POSITION SUMMARY:
The Enterprise (Platform) Architect at Bass Pro Shops is a senior technology leader responsible for translating business vision and strategy into a cohesive and adaptable technology ecosystem. This role involves designing and governing the overall architecture that supports our iconic retail stores thriving e-commerce platforms and complex corporate operations. You will ensure that our technology landscape is scalable secure reliable and aligned with our mission of inspiring everyone to enjoy love and conserve the great outdoors.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Technology Strategy & Roadmap Development
- Develop maintain and communicate the long-term enterprise technology roadmap aligned with strategic business objectives.
- Define architectural principles standards and patterns for cloud on-premise and hybrid environments.
- Analyze technology trends and market disruptions to assess their impact on the enterprise.
Architectural Governance & Review
- Establish and lead the Enterprise Architecture Forum to evaluate and approve major technology projects and changes.
- Ensure solutions comply with architectural standards security policies and DevOps/SRE best practices.
- Govern IT asset lifecycle including strategies for modernization migration and retirement of legacy systems.
Solution Architecture & Design Leadership
- Provide expert consultation to business and IT leaders on complex technology initiatives from concept to implementation.
- Design end-to-end solutions covering application data infrastructure and security domains.
- Collaborate with DevOps CloudOps SRE and FinOps teams to ensure designs are efficient cost-effective observable and automated.
- Develop platform/tenant architecture to support microservices and micro-frontends.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Mentorship
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams to ensure alignment.
- Mentor solution architects and senior engineers fostering technical excellence and innovation.
- Champion adoption of modern practices like Infrastructure as Code CI/CD and chaos engineering to improve reliability and speed to market.
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum Degree Required: Bachelors Degree
- 10 years in IT with at least 5 years in architecture-focused roles (Solution Cloud or Enterprise Architect).
- Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale solutions in hybrid-cloud environments with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles including CI/CD pipelines containerization (Kubernetes) and infrastructure automation (Terraform Packer).
- Expertise in application architecture (microservices event-driven patterns) and data architecture (SQL NoSQL data warehousing).
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and executive audiences.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITY:
- Experience in retail or e-commerce industry.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Aqua Security Akamai Elastic.
- Knowledge of API Gateway management (Kong Azure API Management) and service mesh technologies.
- Familiarity with ITIL frameworks and enterprise systems like ServiceNow.
- Experience with FinOps principles and cloud cost management.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Regularly sits and does computer work.
Occasionally walks and stands.
Seldom/Never lifts up to 50 lbs.
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT:
Performs duties within scope of general company policies procedures and objectives. Analyzes problems and performs needs assessments. Uses judgment in adapting broad guidelines to achieve desired result. Regular exercise of independent judgment within accepted practices. Makes recommendations that affect policies procedures and practices.
Full Time Benefits Summary:
Enjoy discounts on retail merchandise our restaurants world-class resorts and conservation attractions!
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Voluntary benefits
- 401k Retirement Savings
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick time
- Bass Pro Cares Fund
- And more!
Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are administered without regard to race color creed religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity age national origin ancestry citizenship status disability veteran status genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations
Qualified individuals with known disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws.
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Bass Pro Shops