We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Enterprise Architect to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, planning, and overseeing the implementation of the organization’s technology strategy and architecture. You will play a key role in aligning business goals with IT capabilities, ensuring that systems, applications, and infrastructure are efficient, scalable, and secure to meet current and future business needs.

Location: Duluth, GA / Hybrid

Schedule: M - F, 8am - 5pm

Compensation: Competitive salary. Bonus potential. Weekly pay.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architectural Strategy & Design:
  Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture framework and Data Architecture, ensuring alignment with business goals and IT strategy. Create high-level design for systems and applications, including infrastructure, networks, and cloud services. Perform POCs for new technologies.
• Solution Delivery:
  Lead the design and implementation of large-scale, complex enterprise systems and ensure that they integrate seamlessly across multiple platforms and technologies.
• Technology Leadership:
  Provide leadership and expertise in IT architecture, including technical direction for application and infrastructure design. Evaluate new technologies and recommend tools and platforms that support the company’s growth and innovation.
• Stakeholder Collaboration:
  Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into architectural solutions. Facilitate cross-functional communication to ensure architecture decisions support business objectives.
• Governance & Compliance:
  Develop and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency and compliance with industry regulations and security standards.
• Risk Management:
  Identify technical risks and work proactively to mitigate them. Conduct risk assessments and establish disaster recovery plans to ensure system reliability and business continuity.
• Performance Monitoring:
  Define key performance indicators (KPIs) for architecture effectiveness and lead efforts to monitor, measure, and report on system performance and optimization.
• Documentation:
  Maintain up-to-date architectural documentation for reference by development teams, project managers, and business leaders. Ensure thorough documentation of architecture changes and decisions.

• Education:
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Master’s degree or certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) preferred.
• Experience:
  Minimum of 8 years of experience in IT architecture or related technical roles, with at least 5 years in an enterprise architecture position. Experience with large-scale enterprise systems and multi-cloud environments is a plus.
• Skills & Competencies:
• Expertise in architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) and methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Ecommerce and business process management (BPM) systems.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing microservices, API-driven architectures, and modern application stacks.
• Experience with enterprise integration, data management, and security architecture.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically.
• Technical Expertise:
• Proficient in design patterns, software development life cycle (SDLC), and agile methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and DevOps principles.
• Knowledge of database technologies, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and automation tools.
• Certifications:
• TOGAF, Zachman, or similar enterprise architecture certifications are highly desirable.
• Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) are a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the Supply Chain/Sourcing/QSR industry or sector
• Understanding of regulatory standards and frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.
• Familiarity with and staying abreast with emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning etc.