Company Description

Positioned at Publicis Groupe's core, Epsilon is a leader in interaction management, empowering brands to transform ordinary customer experiences into meaningful, human experiences. Through a connected suite of products and services, Epsilon combines leading-edge identity management, industrial strength data and technology expertise with big brand acumen gained over five decades working with the industry’s top brands. Our human-powered, data-led marketing delivers unmatched depth, breadth and scale to help brands turn meaningful human interactions into exceptional business outcomes.

Job Description

Vice President, Solution Architecture

The Solution Architect provides thought leadership to portfolio and sector leads and to the corresponding horizontal engagement liaisons regarding digital CRM and loyalty marketing technology offerings. Responsible for aligning client/vertical strategies to the appropriate technology and service components both within Epsilon and with our network of partners. Works with groups from across Epsilon (technology, digital, data & agency) to determine best offerings for our clients and to present our capabilities as part of sales pitches.

The Solution Architect must also have a proven track record in architecting, designing and participating in the delivery of complex marketing technology projects involving both database and interactive technologies. Individuals should have a strong grasp of database architecture, data modeling, and system integration, as well as a solid grasp of infrastructure, particularly cloud deployment experience. Individuals should have strong communication (written and oral) skills and able to collaborate with client and Epsilon internal teams.

Lastly, a Solution Architect must be passionate about documenting best practices, standards and points of view on technical topics. We are looking for this individual to help build the knowledge base of technical leads and junior architects within Epsilon as well as ensure consistency and repeatability of our technical solution development.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Involved in translating corporate objectives into relevant, tangible goals for themselves.
• Prioritizes, develops and documents technical best practices and standards; champions them within the organization
• Meets with clients, client services, and technical delivery/management teams regularly in the support of client enhancement or build projects and sales pursuits.
• Partners with business stakeholders, management, teams and customers to identify needs and guide the delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology infrastructures and use of third party applications.
• Participates in client requirements sessions and provides the mapping of client needs to internal SaaS products as well as custom development/services.
• Develops technical deliverables in support of sales pursuits (i.e. detailed solution scope assumptions and pricing estimates for infrastructure, technical content for sales pitch).
• Provides consultation to the delivery team in developing level-of-effort estimations of marketing solutions.
• Develops technical deliverables in support of client solutions:
  1) Data models
  2) Context/Data flow diagrams
  3) Infrastructure diagrams
  4) Architectural and/or Interface diagrams
• Contributes to the design and continued improvement of our marketing SaaS platforms and solution products
• Provides hands-on troubleshooting and consulting for solution performance challenges or project delivery concerns if needed
• Recommends and evaluates new marketing technology products and service offerings
• Participates in technical roadmap assessment projects, following engagement methodologies in place.

Technical Requirements

• 10+ years’ experience with software implementation (preferably marketing applications) from requirement through design, development and client acceptance
• 10+ years’ experience in relational database design or administration and support
• Conceptual understanding the following programming languages: ASP.NET; Javascript; SQL
• Conceptual understanding the following protocols: JSON, XML; REST; Kafka
• Knowledge in performance tuning of an enterprise application, across all tiers like infrastructure/web and DB
• Strong knowledge of ETL, Business Intelligence and Campaign Management tools and applications
• Strong knowledge of Big Data Technologies
• Experience with designing and deploying AWS-based solutions
• Experience in configuration and/or deployment of SaaS products
• Experience with multiple RDBMS (Oracle, Netezza, and SQL Server)
• Experience working with Microsoft office products (PPT)
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong client interfacing background required
• Proven ability to mentor team members
• Ability to multi task and project manage in high productivity environment
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audience

Additional Information

Great People, Deserve Great Benefits
We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the world, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, expect competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to advance your career.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process.