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About the Team
It's an exciting time in technology, and that buzz is felt throughout PetSmart! We are continuing to grow at a faster pace and we want to continue to provide best-in-class experiences for pets and pet parents. Our IT team has 4 different departments: Information Security, IT Service Delivery, Business Enabling Systems, and IT Commerce & Customer Engagement. Whether it's online or in our stores, the work that the IT team does is instrumental in PetSmart's success. We have a strategic and actionable plan underway and are looking for associates who are just as excited about it as we are. About the JobArchitect IT Platforms and CloudHow this role will make an impact:Is your passion to help accelerate the rate of change by ensuring adoption of patterns and platforms that simplify product development? Do you enjoy working in a collaborative environment where you can help mature software engineering capabilities? Are you passionate about how cloud platforms can help drive business innovation? Do you love pets and want to help PetSmart continue to be the trusted partner of Pet Parents and their pets?PetSmart is looking for an IT Architect for the Enterprise Architecture team.Your goals and responsibilities will include:- Architecture and Systems Design
- Lead and facilitate the creation and ongoing evolution of technology roadmaps and strategies while involving all key stakeholders.
- Define strategic vision of the enterprise through the integration of IT architecture solutions, design patterns, technical strategy and blueprints which forms the basis for application architecture across the enterprise.
- Develop company business system architecture plans and review cost and feasibility of system requests while ensuring the plan supports the strategic needs of the company.
- Create and present technical information in order to influence and gain the understanding of business as well as technical roles across the organization
- Define and champion architecture standards that align solution designs to the target enterprise architecture.
- Define, lead, and implement the enterprise cloud and platform architecture to enable rapid growth of our integration and internally developed platforms.
- People & Team Influence
- Lead teams to create an atmosphere of trust
- Seek diverse views to encourage improvement and innovation
- Develop strong relationships within IT and the business (including vendors)
- This position does not supervise but does provide leadership of strategic architectural practices
- Financial Management
- Analyze financial benefits of various solutions and articulate short-term and long-term cost implications
- May drive contracts/SOWs, oversee budgets; review expenditures and partner to analyze variances
- 8+ years experience years of industry experience in software development, including previous experience as an architect.
- 1-3 years experience with industry standard retail applications, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years experience using Cloud based technologies to accelerate and improve the quality of software engineering.
- 1-3 years experience in leading the implementation of highly-complex systems and business capabilities.
- Demonstrated experience in architecting and implementing large scale solutions.
- Strong analysis/troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to bring teams to an aligned position.
- Experience migrating an enterprise to a cloud-based infrastructure solution.
- Expertise of cloud-based financials and billing.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work well with all levels of engineers and managers.
- Demonstrated experience in organizational change management in support of process or technology change projects.
- Bachelor's Degree required, in Computer Science or related field preferred, and 5+ years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Pet friendly environment, bring your pets to work!
- A work-life balance and family events such as movie nights, art events and holiday festivals
- "Top Dog" gym with equipment, fitness classes, massage therapists and personal trainers
- "Sit & Stay" Caf serving fresh breakfast and lunch options
- On-site coffee bar
- "Lil' Paws" learning center and onsite daycare facility
- Volunteer events with PetSmart Charities
- Learn more about #LifeAtPetSmart here: https://www.lifeatpetsmart.com/life-at-petsmart/
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