Job Description

Enterprise Architect Grow. Learn. Thrive. Giant Eagle is where your career can soar high. At Giant Eagle, you are so much more than an employee. You are part of the Family. About the Company Since our founding in 1931, Giant Eagle, Inc. has evolved into one of the top 40 largest private corporations in the U.S. and one of the country\'s largest food retailers and distributors. With more than 37,000 Team Members and $9.7 billion in revenue, we are committed to investing in people, technology, and data to elevate our customer\'s experience across multiple touchpoints. It helps us follow on our commitment to serving others and improving our communities. About Giant Eagle Bangalore The Giant Eagle GCC in Bangalore is our global capability center. Our team of more than 350 members at the GCC enables us to expand internal capabilities in the areas such as data analytics, merchandising and eCommerce, quality engineering, and automation to generate insights for faster decision-making and help us accelerate our business strategy. Our team in India plays a pivotal role in helping the company transition to new ways of working by redefining the food and grocery shopping experience for over 4.6 million customers. Why Join Giant Eagle is where you can come for a job but stay for a career. It\'s a place where you grow, learn, and thrive on a team that feels like a family. At our core are the values, purpose, and commitment every Team Member exhibits no matter their role. It also encompasses the freedom that comes from working in an environment where you are valued for who you are. We focus on supporting your whole self - from professional growth to living well. We provide a collaborative environment where you are encouraged to share ideas and work together - and that\'s true across all our corporate locations, including Bedford Heights, OH; Carmel, IN; Pittsburgh, PA; San Francisco, CA; and now Bangalore, India! At the Giant Eagle GCC in India, you will get an opportunity to work in a hybrid environment that will allow you the freedom to bring your ideas to life and shape the future of the grocery and pharmacy retail industries. The Giant Eagle employment benefits and policies apply to all our Team Members in India. And if you believe in using technology to create a larger impact, here are the reasons you would want to join our Giant Eagle GCC family. Job Summary The Enterprise Architect (EA) provides leadership, stewardship, and analysis in efforts to assist the business and Information Systems department in making technology and infrastructure decisions that will enable growth and support of current and future strategic initiatives. Through lifecycle planning and road mapping this individual will be responsible for developing the application & infrastructure portfolios and for assuring these portfolios deliver the capabilities necessary to support Giant Eagle\'s business needs. The EA will be required to support integrated business and information systems development as well as innovative approaches to technology which support business requirements Partner with IT stakeholders in building and implementing a robust, scalable, and agile Enterprise Architecture to support the foundation of Giant Eagle\'s future. Partner with IT stakeholders in assessing the IT application & infrastructure portfolios today and design and execute the future state strategy to meet business objectives going forward. Make recommendations on the strategic use of technology for leveraging business results, and working with IT and business stakeholders to incorporate these recommendations into appropriate roadmaps and life cycle plans. Develop, establish, enforce, and sustain the Enterprise Architecture, including standards and guidelines for: application & infrastructure solutions and technologies, integration methodologies and practices, development processes, hardware platforms, and enterprise data design. Anticipate and ensure alignment with long term business requirements, ensuring identified change is reflected in the appropriate roadmaps, providing thought leadership in all areas of applied Information Technology, both internally and externally. Facilitate and steward the synchronization of the various business, application, and technology roadmaps with appropriate IT and business stakeholders, including change as described in application strategies, Life Cycle Plans, and business initiatives. Minimize the number of architectural components and total cost of ownership while maintaining a maximum of functional flexibility, reliability, and security. Must be able to balance the role of strategist with urgency, while simultaneously managing and delivering results in a growing and fast paced environment. Must demonstrate the ability to manage via influence and have the credibility and interpersonal skills to become respected as a thought leader. Must be capable of articulating pragmatic, sensible and simple solutions while executing across multiple business and technical perspectives. Act as a role model for service mentality, builds up long-term relationships with key internal customers and stakeholders is receptive to the customer\'s needs, and actively manages the balance between costs and services. Facilitate and steward the documenting of the architecture design and analysis work, including the capture and mapping of the relationships between architecture components. Assist in executing governance and process improvement activities. Must be able to quickly understand the culture, business issues, and technology requirements, and be able to give unvarnished recommendations as to what is best for the organization. Required/Preferred Experience Required: Minimum 14 years of hands-on design and implementation experience in IT and/or business process improvement Experience Desired: 5 years knowledge of Application Development Network Design, Middleware, Servers and Storage, Database Management, and Operations Education Desired: Masters Degree Computer Science/ Information Science

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