Solution Architect

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The Solution Architect Varicent at US Foods is a key member of the Varicent IT team having primary responsibility for providing guidance for all related products and services, including influencing the strategic initiatives/roadmaps alongside the Product delivery Leader. This role interacts directly with all levels of management in the IT and business organizations, identifies key customer requirements and presents solutions that meet those requirements.

Leads the architecture, design, development, integration, and ongoing optimization of the Varicent incentive compensation platform. This role translates complex compensation requirements into scalable, secure, auditable solutions that deliver accurate calculations, reliable processing, actionable reporting, and a sustainable technical operating model.

The work for the Solution Architect position is completely remote anywhere in the United States except Hawaii or United States Territories. RESPONSIBILITIES
· Own the end-to-end Varicent solution architecture, including application models, data integrations, calculation logic, workflow, reporting, security, scheduling, and environment strategy, to ensure the platform supports current and future incentive compensation programs.
· Lead the design and hands-on development of complex Varicent ICM solutions, including calculation components, tables, imports, exports, web forms, workflows, and reports, converting approved business requirements into maintainable technical designs.
· Partner with Compensation Administrators, Finance, Sales Operations, Data Engineering, Payroll, HR, Internal Audit, and Technology teams to clarify requirements, evaluate solution options, define acceptance criteria, and align delivery priorities with business outcomes.
· Design, develop, and maintain source and ELT data feeds between Varicent and enterprise platforms, including Snowflake and downstream payroll or reporting processes, while proactively resolving data quality, mapping, and integration errors.
· Oversee Varicent scheduler design and production processing, including nightly, weekly, monthly, and annual cycles; monitor system health, troubleshoot failures, optimize model performance, and drive permanent resolution of recurring issues.
· Establish and enforce development standards, code review practices, source documentation, testing controls, deployment procedures, and migration approvals across development, test, and production environments to reduce operational risk.
· Lead technical testing and release readiness for new compensation plans, plan changes, integrations, and platform enhancements; support user acceptance testing, validate calculation results, and coordinate production implementation and stabilization.
· Develop and maintain end-user reports and outbound data products that provide clear visibility into incentive results, trends, adjustments, payroll outputs, and operational controls for associates and business stakeholders.
· Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and design guidance to Varicent developers, analysts, administrators, and delivery partners; serve as the senior escalation point for complex platform, performance, and integration issues.
· Support financial audit, SOX, access governance, data retention, and change-control requirements by maintaining traceable logic, evidence, documentation, reconciliations, and appropriate segregation of duties.
· Other duties as assigned by manager.

SUPERVISIONNo direct reports anticipated. Provides technical leadership, work direction, design review, and mentoring to internal developers, analysts, contingent workers,…