Enterprise Architect - Applications & Integrations

What You Need To Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is North America's preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we're heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies - and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer's was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you're looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Applications and Integration Enterprise Architect to lead the design, development, and implementation of our application and integration architecture. In this executive leadership role, you will oversee a team of solution architects reporting directly to you. The successful candidate will have a deep understanding of application and integration architecture principles, patterns, and best practices, as well as experience with various technologies such as APIs, ESB, microservices, and message queues.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

• Modern Web and Mobile App Architecture

• Cloud-Native Application Architecture

• Microservices Architecture

• Event-Driven Architecture

• Service Mesh

• Multi-experience and Micro Frontend Architecture

• Agile and DevOps Architecture Practices

• Distributed Apps, APIs, and Services Architecture

• Architecture Decision Making

• Architecture Refactoring and Modernization

• Security and Access Management

• Data Architecture Patterns and Practices

• Edge Computing

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of our enterprise application and integration architecture.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define integration requirements and develop solutions that meet business needs.

• Design and develop integration solutions using various technologies such as APIs, ESB, microservices, and message queues.

• Create and maintain high-level and detailed integration architecture diagrams for both on-premises and cloud-based systems.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams and mentor junior developers as needed.

• Work with product owners and stakeholders to prioritize integration initiatives and ensure alignment with business objectives.

• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating new integration tools and techniques and recommending improvements to existing system integration processes and solutions.

• Ensure efficient and effective connection and communication capabilities of technology assets, meeting business needs and driving timely and efficient delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12+ years of proven industry experience, with 7+ years in the enterprise/solution architecture roles, focusing on applications and integrations.

• Strong understanding of digital business and technology trends

• Experience with application and integration technologies (e.g., APIs, microservices, ESB)

• Experience with enterprise integration platforms and integration capabilities (e.g., API management, data integration, cloud integration)

• Understanding of integration patterns and best practices (e.g., EAI, SOA, microservices integration)

• Knowledge of architectural frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman)

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field

Nice to Have:

• Certification in architecture or related field (TOGAF, Azure Architect, AWS Certified Architect)

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.