Architect, Enterprise

Architect, Enterprise

Job Summary

The Enterprise Architect (EA) provides leadership, stewardship, and analysis in efforts to assist the business and Information Systems department in making technology and infrastructure decisions that will enable growth and support of current and future strategic initiatives. Through lifecycle planning and road mapping this individual will be responsible for developing the application & infrastructure portfolios and for assuring these portfolios deliver the capabilities necessary to support Giant Eagle's business needs. The EA will be required to support integrated business and information systems development as well as innovative approaches to technology which support business requirements.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with IT stakeholders in building and implementing a robust, scalable, and agile Enterprise Architecture to support the foundation of Giant Eagle's future.
• Partner with IT stakeholders in assessing the IT application & infrastructure portfolios today and design and execute the future state strategy to meet business objectives going forward.
• Make recommendations on the strategic use of technology for leveraging business results, and working with IT and business stakeholders to incorporate these recommendations into appropriate roadmaps and life cycle plans.
• Develop, establish, enforce, and sustain the Enterprise Architecture, including standards and guidelines for: application & infrastructure solutions and technologies, integration methodologies and practices, development processes, hardware platforms, and enterprise data design.
• Anticipate and ensure alignment with long term business requirements, ensuring identified change is reflected in the appropriate roadmaps, providing thought leadership in all areas of applied Information Technology, both internally and externally.
• Facilitate and steward the synchronization of the various business, application, and technology roadmaps with appropriate IT and business stakeholders, including change as described in application strategies, Life Cycle Plans, and business initiatives.
• Minimize the number of architectural components and total cost of ownership while maintaining a maximum of functional flexibility, reliability, and security.
• Must be able to balance the role of strategist with urgency, while simultaneously managing and delivering results in a growing and fast paced environment.
• Must demonstrate the ability to manage via influence and have the credibility and interpersonal skills to become respected as a thought leader. Must be capable of articulating pragmatic, sensible and simple solutions while executing across multiple business and technical perspectives.
• Act as a role model for service mentality, builds up long-term relationships with key internal customers and stakeholders, is receptive to the customer's needs, and actively manages the balance between costs and services.
• Facilitate and steward the documenting of the architecture design and analysis work, including the capture and mapping of the relationships between architecture components.
• Assist in executing governance and process improvement activities. Must be able to quickly understand the culture, business issues, and technology requirements, and be able to give unvarnished recommendations as to what is best for the organization.

Required/Preferred
Experience Required: Minimum 12 year of hands-on design and implementation experience in IT and/or business process improvement
Experience Desired: 5 years knowledge of Application Development Network Design, Middleware, Servers and Storage, Database Management, and Operations
Education Desired: Masters , Bachelors Degree Computer Science/ Information Science

About the Company
Since our founding in 1931, Giant Eagle, Inc. has evolved into one of the top 40 largest private corporations in the U. S. and one of the countrys largest food retailers and distributors. With more than 37,000 Team Members and $9.7 billion in revenue, we are committed to investing in people, technology, and data to elevate our customers experience across multiple touchpoints. It helps us follow our commitment to serving others and improving our communities.

About Giant Eagle Bangalore
The Giant Eagle GCC in Bangalore is our global capability center. Our team of more than 350 members at the GCC enables us to expand internal capabilities in the areas such as data analytics, merchandising and eCommerce, quality engineering, and automation to generate insights for faster decision-making and help us accelerate our business strategy. Our team in India plays a pivotal role in helping the company transition to new ways of working by redefining the food and grocery shopping experience for over 4.6 million customers.

About Us

At Giant Eagle Inc., were more than just food, fuel and convenience. Were one giant family of diverse and talented Team Members. Our people are the heart and soul of our company. Its why we strive to create a nurturing environment that offers countless career opportunities to grow. Deep caring and solid family values are what makes us one of the top work places for jobs in the Greater Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus and Indianapolis Areas. From our Warehouses to our GetGos, our grocery Stores through our Corporate home office, we are working together to put food on shoppers' tables and smiles on their faces. Were always searching for the best Team Members to welcome to our family. We invite you to join our Giant Eagle family. Come start a lasting career with us.