IT Enterprise Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Enterprise Architect to join our team. This position will work closely with the IT teams and business partners to support the development of IT strategy and roadmaps that align with business goals. You will help define the desired future state of our technical architecture and play a crucial role in closing gaps to enable business scaling and cost reductions. The ideal candidate will help enforce architecture principles, reduce complexity, and improve business processes across the organization.What You’ll DoDevelop and execute a long-term enterprise architecture strategy, incorporating AI, cloud-native architectures, serverless computing, and industry best practices.Consult with business and technology leaders to understand strategic needs, recommend optimal solutions, and align roadmaps leveraging expertise in enterprise architecture and emerging technologies.Establish and uphold IT principles, creating clear architectural standards that guide technology decisions and ensure a unified, well-architected vision across the organization.Drive the evaluation, selection, and governance of new technologies, creating standardized documentation and maintaining artifact libraries to support alignment across teams.Design solution architectures that provide sustainable, future-ready technology platforms and document these architectures to support transparency and organizational alignment.Collaborate on agile project execution, actively participating in design sessions, sprint planning, and offering technical leadership to ensure successful project delivery.Work closely with product owners, analysts, and managers to align technical solutions with business needs, ensuring scalability, performance, and stability.Ensure adherence to industry standards and best practices throughout the system development lifecycle, from conception to deployment.Serve as a trusted technical leader, guiding cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, resilient, and adaptable architectures.Mentor and coach senior developers, inspire technical excellence, encourage knowledge sharing, and foster a culture of continuous learning.Engage with industry forums and panels, driving innovation, sharing insights, and ensuring the organization stays at the forefront of technology trends.Design and maintain high-availability systems with integrated observability to ensure operational reliability.Promote collaboration among architecture, infrastructure, security, and development teams to build a strong, synergistic culture.Conduct independent research and contribute to task forces, providing senior management insights on new technologies' impact on infrastructure and architecture.What We’re Looking ForBachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.7+ years of experience in IT architecture, design, and development.Proven experience in solving complex business challenges with technology.Familiarity with retail enterprise technologies like POS, eCommerce, ERP, CRM, WMS, cloud solutions, and data management systems integration.Expertise in design patterns and architectural principles such as Distributed System Design, Cloud-First, API-First approaches, Microservices, and Event-Driven Architectures.Experience with Azure Cloud services like App Services, Functions, Service Bus, SQL Database, and Redis.Proficiency in C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework, Angular/React, and REST API development.Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).Strong experience in Agile software development and cross-functional team collaboration.Exceptional communication skills, able to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture frameworks like TOGAF and ITIL is preferred.Why Batteries PlusJoin a company that powers people’s lives every day. Be part of a collaborative, fast-paced, and energizing team environment with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for growth.Apply TodayBring your Salesforce expertise, problem solving skills, and love for data to Batteries Plus - and help us keep the current flowing one customer, one deal, and one solution at a time.EEOC StatementBatteries Plus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and associates are free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, pregnancy accommodations, reprisal, other non-merit-based factors, and any other protections afforded under state or local laws. #J-18808-Ljbffr