Director - Platform Architecture - IT

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Systems Analysis or a related field. Or equivalent work experience.

- At least 14 years of solid experience in Enterprise Architecture, strategy and roadmap.

- At least 3 years of experience in Agile architecture

- Extensive experience in defining enterprise platforms and creating - as a service

- Deep knowledge of use of micro services, development & infrastructure platforms and how adaptive architecture can benefit the business.

- Fairly broad business domain experience.

- Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, as necessary.

- Requires advanced to expert level knowledge and understanding of architecture, application design, systems & release engineering and integration.

Must: Experience in a Global organization

Preferred: Retail Experience

 In depth understanding of the following areas:

- Infrastructure as Software (Container Orchestration, Observability, CI/CD)

- Public cloud service offerings (IaaS, PaaS, DBaaS services as well as high level product offerings from Google Cloud Platform)

- Modern security practices

- Modern API platform design

- Integration Platform solutions

- Modern data architectures (e.g. event driven architectures, data democratization, platform approaches to support ML/AI at scale, stream processing, and integrating real time analytics into customer applications)

- Basic understanding of the following areas:

- Microservices

- TOGAF

- Network topology

 Organizational skills and consulting abilities that:

- Develop and evolve technology strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business objectives

- Influence / coach enterprise architecture on modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices

- Develop and communicate measurements of platform progress and business impact

- Support organizational changes in regards to capability development, restructuring toward product/service-centric team models, and transitioning to modern agile SDLC practices

- Communicate technical decisions to non-technical audiences and build consensus around them

- Articulate the value of foundational technology approaches to business executives (e.g. the pros & cons of microservices architectures in a given context)

- Own key relationships both up and downstream of the platform teams to ensure delivery.

- Manage priorities and make decisions in high stakes scenarios

Roles & Responsibilities

- Guide delivery programs as architecture owner or as a part of the architecture squad

- Be responsible for engaging with technical and business stakeholders to understand needs, envision the technology delivery approach through tools and platforms, and guide technical leads in solution delivery.

- Evangelize business benefits and impact of the platform as well as the value of modern delivery and engineering practices.

- Support other architects and product owners in developing technology roadmaps, including effectively evaluating build/partner/buy decisions.

You will always have the opportunity to:

- Think through hard problems, and work with high performing teams to solve them.

- Learn something new every day and innovate

- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical, and ego-free culture where your talent is valued over a role title.

- Develop your career outside of the confinements of a traditional career path by focusing on what you- re passionate about rather than a predetermined one-size-fits-all plan.