Enterprise Integration Architect

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At Columbia we are as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide we are proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: Its perfect. Now make it better. As pioneers of relentless improvement we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Although we are an apparel and footwear focused company technology is central to everything we do. Columbia Sportswears Digital Technology (CDT) teams enable an IT infrastructure across four global brands a global supply chain and 500 geographically dispersed stores. These teams support in-store mobile and data platforms to enhance customer interface and service in an ever-evolving industry.

The Enterprise Integration Architecture team is at the heart of blueprinting the digital transformation of Columbia Sportswear Mountain Hardware Sorel and prAna brands. We serve our business and technical partners through strategic integrated planning and end-to-end solutions to accelerate feature delivery for critical initiatives.

As a Principal Enterprise Integration Architect you will be responsible for designing and evolving Columbia Sportswears integration and data movement architecture across enterprise platforms. You will work closely with engineering teams product leaders and other architects to deliver secure scalable and costeffective integrations that support critical business capabilities across Supply Chain Planning Product Creation and DirecttoConsumer (DTC) domains for our global brands.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for discovering and documenting opportunities for growth and efficiency adopt a continuous learning environment and provide strategic advantage through innovative solutions storytelling building collaborative and inclusive partnerships and transitional architectures.

HOW YOULL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• Own integration architecture patterns including APIs events and data flows aligned to canonical domain models
• Design endtoend integration solutions balancing scalability resiliency cost and delivery timelines
• Ensure solution designs adhere to enterprise architecture principles and platform standards
• Scale organizations data & integration literacy through the modeling and design of enterprise services and APIs adhering to canonical domain models
• Engage business partners effectively to understand objectives constraints and outcomes translating business needs into pragmatic integration and data architecture solutions
• Partner with engineering leaders to shape architectural plans aligned to product roadmaps
• Provide design guidance design reviews and handson problem solving during delivery
• Advocate best practices for API design eventing and integration reliability
• Identify opportunities to simplify and modernize integration platforms
• Mentor and upskill teams on integration and data architecture patterns
• Engage with vendors to ensure solutions align with Columbia standards

YOU ARE

• A thought leader that is consultative in their approach
• An influencer that can drive common vision practices and capabilities across teams
• Passionate about cloud platform and solutions
• Able to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff
• A creative strategic thinker with the ability to solve complex problems; able to exercise independent judgment in a highly complex global environment using leading-edge technology and/or integrating diverse systems
• Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal negotiating and marketing skills to work with users senior management and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordinated activity across functional and organizational lines

YOU HAVE

• Bachelors degree in business administration Computer Science Information Systems or equivalent experience
• 10 years increasingly responsible professional experience in technology-related field
• Demonstrated domain experience across Supply Chain Planning Product Creation and Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) business capabilities supporting enterprise-scale platforms and integrations
• 5 years in technology architect or engineering leadership roles providing design leadership to technical business & cross-functional initiatives
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale applications supporting critical product creation supply chain Direct To Consumer and corporate technology capabilities
• Demonstrated experience designing delivering and operating enterprise integrations across their full lifecycle (design build deployment and ongoing operations)
• Experience with eventdriven architecture async messaging or streaming
• Familiarity with leading enterprise cloud/virtual architectures in AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Highly skilled at creating compelling architecture presentations covering enterprise scale vendor packaged applications native cloud-based applications (custom or vendor managed) services and other applications
• Demonstrated influencing leadership skills expressed through teamwork facilitation active listening as well as multi-modal communication (written visualization and verbal) with customers
• Strong team orientation and ability to thrive on virtual international cross-functional teams
• Experienced in facilitating meetings with multiple customers and technical staff including building consensus defining key decisions and solution options and mediating compromises when necessary
• A passion for data-driven decision making supported through strong analytic skills internal due diligence market analysis structuring hypotheses and development of synthesized findings/recommendations

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This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities but constitutes a general definition of the positions scope and function in the company.