Enterprise Architect Principal - UNFI

Polluxa, Inc.; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Polluxa, Inc. in Providence, RI seeks an Enterprise Architect Principal to lead enterprise-wide system architecture, defining principles and ensuring stability, scalability, and security across applications.

This senior role provides leadership to architecture teams and collaborates with senior leaders to translate business needs into system designs, focusing on grocery/distribution domains. You will develop AS-IS and TO-BE blueprints, roadmaps, and guide engineers and security teams in

Qualifications

• Senior-level architect defining enterprise-wide architecture principles.
• Ability to guide engineers and align IT with business goals.
• Experience translating business needs into technical designs.

Responsibilities

• Define principles guiding technology decisions for the enterprise.
• Develop architecture and evaluate current architecture; provide design recommendations.
• Evaluate existing systems to meet organizational requirements and suggest changes.
• Collaborate with engineers to select appropriate design solutions and ensure component compatibility.
• Communicate with senior stakeholders to understand system requirements and provide guidance.
• Define objectives, scope, and organizational impact of systems.
• Incorporate SOA into enterprise architecture and identify reusable services.
• Investigate system components for business use and recommend adoption.
• Maintain knowledge of emerging technologies relevant to grocery/distribution.
• Partner with fellow architects, engineers, and security to direct development and operations.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

SOA Principles

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

System Design

Job description

Job Overview:

The Enterprise Architect (EA) Principal is responsible for leading enterprise-wide system architecture focusing on the effectiveness, design and development of solutions for complex application problems and architecture. This role focuses on defining and verifying the stability, portability, security, or scalability of systems applications across the enterprise.

The position provides leadership direction and accountability for strategic application architecture plans, system design, and implementation. The Enterprise Architect Principal independently determines and develops architectural approaches and solutions, conducts business reviews, documents current systems in the portfolio, and recommends how to proceed with the applications (e.g., replace, retire, maintain, etc.).

This is a senior role in the architecture team and regularly works with senior leaders and stakeholders across the enterprise.

Job Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture

Leverages advanced technical skills to define principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise and provides broad understanding of platforms and applications across all technologies

Creates the architecture development and evaluates current architecture and provides recommendations and design solutions for the enterprise

Evaluates existing systems to determine effectiveness, and suggests changes to meet organizational requirements

Collaborates and guides engineers or software developers to select appropriate design solutions or ensure the compatibility of system components

Communicates and partners with internal team members and senior stakeholders to understand specific system requirements and provides recommendations and technical guidance

Defines and analyzes objectives, overall scope issues, and organizational impacts of systems

Incorporates SOA principles into enterprise architecture design, including identifying opportunities for common services and service reuse

Investigates system components suitability for specified business purposes and makes recommendations regarding the system use

Participates in the research and maintains knowledge in emerging technologies and possible application to the business, focusing on two or more areas specific to the grocery/distribution industry

Partners with fellow architects, engineers, and security to direct the development and operation of systems and can translate business needs into system development

Strategic Planning & Road-mapping

Develops and maintains the multi-year enterprise architecture roadmap aligned to the organization’s strategic goals, priorities, and digital transformation initiatives

Leads the creation of the Current State (AS-IS) and Future State (TO-BE) architecture blueprints, identifying capability gaps and defining transition architectures with clear milestones