Solutions Architect,AP

Location: CN - Shanghai   
Goodyear Talent Acquisition Representative: Amelia Li  
Sponsorship Available:  No
Relocation Assistance Available: No 

Primary Purpose of the Position

• The Business Analyst focus on building modern and fully automated business solutions. Work alongside of our business partners to specify, design and develop solutions which enable business applications in the area of Sales & Marketing initiatives.
• The Business Analyst establish strong partnership with IT peers, secure technical ownership and adherence to modern software development best practices as well as Goodyear standards.
• Introduce technical acumen and experience to enable automation and efficiency, secure code practices and is accountable for data pipeline implementation and executions.
• Has great confidence with Cloud technologies and enable the right sizing by applying intelligent code in environments provisioning and support.
• Act as subject matter expert in Data Driven application development within the entire spectrum of application development & support (Requirements Analysis, Design, Development, Support and Project Management).
• Is a natural fit in the open, collaborative, inclusive culture within the Digital & Analytics teams. Foster collaboration within geographies and different teams e.g. Corporate, Regional, Local resources.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop, Construct, Test, and Maintain applications used for sales & marketing functions and any custom developed applications to Support Sales & Marketing Initiatives in the region. Automate process including writing test automation, secure adequate documentation, enable sustainability through high quality development. Do Code reviews and be an active contributor in the team deliverables.
• Support Business partners and peers from the Customer Facing Applications team as well as member of the Digital & Analytics community in the delivery of Digital Products. Support requirement collection through continuous iteration during the development phases. Constantly improve code quality through refactoring and technical debt reduction activities.
• Support Pipelines continuum by being active part of the monitoring and support process. Analyze unforeseen process termination and support the business continuity by reviewing and upgrading code and process to be error free and secure lowest maintenance efforts. 

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Information Science.
• 5+ years’ experience in architecting, designing, and engineering Application Development in Java an advantage
• 3+ years in Agile project development 
• 3+ years of experience in building a data model and conceptual logical models and converting them into technical application designs.
• 2+ years of experience in integration and interfacing across various systems (legacy and modern with SAP especially sales and distribution module an advantage 
• Good analytical and thinking skills 
• Ability to understand the business and its processes
• Storyboarding skills - translating story boarding skills into a logical flow
• Strong communication skills written and verbal– bilingual (English/Chinese).

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs about 63,000 people and manufactures its products in 46 facilities in 21 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.