IT Solution Designer

**About Woolworths Group**

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer. A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

**Welcome to Group Enablement**

Our Group Enablement Teams are the Technology, Business Enablement, Value Chain, and Replenishment experts developing new capabilities and platforms for a better retail future. We’re the crucial link between our stores and the stock they need, the IT engine moving our business forward, the strategic connectors streamlining the way we work, and the forward thinkers using tech to transform the retail experience. Uniting cutting edge technology, data, and retail smarts, you’ll work behind the scenes, in the margins, and across every corner of the business - to uplift our capability, amplify our collective impacts, and revolutionise the customer experience.

**What will I be doing?**

The Solution Designer designs system and integration solutions across their relevant product suite in the store's domain. Working on multiple challenging projects, this role will see you liaising with various business and technical teams, both internal and external to Woolworths to ensure that all developments are designed in accordance with the functional and technical specifications.
- Design reliable and scalable solutions to fit into the Store systems ecosystem that aligns with the broader in-store roadmap /strategy. Work closely with Solution Architects and Product Managers by taking responsibility for the detailed designs of critical components of the system and integration functions.
- Evaluate risks to the integrity of solutions including availability, performance, servicing, and compliance.
- Be a recognised Subject Matter Expert for the system and the integration components
- Manage the creation of solution designs for critical components of business solutions, and communicate solution design to relevant stakeholders including external vendors. Collaborate with various stakeholders (including solution architects, product managers and vendors) to produce solution design options, including effort estimates.
- Evaluate and undertake impact analysis on major design options and assess and manage associated risks
- To ensure we have robust and up-to-date design documentation for critical components of systems and integrationProvide 3rd level support and guidance for critical ongoing problems or incidents

**What will I bring?**
- Strong relevant development experience with some experience in technical design
- Understanding of relevant SDLC methodologies (DevOps, Agile, etc)
- Knowledge of cloud technologies and an understanding of cloud integration patterns.
- Proven ability as an SME to guide and mentor team members and stakeholders
- Demonstrate superior problem-solving skills by facilitating sessions on complex issuesStrong stakeholder management skills with the ability to credibly communicate, negotiate and influence strategic outcomes at all organisational levels

**What you’ll experience**

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do, and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

- Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
- A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline - with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
- A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your well-being, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you

**Grow with the Group**

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments