Architect, IT

Tractor Supply Company; Brentwood (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tractor Supply Company is seeking an experienced senior IT professional to drive domain technology plans that align with enterprise goals, business plans, and processes. The role provides technical oversight and mentoring to engineering teams to deliver secure, high-performing solutions.

You will analyze, design, and develop domain roadmaps, identify opportunities for improvement, and plan activities for delivery. The position requires 10+ years in IT and a bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.
• 10+ years of increasingly technical Information Technology experience.
• Advanced knowledge of diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing environments.
• Strong knowledge of SOA and object-oriented analysis and design.
• Strong knowledge of business process re-engineering principles and processes.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technical architecture alternatives.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and develop domain roadmaps that align with goals, business plans, and business processes.
• Identify and implement ongoing opportunities for system and process improvements.
• Plan project activities for a development or engineering team to meet enterprise schedule.
• Create project design documentation and provide technical oversight to ensure successful delivery.
• Maintain domain standards complying with enterprise standards, ensuring solutions are optimally designed, secure, well performing and integrated with other solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technology for use in domain.
• Document domain technology used to perform business processes.
• Identify, analyze, and communicate architecture and integration options and make recommendations to management.
• Control project from start to finish to ensure high quality, innovative and functional design.
• Provide general technical oversight and mentoring of team members.

Skills

SOA architecture

Object-oriented analysis

Architecture strategy

Mentoring

Technical oversight

Requirements analysis

Roadmap planning

Education

Bachelor's in CS / MIS

Job description

This position is responsible for driving domain technology plans to align with enterprise goals, business plans and business processes for systems within a specific functional area. Additional responsibilities include general technical oversight and mentoring of team members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Min 5%)

• Analyze, design, and develop domain roadmaps that align with goals, business plans, and business processes.
• Identify and implement ongoing opportunities for system and process improvements.
• Plan project activities for a development or engineering team to meet enterprise schedule.
• Create project design documentation and provide technical oversight to ensure successful delivery.
• Maintain domain standards complying with enterprise standards, ensuring solutions are optimally designed, secure, well performing and integrated with other solutions.
• Evaluate emerging technology for use in domain.
• Document domain technology used to perform business processes.
• Identify, analyze, and communicate architecture and integration options and make recommendations to management.
• Control project from start to finish to ensure high quality, innovative and functional design.
• Provide general technical oversight and mentoring of team members.
  

Required Qualifications

Experience: 10+ years of increasingly technical Information Technology experience.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field preferred. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.

Preferred knowledge, skills or abilities

• Advanced knowledge of diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing environments.
• Advanced ability to comprehend business requirements to ensure technical directions are supportive.
• Advanced ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Strong knowledge of SOA and object-oriented analysis and design.
• Strong knowledge of business process re‑engineering principles and processes.
• Strong ability to conduct analysis sessions and may contribute to “Closure Documents.”
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of technical architecture alternatives.
  

Working Conditions

• Normal office working conditions

Physical Requirements

• Lifting up to 20 pounds
• Standing (not walking)
• Walking

Disclaimer

This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. A team member should perform all duties as assigned by his/ her supervisor.

Company Info

At Tractor Supply and Petsense by Tractor Supply, our Team Members are the heart of our success. Their dedication, passion, and hard work drive everything we do, and we are committed to supporting them with a comprehensive and accessible total reward package. We understand the evolving needs of our Team Members and their families, and we strive to offer meaningful, competitive, and sustainable benefits that support their well‑being today and in the future.

Our benefits extend beyond medical, dental, and vision coverage, including company‑paid life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and family planning resources such as adoption and surrogacy assistance, for all full‑time Team Members and all part‑time Team Members. Part time new hires gain eligibility for TSC Benefits by averaging at least 15 hours per week during their 90‑day lookback period. The lookback period starts the first of the month following the date of hire. If the 15‑hour requirement was met, the benefits eligibility date will be the first day of the month following 4 months of continuous service.

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We believe in managing your time for business and personal success, which is why we empower our Team Members to lead balanced lives through our benefits and total rewards offerings. Forfull‑time and eligible part‑time TSC and Petsense Team Members. We care about what you care about!

A lot of care goes into providing legendary service at Tractor Supply Company, which is why our Team Members are our top priority. Want a career with a clear path for growth? Your Opportunity is Out Here at Tractor Supply and Petsense.