Architect for Integration, Engineering & Security

Responsibilities

• Enterprise integration architecture: Own the architectural direction for the enterprise applications across application portfolios and their business units. This includes:
  • Architecture for both custom-built applications and technology platforms
  • Support software selection decisions
  • Define architecture patterns
  • Ensure architecture achieves information security requirements
  • Work alongside engineering teams and product teams as an active, embedded partner in delivery
• Enterprise plan platform and AI architecture: Design the end-to-end data flows between commercial and corporate systems and the data and analytics / AI platform. This includes:
  • Define flows of business operational data for analytics and management reporting and surfacing analytics data into company applications
  • Ensure business systems are designed to support emerging AI use cases
  • Define integration patterns for data that keep client and company data secure
  • Architect the integration of external industry data sources into business applications
• Integration of security practices and architecture into application delivery: Plan and shape integrations between systems that are secure by design. This includes:
  • Collaborate as peer with cybersecurity engineering teams
  • Jointly design patterns and delivery approaches for maximizing information security
  • Ensure coherent data and integration plans
  • Shape plans for phases of application change between parallel implementation programs
• Architecture practice participation: Operate as an active member of the enterprise architecture practice. This includes:
  • Collaborate with peer architects across commercial systems, enterprise systems, data/AI, and infrastructure/security
  • Build, advocate, and participate in shared governance, architecture standards, and ways of working
  • Contribute to keeping the practice coherent and relevant as the organization's technology agenda grows in complexity
• Business domain expertise: Bring working knowledge of retail and consumer packaged goods business processes. This includes:
  • Have experience in technology and processes such as sales/customer relationship management, category management, retail execution, and field workforce management
  • Build credibility as a technology advisor to business stakeholders based on industry operational reality
  • Advise on building shared capability, reusability, and user experience within company applications

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
• Experience Requirements: 10-12 years experience in relevant field
• Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Integration architecture between custom / technology platform applications and enterprise resource planning systems
• Data design: Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
• Software selection, pattern definition, and product team partnership
• Enterprise and / or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
• Business domain expertise, such as retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, services company service delivery, and revenue management

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities

• Enterprise integration architecture: Own the architectural direction for the enterprise applications across application portfolios and their business units. This includes:
  • Architecture for both custom-built applications and technology platforms
  • Support software selection decisions
  • Define architecture patterns
  • Ensure architecture achieves information security requirements
  • Work alongside engineering teams and product teams as an active, embedded partner in delivery
• Enterprise plan platform and AI architecture: Design the end-to-end data flows between commercial and corporate systems and the data and analytics / AI platform. This includes:
  • Define flows of business operational data for analytics and management reporting and surfacing analytics data into company applications
  • Ensure business systems are designed to support emerging AI use cases
  • Define integration patterns for data that keep client and company data secure
  • Architect the integration of external industry data sources into business applications
• Integration of security practices and architecture into application delivery: Plan and shape integrations between systems that are secure by design. This includes:
  • Collaborate as peer with cybersecurity engineering teams
  • Jointly design patterns and delivery approaches for maximizing information security
  • Ensure coherent data and integration plans
  • Shape plans for phases of application change between parallel implementation programs
• Architecture practice participation: Operate as an active member of the enterprise architecture practice. This includes:
  • Collaborate with peer architects across commercial systems, enterprise systems, data/AI, and infrastructure/security
  • Build, advocate, and participate in shared governance, architecture standards, and ways of working
  • Contribute to keeping the practice coherent and relevant as the organization's technology agenda grows in complexity
• Business domain expertise: Bring working knowledge of retail and consumer packaged goods business processes. This includes:
  • Have experience in technology and processes such as sales/customer relationship management, category management, retail execution, and field workforce management
  • Build credibility as a technology advisor to business stakeholders based on industry operational reality
  • Advise on building shared capability, reusability, and user experience within company applications

Qualifications

• Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
• Experience Requirements: 10-12 years experience in relevant field
• Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility

Direct Reports: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities for direct reports

Indirect Reports: Does not have direct reports, but may delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Required Knowledge and Skills

• Integration architecture between custom / technology platform applications and enterprise resource planning systems
• Data design: Data flows, data model design, master data management principles, and AI technology affinity
• Software selection, pattern definition, and product team partnership
• Enterprise and / or deep solution architecture for custom and technology platform applications
• Business domain expertise, such as retail, consumer packaged goods, field workforce management, services company service delivery, and revenue management

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Additional Information Regarding Job Duties

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one’s supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.