivery alignment throughout implementation

AI-Enabled Validation and Optimization

Use AI-assisted / NLP-based validation tools to review requirement completeness, traceability, and risk indicators

Recommend improvements based on intelligent scan outputs and architecture benchmarking

Extensive knowledge of WMS concepts, supply chain operations, inventory flows, and fulfilment models

Strong experience with modern WMS platforms (Blue Yonder, Manhattan, SAP EWM, Krber, etc.)

Deep understanding of SCOR framework, logistics process models, and warehouse best practices

Proven experience in business analysis, solution design, requirement validation, gap assessment, UAT facilitation and process mapping

Experience working with multiple vendors and enterprise clients

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, workshop facilitation and documentation skills

Ability to guide project execution through governance, risk identification, traceability, and solution assurance