Responsible for the alignment of overall technical solutions architecture w/ defined requirements, &establish target architecture & standards for the organization, including all key horizontal domains (Application, Data, Infrastructure). Lead team that drives the creation & maintenance domain specific architecture roadmaps, health check scorecard(s) &solution review assessment reports for program

Manage&develop the architecture for a broader scope of projects, work closely w/ domain architects that manage &design architecture for responsible areas

Provide consulting support to domain architect within projects to ensure, projects are aligned w/ the overall enterprise architecture

Accountable for establishing & implementing standards &guidelines that guide the design of technology solutions

Responsible for researching, analyzing, designing, proposing and delivering solutions that are appropriate for the business and technology strategies

Establish document standards & overall repository for the documentation of all solution architecture design &analysis work

Consult w/ application & infrastructure development projects to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture, and identify when it is necessary to modify projects to accommodate the solutions architecture

Facilitate evaluation &selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard & custom software configurations

Interface across several divisions &business areas, act as visionary to proactively assist in defining the direction for future projects

Facilitate the evaluation &selection of software product standards & services, as well as the design of standard & custom software configurations

Develop roadmap for evolution of enterprise application portfolio as defined by the solutions architecture framework

Design/lead Reference Architecture Development & Maintenance Responsible for standards development &continual improvement plans Responsible for driving application/technology portfolio rationalization

Review, advise &design standard software and hardware, builds, system options, risks, costs versus benefits & impact on the enterprise business process and goals. Responsible for conception of solutions, building consensus & the selling & execution of such solutions Ensure development& continual improvement of applicable processes, policies, & procedures

Qualifications:

Graduation w/ a Bachelor Degree in Business, Computer Science or a closely related field, &7 years of Enterprise or Architecture experience in one or more IT specialty areas & 5 years of managerial experience

Knowledge of Technical Competencies (experienced w/ some of the technical domains); knowledge of emerging enterprise technologies; knowledge of In-Store Server Architecture Model & Implementation; knowledge of Integrations w/ packaged frameworks; knowledge of development experience w/ n-tier architecture; knowledge of Infrastructure technologies OS, DBMS, Middleware, Data warehouse and analytics; knowledge of agile methods & processes, &capability of supporting agile project teams by providing advice &guidance on opportunities, impact &risks, taking account of technical &architectural debt

Skilled at understanding & documenting existing systems & technology; skill of developing architecture standards, governance, diagrams, drawings, & visual communications; skill in developing models (conceptual, logical, physical, as-built) for business & technology solutions; skill in prioritizing tasks& planning iterations; skill in gathering, analyzing & articulating high-level business requirements

ability to formulate business and technical solutions; ability to aid in the estimation &planning process; ability to identify, assess, select alternative solutions; ability to effectively communicate, both verbally & in writing; support systems development teams in implementing architectures; ability to resolve high-level functional issues