Lululemon

 Lead Architect, Cybersecurity

Who we are

lululemon is a yoga-inspired technical apparel company up to big things. The practice and philosophy of yoga informs our overall purpose to elevate the world through the power of practice. We are proud to be a growing global company with locations all around the world, from Vancouver to Shanghai, and places in between. We owe our success to our innovative product, our emphasis on our stores, our commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we get to make in every community we are in.

About this team

The importance of being well situated to respond cybersecurity needs required to support strategic business initiatives has never been greater. The Cybersecurity Services team supports and ensures alignment of security guardrails required to enable lululemon’s strategic objectives while delivering Cybersecurity program objectives that protect the business and enable continued growth. We are searching for a Solution Architect to join our team. You will support and guide development teams implementing your solutions and educate and advise any technical resource on the projects. You will be designing the building blocks of our short and long term business driven technology roadmaps, and providing input to domain architects and technology leaders.

A day in the life:

The Solution Architect partners with delivery teams to architect, design, and build flexible, scalable, and resilient applications and services that can more easily adapt to future business needs.   

• Leads the business/functional architecture and strategy for solutions in a manner consistent with lululemon Technology’s cybersecurity enterprise architecture, applying common frameworks and re-usable components
• Helps ensure the operational platforms and associated interfacing data and systems have been properly architected from and end-to-end perspective to meet the functional and non-functional needs of the business and provides delivery oversight to ensure execution is aligned with the original design and governance framework
• Brings conceptual design down to a level of detail that can be transformed into an implementation plan for successful execution
• Ensures as-requested functionality gets translated into as-designed solutions within the context of timeline, resources, org structure and quality 
• Works closely with domain architects and development teams to support and guide solution implementations and acts as an advisor for technical resources on projects
• Develops and maintains current and future-state architecture models
• Stays abreast of industry best practices, technologies, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies; summarizing and presenting recommendations based on findings when relevant
• Manages technical debt and risks
• Produces and presents solution options to project leadership with clear definitions of the benefits and trade-offs of each proposal
• Participates in and presents at architecture design reviews and leads the governance activities for a given solution within Cyber

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent
• 10+ years of architecture, network management, technology leadership, or related experience
• Understanding and ability to work within architectural frameworks
• Successful track record delivering quality results on complex cross-functional projects
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively at all levels of the organization

Must haves:

• Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life.
• Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results.
• Communicates with honesty and kindness, and creates the space for others to do the same.
• Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take themselves too seriously.

Compensation and Benefits Package 

lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and team performance. The typical hiring range for this position is from  annually $148,000-185,000; the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements.  

At lululemon, investing in our people is a top priority. We believe that when life works, work works. We strive to be the place where inclusive leaders come to develop and enable all to be well. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth:

Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans 

Paid time off 

Savings and retirement plan matching 

Generous employee discount 

Fitness & yoga classes 

Parenthood top-up 

Extensive catalog of development course offerings 

People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few) 

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

 workplace arrangement

In-person collaboration and office-based work is necessary and important for this role. Work is performed onsite, 5 days a week, depending on role requirements.