Solution Architect

ARE YOU A CURRENT US FOODS EMPLOYEE? PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH OUR INTERNAL WORKDAY CAREER SITEJoin Our Community of Food People!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, and implementation partners. Span of control to be confirmed based on the final operating model.RELATIONSHIPSInternal: Frequent collaboration with business leaders, product owners, and subject matter experts in Data Intelligence, Sales Compensation, Finance, Sales Operations, Payroll, HR, Internal Audit, Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineering, Security, and Technology Operations.External: Manages day-to-day technical relationships with Varicent and other software, implementation, and managed-service partners, including solution architects, developers, support teams, and client service leaders.WORK ENVIRONMENTRemote: This role is remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a home-based environment. Work is primarily performed using standard office and computer equipment. Periodic after-hours availability may be required for production releases, payroll-critical processing, incident resolution, or scheduled maintenance. Travel requirement: up to 10%, based on business need.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS· Must possess a minimum of 8 years of experience designing, developing, implementing, or supporting enterprise incentive compensation management solutions, including at least 3 years of hands-on Varicent development or solution architecture experience.· Demonstrated expertise with Varicent ICM application design, calculation logic, tables, imports, exports, scheduler, workflow, web forms, reporting, security, and environment migration.· SQL skills and strong experience designing and troubleshooting data integrations, dimensional data structures, reconciliation processes, and high-volume batch workflows.· Experience translating complex compensation plan rules into technical designs that are accurate, scalable, auditable, and understandable to business and technical stakeholders.· Experience leading solution design, code reviews, technical testing, release planning, deployment, production support, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.· Working knowledge of software development lifecycle, source and change control, DevOps practices, access controls, segregation of duties, and audit or SOX control expectations.· Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive, business, audit, and engineering audiences and to influence decisions without relying on formal authority.· Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, prioritization, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a deadline-driven, payroll-sensitive environment.· Required travel: up to 10%.EDUCATIONBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data/Analytics, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.CERTIFICATIONS/TRAININGVaricent technical, developer, implementation, or administrator training is preferred. Equivalent demonstrated Varicent expertise may be considered in lieu of formal certification where permitted by company policy.LICENSESN/APREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS· Varicent certification or advanced Varicent product training.· Experience architecting Varicent solutions for large, complex, multi-plan sales organizations with weekly and monthly processing cycles.· Experience integrating Varicent with Snowflake, cloud data platforms, HR systems, CRM platforms, payroll systems, identity management, or enterprise reporting tools.· Experience with Python, APIs, ETL/ELT tooling, CI/CD automation, metadata management, data quality monitoring, or observability solutions.· Experience supporting incentive compensation transformation, operating model design, platform consolidation, managed services, or a Varicent Center of Excellence.· Knowledge of sales compensation administration, crediting, eligibility, quota or goal management, adjustments, disputes, payroll reconciliation, and financial controls.This role may also receive annual incentive plan bonus and long-term incentive program. ​​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: .Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state or local minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between $110,000 - $175,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***SummaryLocation: Rosemont ILType: Full time