Enterprise Architect

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Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing. We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knitfamily atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We're rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences. Focuson our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behaviorsof Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

The targeted hiring range for this full-time position is $116,400 - $157,100 depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training or a combination of these things and market demand. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

The Enterprise Architect (EA) plays an integral role in building a wholistic view and roadmap of Red Wing Shoes technology strategy, processes, and information technology roadmap. Partnering with both business and technology groups, the enterprise architect sets the direction and establishes the approach to ensure that proposed technical solutions not only align with overall company objectives, but also that both groups enable and drive each other to meet the needs of Red Wing Shoes Inc mission and vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Anticipate and analyze trends in technology and rationalize them against Red Wing Shoe's technology footprint
• Analyze and provide decision resolution on technology alternatives
• Represent Red Wing Shoe Company in internal and external business and technology forums
• Develop and maintain policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company
• Integral role in creating and maintaining application and infrastructure life cycle management road maps
• Operate across the organization to drive common approaches and standards
• Create and maintain enterprise architecture documentation
• Lead the design and modeling of transitional architectures for delivery, development, and support of projects
• Work with Application Development, Infrastructure and Support to create consensus based scalable and adaptable architectural solutions
• Promote the use of a shared infrastructure and application roadmap to reduce costs and improve information flow
• Evaluate applications for compliance with both enterprise and business standards
• Determine the viability of architecture related to organizational changes
• Evaluate internal functions, business development strategies, and IT processes, leading to a trusted technology recommendation

Education and Experience

• 10+ Years in Information Technology required. Preferred candidates will have:
  • 5+ years in Software Development
  • 3+ years in Solution Architecture
  • 3+ years in Enterprise Architecture
• BS in Computer Science, or equivalent, preferred. Relevant certifications a plus.
• Experience building enterprise architecture roadmaps
• Experience developing API frameworks / Service based architecture
• Experience in modeling and graphic representations
• Experience in converged infrastructure and cloud-based technologies (AWS, Azure, IBM)
• Experience in hybrid cloud and cloud migration
• Knowledgeable about DevOps practices, orchestration, and CICD
• Broad experience across multiple technologies from Microsoft .NET, Java and Java-script to SQL and Mobile development
• Preferred knowledge of CRM, OMS, ERP, EDI
• Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering

Additional skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to "think big" and challenge conventional wisdom regarding technology refresh and hype
• Ability to build consensus among many stakeholders, being a champion for change and transformation
• Ability to understand business models with strong business acumen
• Deep understanding of Supply Chain best practices and innovation/Deep understanding of Retail/Omnichannel best practices and innovation
• Strong leadership and experience influencing in a matrixed environment
• Ability to establish, implement, and enforce appropriate IT standards to meet business requirements
• Ability to create business architecture models that reflect the organization's strategies and goals
• Understanding of Security Architecture and Technology

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact rwsc.recruitment@redwingshoes.com or call 651-388-8211.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP athttps://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)