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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location 11450 Grooms Road
Blue Ash, Ohio

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Company Name: Kroger General Office
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Exempt

Line of Business: Corporate Technology

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Position Summary:

The architect has overall responsibility for the architectural design of highly customized mainframe systems as well as purchased solutions for Kroger’s Retail Financial Systems.  This architectural design includes platform, data management, and systems integration. In addition, the architect will continuously improve software delivery for these systems’ processes and practices. This includes development, testing, debugging, and maintenance of software components in accordance to software development life cycle (SDLC) best practices.

Essential Job Functions:
  • Lead and implement architectural and application design modifications for highly customized mainframe systems to achieve system integrations for multi-company acquisitions and mergers utilizing company standards and best practices.
  • Partner with business partners such as Finance, Accounting, Billing, etc., to understand business processes and develop COBOL, PL1, CICS solutions using SDLC best practices.
  • Define architectural and application design work plans with resourcing, effort, and timelines for custom projects associated with Mainframe systems and manage the execution of that work load to completion.
  • Coordinate efforts across multiple Kroger Technology teams that interface with highly customized systems to ensure dependencies and priorities are appropriately tracked and executed in the correct order.
  • Provide 4th level support for these customized and purchased applications, including involvement with the Kroger Support Center, Network Operations Center, infrastructure teams, and vendors.
  • Assist development teammates on assignments, including mentoring or providing on-the-job training to more junior associates.
  • Mentor team members in platform software development principles, patterns, processes, and practices.
  • Develop financial systems and security requirements associated with systems and financial reports under Sarbanes Oxley Act and GAAP.
Minimum Position Qualifications/Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree (or foreign educational equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field such as Electronics and Communication Engineering and at least 8 years of experience in all of the following: systems analysis, design and programming in Mainframe APS COBOL, PL1/P, and CICS; developing applications using UDB, DB2, IMS, and VSAM file system; developing batch jobs using JCL job control and configuring ZEKE scheduling; developing scripts using CLIST; debugging using XPEDITOR; processing change control utilizing MicroFocus’ CHANGEMAN; and designing and developing systems aligned with GAAP standard financial reporting requirements as defined by the SEC
  • Included within the 8 years of experience required above, must also have 4 years of experience in the following: designing solutions using Hyperion Essbase and Business Objects reporting; and preparing system and internal control reports required during Sarbanes-Oxley audit, which includes security controls, policies, and procedures
Desired Previous Job Experience/Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree or prior experience leading large or highly complex projects

Education Level: None
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time 
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States: Ohio
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Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and one of the world's largest retailers, we employee more than 443,000 Associates across 35 states and the District of Columbia. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.

 

Company Overview
Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly 443,000 associates who serve customers in 2,796 retail food stores under a variety of in 35 states and the District of Columbia.  Kroger and its subsidiaries operate an expanding ClickList offering – a personalized, order online, pick up at the store service – in addition to 2,253 pharmacies, 787 convenience stores, 324 fine jewelry stores, 1,439 supermarket fuel centers and 38 food production plants in the United States.  Kroger is recognized as one of America’s most generous companies for its support of more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners, breast cancer research and awareness, the military and their families, and more than 145,000 community organizations including schools. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

 

 Posting Notes:  OH || Blue Ash || 11450 Grooms Road || 45242 || Kroger General Office || [[mfield2]] || Information Services and Systems || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None