Technical Systems Analyst

WHO WE ARE:
Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Skechers IT is transforming our engineering practice by embracing high-performing, cloud-native APIs and applications using a modern technology stack that includes serverless, microservices, containers, QA automation, and zero-touch delivery pipelines.
The Technical Systems Analyst is a key role within the Software Engineering and Architecture organization, responsible for agile software delivery. This position requires technical and business acumen to convert requirements into solutions with Architects, serving as the bridge between engineering teams to deliver scalable, extensible, and portable digital solutions.
The ideal candidate is an experienced technologist who possesses a unique balance of technical depth and strong interpersonal skills, with excellent design and leadership abilities demonstrating commitment, end-to-end vision, planning, integrity, and a pragmatic approach to drive organizational success.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Own and drive the strategic architecture vision and the technologies required to ensure delivery of business solutions at Skechers.
• Represent the Software Engineering & Architecture group in end-to-end solution conversations with customers and stakeholders.
• Participate in strategizing the modernization of the overall technology ecosystem with the head of Software Engineering and Architecture.
• Define and document business and functional requirements for ongoing system improvement initiatives in iterative software development environments.
• Serve as a liaison between business and technical teams to drive effective, timely solutions that can fulfill both strategic and operational needs.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in driving and owning solutions.
• Participate in providing mentoring support and guidance to team members to help grow skills and capabilities of the Architecture practice at Skechers.
• Engage, collaborate, and partner with Skechers’ Digital, Retail, Wholesale, Customer Service, Supply Chain leaders and partners across Business and Technology to understand long and short-term business strategies, provide architecture leadership, and engage in proactive planning of executable designs.
• Actively contribute to a culture of high performance, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in processes and methodologies with the ability to adapt and improvise in different situations.
• Build trust and confidence with solutions to various business stakeholders, ensuring expected technical outcomes and desired results.
• Own the writing and presenting of presentations around end-to-end architecture strategies, solutions, and best practices to stakeholders.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to collect requirements, converting them into functional and technical requirements for internal teams to deliver.
• Design solutions and engage with development teams through delivery to ensure requirement traceability meets business needs and expected outcomes.
• Define architectural patterns and set standards for technical teams to deliver solutions based on previous implementations.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Strong technical and business acumen with competency across Application, Analytics, Integration, and Database technologies, with in-depth knowledge in several areas highly desirable.
• Experience with Workday integration tools (Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, Web Services) and knowledge of HRIS data management and HR compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to conceptualize and develop solutions for key business use cases in collaboration with Business and Engineering partners.
• Experience implementing highly scalable web applications and cloud solutions, with basic understanding of cloud and solution design principles.
• Ability to lead user workshops, capture and refine requirements, write business and system use cases, and design process workflow diagrams.
• Strong presentation skills with ability to produce high-quality presentations, architecture diagrams, and communicate effectively with senior technology leaders.
• AWS knowledge and understanding of Gateway, Serverless technologies preferred.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changes in dynamic technology ecosystems.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or relevant software implementation experience preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with technical systems analysis, solutions, and working with teams on implementations.
• Extensive experience documenting development requirements, process flows, testing requirements, and coordinating code reviews and documentation signoffs.
• Prior experience working with Engineering teams and Solution Architects to define technical approaches and deliverables.
• Experience analyzing and implementing enterprise applications using cloud platforms.
• Apparel or footwear industry experience preferred.
• Strong communication skills and collaborative team player.
• Hybrid work schedule based out of Manhattan Beach, CA office.

The pay range for this position is $125,000 - $175,000/yr USD.

About Skechers

Skechers, a global Fortune 500® company, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel, and accessories. Serving over 180 countries and territories, Skechers connects customers to products through department and specialty stores, e-commerce and digital stores, and through our more than 5,300 Skechers retail locations.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Skechers is committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment. Skechers provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment without regard race, color, religion, gender, gender identification and expression, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic established by local, state or federal law.

Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants for employment who require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job should request appropriate accommodation by emailing [email protected].
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily.  The skills, abilities and physical demands described are representative of those duties that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, who are otherwise qualified for the job position, to perform the essential functions.