Hiring: Enterprise Architect Company: Central Garden & Pet Location: Schaumburg, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 11:11:31 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : API Design, AWS, Azure, C, Data Mesh, Databricks, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Event-Driven, Foundry, GCP, PaaS, SaaS, Snowflake About the job Experience: •10+ years of progressively responsible IT experience spanning strategy, integration, and application domains. •5+ years in an enterprise architecture leadership role developing strategy and roadmaps. Required Skills: •Define enterprise architecture strategy across business and technology domains, aligning business capabilities, application landscape, data/AI platforms, and cloud infrastructure into a cohesive, outcome-driven architecture. •Lead application and platform architecture evolution, driving modernization of legacy systems, rationalization of the application portfolio, and adoption of scalable, API-first and event-driven integration patterns. •Architect a modern enterprise data strategy (data mesh / data fabric), enriched with a context layer, enterprise knowledge graphs, and shared ontologies, that makes cross-brand data clean, unified, semantically connected, and ready to power AI use cases. •Designing comprehensive system architectures for vertical Agentic AI applications, establishing technical standards, patterns, and best practices for autonomous agents. •Establish balanced hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, aligning cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS/PaaS solutions, and on-prem environments to enable agility, resilience, and cost-effective scale. •Drive cross-domain architecture standards and reference models spanning applications, integration, data/AI, security, and infrastructure - ensuring consistency while enabling flexibility for business innovation. •Translate business strategy into executable architecture roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives across business capability gaps, application modernization, and platform investments with clear ROI and measurable outcomes. •Lead enterprise architectural governance (ARB/STARC) to guide design decisions, resolve trade-offs across business and technology domains, manage exceptions, and ensure alignment to risk, security, and compliance requirements. Qualifications: •Demonstrated track record leading IT transformation or large-scale change initiatives. •Background in CPG, retail, manufacturing, or distribution ideally a complex, multi-brand, multi-business environment - preferred. •Executive presence, with the ability to translate complex technology concepts into business terms and influence decision-makers in a matrixed environment. •Deep expertise in cloud architecture (Azure preferred), integration patterns, and API design. •In-depth knowledge of key business processes and their technology dependencies. •Strong analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving capabilities, with sound architectural judgment on trade-offs across risk, value, complexity, and long-term sustainability. •LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES •AI as a Priority Lens - treats AI as a first-class consideration in architectural decisions and champions its responsible adoption across the enterprise. •Architectural Judgment - makes pragmatic trade-off decisions across risk, value, complexity, and long-term sustainability. •Forward & Second-Order Thinking - anticipates where technology and the business are heading and reasons clearly about the implications of today’s decisions. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!