Job Description

We are aiming to enrich the experience value of guests through dynamic and innovative Digital Transformation in the Osaka Bay Area.

The area is attracting attention from all over the world, and further development is expected. Many guests visit Universal Studios Japan and Osaka. To provide a seamless digital experience before, during, and after visiting the Park, we aim for DX collaboration with the head office in the United States.

This project presents an opportunity to gain valuable experiences and careers that cannot be experienced elsewhere. Energizing people and society with super entertaining creativity.

Role Summary

The Solutions Architect will design application architecture for specified projects to meet security, performance, reliability, reusability, scalability, and maintainability requirements. Project work includes participating in and designing solution options to existing platforms, systems, applications, and microservices.

This individual will also be involved in designing new systems and platforms. Responsible for leading technical discussions with stakeholders and others to drive decisions and solution design.

Roles & Responsibilities

Solution Design - Where applicable, architect, design/develop, and oversee implementation of end-to-end integrated solution. Be a subject matter expert for development teams as part of implementation.

Document and maintain the organizations existing solutions architecture and technology portfolio; make recommendations for improvements and/or alternatives.

Review new and existing solutions design projects and procurement or outsourcing plans for compliance with standards and architectural plans. Interface and coordinate tasks with internal and external technical resources.

Requirements

Language: Ability to use both Japanese and English in business is desirable.

Japanese: Advanced High and above (Professional working proficiency)

English: Advanced High and above (Professional working proficiency)

Qualifications

• Lead or participate in major end-to-end business process re-engineering or business transformation initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with business requirements gathering/analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into practical applications and operational solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to produce requirement artifacts: Business Requirements, Functional Specifications, data flow diagrams, UML modeling techniques include sequence, component, deployment and domain models.
• A background in software development with ability to code at some level and knowledge of APIs and SDKs.
• A technical architecture background.
• Extensive experience in developing strategic systems architecture plans.
• Proven experience in system design and development.
• Proven experience in system and network design and development.
• Strong understanding of information processing principles and practices.
• Solid grounding in core enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of software evaluation principles and practices.
• Proven project planning and management experience.
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Demonstrable experience in solution architecture.
• Demonstrable experience in integration solution design.
• Aptitude to work as change agent that believes in a continuous improvement approach.
• Excellence in visual communication using modeling languages such as UML.
• Comprehensive understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), continuous integration, agile software development methodologies, values and procedures.
• Excellence in architecture documentation skills.
• Strong experience with reverse proxies, web servers, gateways, service-oriented architectures, web services (REST), microservice patterns, service buses and integration patterns, security practices, database technologies.
• Proven experience with databases and data storage including NoSQL and SQL databases, along with in memory key value stores.

Selection Process

CV screening, 2-3 interviews (in both Japanese and English)

Working Hours

9:00-17:45 (actual work 7 hours 45 minutes), Flexible work, no core time, Remote work possible

Holiday

120 days off per year (average 10 days per month)

LIFE at USJ

Please see below for welfare benefits for working at Universal Studios Japan.