Strategic Enterprise Architect: AI, Data & Cloud

Central Garden & Pet Company; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401k with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Education assistance

Job summary

Central Garden & Pet Company in Walnut Creek, CA seeks an Enterprise Architect to define and guide the platform foundation and architecture for data, analytics, AI, and digital transformation. This senior IC role requires balancing governance, cost-effectiveness, and scalable design across brands and units.

You will partner with technology and business leaders to set architecture vision, standards, and roadmaps, ensuring a cohesive, adaptable ecosystem that supports acquisitions or divestitures

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressively responsible IT experience spanning strategy, integration, and application domains.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise architecture strategy across business and technology domains, aligning capabilities and data/AI platforms.
• Lead architecture evolution, modernization of legacy systems, and API-first integration patterns.
• Architect a modern data strategy with data mesh/fabric and knowledge graphs for unified cross-brand data.
• Design architectures for autonomous agents and AI-enabled applications.
• Establish multi-cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem for agility and cost-effectiveness.
• Drive governance (ARB/STARC) and translate strategy into executable roadmaps.

Skills

Executive presence

Architectural judgment

Systems thinking

Influence & collaboration

AI priority lens

Tools

Azure

Azure Fabric

Databricks

Snowflake

Purview

Power BI

Azure AI Foundry

Job description

Central Garden & Pet Company in Walnut Creek, CA seeks an Enterprise Architect to define and guide the platform foundation and architecture for data, analytics, AI, and digital transformation. This senior IC role requires balancing governance, cost-effectiveness, and scalable design across brands and units.

You will partner with technology and business leaders to set architecture vision, standards, and roadmaps, ensuring a cohesive, adaptable ecosystem that supports acquisitions or divestitures