What You Need To Know

Overview

The IT Enterprise Architect explores new technologies and sets the technology direction while ensuring alignment with business strategies and drivers. Establishes the approach for the integration of information applications and programs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and coordinate IT Architecture Plans
• Assist in aligning business and enterprise initiatives with the Enterprise Architecture
• Audit compliance within the Enterprise Architecture standards
• Facilitate strategic sessions up to an executive level and market/sell the results of architectural approaches through presentations
• Serve as an expert in applicant development, database design, and/or platform (operating system) efforts, helping project teams comply with enterprise and IT policies, industry regulations, and best practices
• Coordinate all Enterprise Architecture and governance activities
• Work with Solution Architects and Solution Engineers to ensure solutions throughout all IT systems and platforms adhere to the enterprise architecture and to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Model and create graphical representations and abstractions
• Translate/map business strategy into information strategy
• Stay up to date on best practices and new technologies and solutions
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Additional Primary Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience and education combination
• 12 years of work experience in IT
• Broad Technical knowledge across platforms (versus deep knowledge on specific platforms such as SAP, SalesForce, Microsoft)
• Proven ability building relationships and influencing Executives
• Proven ability translating business strategies into information strategies
• Analytical and strategic background that includes a broader background in different industry sectors including at least some experience in a SGWS associated industry such as retail, distribution, food and beverage, or others.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills including experience presenting and facilitating workshops and seminars
• Understanding of technology products and vendor strategies, products, and customer preferences
• Experience modeling, and representing the organizations business requirements in a human consumable manner, as it relates to strategy

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.