- 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.
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