Enterprise Architect Principal - Remote

Enterprise Architect Principal – Remote

Join to apply for the Enterprise Architect Principal – Remote role at UNFI
.

The Enterprise Architect (EA) Principal leads enterprise-wide system architecture, focusing on the effectiveness, design, and development of solutions for complex application problems and architecture. This role defines and verifies the stability, portability, security, and scalability of systems applications across the enterprise, providing leadership direction and accountability for strategic application architecture plans, system design, and implementation. The EA 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 senior role regularly works with senior leaders and stakeholders across the enterprise.

Job Responsibilities

• Leverages advanced technical skills to define principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise and provides a broad understanding of platforms and applications across all technologies
• Creates architecture development plans and evaluates current architecture, providing 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 in selecting appropriate design solutions or ensuring 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, 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 researching and maintaining knowledge in emerging technologies and possible applications 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 translates business needs into system development

• Provides strategic advice on project costs, design concepts, or design changes, including risks and assessment of decisions
• Communicates project information to senior stakeholders, including technical reporting and high visibility presentations
• Directs the overall installation of systems, networks, or application software
• Trains system engineers in operations and maintenance
• Performs other relevant job duties as required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, systems analysis, or a related field

• 10+ years of overall relevant IT experience
• 6+ years of experience with enterprise architecture, software architecture, and design patterns
• 6+ years of experience with complex architectural patterns (SOA), building APIs microservices, and event-driven design
• Deep experience with software design and delivery on cloud platforms (such as AWS) with an understanding of economic and business models for software in the cloud
• 6+ years of overall software development experience on multi-tiered systems
• Experience with S/4 Hana and Lean-ix Integration and usage, or familiarity with SAP Reference Architecture

• Understanding of Enterprise Architecture Tools, preferably Lean-ix
• Understanding of hybrid cloud architecture using the principles of the Well-Architected Framework
• Understanding of modern data architectures;
  Databricks experience is nice to have
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate and influence at all management levels and with both technical and non-technical individuals in a cross‑functional environment and in remote locations
• Strong analytical,…