Senior Principal Architect, Supply Chain Enterprise Architecture

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New Jersey, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Drive purposeful architecture for the Supply Chain Design & Orchestration, Supply Chain Execution, and Integrated Demand Planning initiatives.

• Ensure the integrity of technical architecture and design within the Order Fulfillment portfolio and related products.

• Utilize cloud-based applications and platform integrations that prioritize quality and performance.

• Confirm that development objects adhere to established technology patterns, principles, and quality expectations.

• Assess and optimize technology to enhance efficiency, simplify processes, and reduce total cost of ownership.

• Establish architectural frameworks, viewpoints, organizational standards, and policies.

• Identify system interfaces, business capability requirements, architectural vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.

• Empower business and IT leaders to reconcile operational needs with long-term strategic goals.

• Mentor and guide less experienced personnel and facilitate knowledge transfer.

• Provide roadmaps, patterns, principles, standards, and best practices.

• Evaluate Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions against in-house development, and assess Build vs. Buy vs. Rent options.

• Direct complex cross-functional proofs of concept, pilots, and digital product initiatives.

• Collaborate with application architects and delivery teams to ensure compliance with enterprise architecture practices.

• Lead or provide guidance on strategic merger and acquisition endeavors and their integration.

• Spearhead transformation initiatives and manage organizational change.

• Support research-driven decisions by outlining options, advantages, disadvantages, and recommendations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, System Analysis, or a related field.

• 10 to 15 years of experience in IT and business/industry, encompassing solution architecture, application design and deployment, systems lifecycle management, and infrastructure planning and operations.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in system integration and implementation.

• Profound understanding of Enterprise Architecture techniques and patterns.

• Experience in aligning business capabilities with technology and guiding technical teams and solution architects.

• Familiarity with various technologies, possessing strong techno-functional and business domain expertise.

• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Capacity to lead and foster innovation using AI.

• Superior verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to collaborate across teams and influence stakeholders effectively.

• Capability to clearly and persuasively present business challenges, strategies, and technical information.

• Knowledge of software development techniques, programming languages, and application programming interfaces.

• General awareness of operating systems, databases, application servers, web servers, and integration technologies.

• Understanding of cloud-native application development utilizing microservices and event-driven architecture.

• Familiarity with the software development lifecycle, business process modeling, application design patterns, techno/functional documentation, and Agile product-oriented methodologies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision care.

• Backup dependent care.

• Adoption assistance.

• Infertility coverage.

• Family building support.

• Behavioral health solutions.

• Paid parental leave.

• Paid caregiver leave.

• Training programs.

• Professional development resources.

• Mentorship programs.

• Employee resource groups.

• Volunteer activities.

• Reasonable accommodations throughout the employment process.