o9 Technical Architect

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Role: o9 Technical Architect

Location: London UK

Careers at TCS: It means more

TCS is a purpose-led transformation company, built on belief. We do not just help businesses to transform through technology. We support them in making a meaningful difference to the people and communities they serve - our clients include some of the biggest brands in the UK and worldwide. For you, it means more to make an impact that matters, through challenging projects which demand ambitious innovation and thought leadership.

• Own how the o9 platform is modelled, configured, and optimised to support enterprise-scale planning.
• Influence design standards, performance tuning, and overall solution quality across multiple planning modules and releases.
• Contribute to building a future-ready o9 platform with new modules, advanced analytics, and AI-driven capabilities.

The Role

• Act as the overall technical owner of the o9 platform, ensuring scalable, stable, and high-performing solution design.
• Translate complex business and functional requirements into robust technical architecture within o9.
• Define technical standards, guardrails, and best practices for o9 model design and platform usage.

Your responsibilities:

• Own o9 technical architecture, including model structure, rules, hierarchies, measures, and calculation logic.
• Define and enforce technical design standards, performance guidelines, and naming conventions across o9 modules.
• Mentor technical consultants and review solution designs to maintain high engineering quality.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• Strong hands-on experience as a Technical Architect or Lead Developer on o9 implementations.
• Deep knowledge of o9 model design, including dimensions, hierarchies, measures, rules, and calculation logic.
• Proven experience in performance tuning, model optimization, and handling large data volumes within planning platforms.
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions, working closely with functional and delivery teams.
• Experience working in enterprise, multi-vendor environments with strong governance and quality expectations.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Experience working in UK retail or consumer-facing planning environments.
• Exposure to multiple o9 modules (MFP, Demand, Supply, Assortment).
• Familiarity with cloud-native architecture, non-functional requirements, and production support models.
• Experience coaching or mentoring junior technical consultants.

Rewards & Benefits

TCS is consistently voted a Top Employer in the UK and globally. Our competitive salary packages feature pension, health care, life assurance, laptop, phone, access to extensive training resources and discounts within the larger Tata network.

We offer health & wellness initiatives and sports events; we are the proud sponsor of the London Marathon.

Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing

Tata Consultancy Services UK&I is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all individuals in accordance with the UK Equality Act 2010 and the UK Human Rights Act 1998.

We welcome and embrace diversity in race, nationality, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender identity, age, physical ability, gender reassignment, sexual orientation. We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer an interview to applicants with disabilities or long-term conditions who meet the minimum criteria for the role. Please email us at UKI.recruitment@tcs.com if you would like to opt in.

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Next Steps:

Application Process

1. Online application: You can apply directly through LinkedIn/ by uploading your CV. In case you wish to submit your application via another format like audio/video, please, contact - UKI.recruitment@tcs.com
2. Skill-Based discussion: This will be a level 1 interview with the project team, it can be via video or in-person. Details will be confirmed by your recruiter.
3. Managerial discussion: This discussion will focus on behavioural aspects and person-organisation fit.
4. HR Discussion : This will be with one of the members of the HR team and will cover your career journey, aspirations for growth, compensation and any other questions you may have.

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