Description:
Lead the long range planning for the business, application, data and technical architecture for the solutions in a specific domain. Ensuring all solutions within that domain work logically and coherently together.
Essential Functions
- Applies enterprise principles, standards and practices serving as the conduit for influencing Enterprise Architecture direction while optimizing solutions.
- Responsible for decisions/priorities regarding the overall domain architecture.
- Translate business impacts for the domain into architectural solutions (current and target state).
- Develop architecture solutions that meet performance, scalability, reliability and security needs.
- Provide technical guidance to development team. Mentor those in less senior positions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Abilities/Knowledge/Skills Considered A Plus
- Experience in architecture and implementation of solutions in global supply chain operations.
- Strategic IT Planning: Develop and implement IT strategies that align with business goals, ensuring future scalability, flexibility, and robustness of the Sort Solutions environment.
- Technology Roadmaps: Create and maintain long-term technology roadmaps that outline the strategic direction for Sort Solutions, architecture, and operational models.
- Solution Architecture: Design and oversee the implementation of comprehensive solutions that meet business requirements, covering aspects like application design, data management, integration, security, and cloud strategy.
- Architecture Frameworks Experience working with Business and IT Architects in requirements analysis and modeling tools (e.g., IRIS, Sparx, or other similar tools)
- Technology Evaluation: Assess and recommend new technologies, platforms, and systems to optimize business operations while ensuring alignment with existing architecture.
- Governance: Establish and enforce governance practices to ensure IT policies, standards, and practices are followed throughout the enterprise.
- Security and Compliance: Ensure IT systems and solutions comply with regulatory standards and are designed with security as a top priority.
- Collaboration and Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams in the architecture development process, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and act as a technology advisor to senior management.
- Integration Management: Ensure seamless integration of new technologies with legacy systems and across various departments.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize the performance of enterprise systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and security of IT infrastructure.
- Innovation and Emerging Technologies: Knowledge of the latest trends in edge computing, IoT, AI/ML, and other emerging technologies, identifying opportunities for their application for Sort solutions
- Risk Management: Identify risks associated with the architecture and recommend solutions to mitigate potential disruptions to the business.