Technically speaking: Awesome.
Considered one of our competitive advantages, information and technology is a strategic ingredient at Kohl’s. The retail market is constantly changing and the need for great Information System (IS) talent has never been stronger! Along with our increasing number of Associates, store formats, market segments and technology, the demand for IS services is growing.
Over the next few years, Kohl’s will use technology to drive sales, make critical business decisions and satisfy our customers. We invest in the best technologies and train our Associates on enhancing collaboration, providing scalability and developing world-class systems.
From our stable legacy environments to the latest Service Oriented Architecture, Kohl’s is looking for talented, committed technologists and information specialists to help us maintain our advantage. If you’re an IS professional who wants to make an impact, work with enterprise class systems and build your career in a fast-paced growing organization, Kohl’s is the place for you!
Architecture and Planning
Enterprise Architecture and Planning is on the leading edge, driving strategic initiatives to help align IS with the business. The focus is on continuous improvement of the IS development, operations and support teams. We look for individuals who have major retail architecture experience and possess vision, creativity and a solid IS retail strategy background.
Project Management
The Project Management Office drives the business forward by providing leadership and applying consistent standards and processes when running mission critical projects. The Project Management team looks for individuals who have extensive expertise with System Development Life Cycles, experience managing small to large projects and utilizing formal project management methodologies, and who possess a solid understanding of the relationship between business procedures.
Application Delivery
Application delivery teams define business processes and work with a myriad of technologies including the latest Enterprise Service Bus, Web Services, J2EE and .NET to COBOL in an MVS environment. Development processes are continually refined to increase development speed, provide long-term system stability and improve business flexibility. Our development and support teams look for individuals who possess experience in professional programming, analytics, business process development and integration.
Operations
Operations teams thrive in the complexity of managing and tuning servers and networks. The IS Operations team interacts with Architecture, Project Management and Application Delivery to provide first-level support, monitor daily business operations and execute system improvements. Our teams look to add individuals who have experience with Windows Desktop and Servers, Database Administration, Application Servers, Networking, Telecomm, Unix, Linux, MVS systems in an operations or development environment, as well as experience with systems technical support. Team members also have the ability to communicate to nontechnical clients and take an analytical approach in identifying and resolving issues.