Principal Enterprise Architect

📋 Description

• • As a Principal Enterprise Architect at CDW Corporation, you will be at the forefront of shaping the technological future of a leading multi-brand IT solutions provider. This pivotal role involves leading, mentoring, and directing a high-caliber team of Enterprise Architects who are instrumental in developing complex business applications within a dynamic software engineering environment.
• • You will serve as the primary strategic liaison, bridging the gap between executive business stakeholders and technical leadership. Your expertise will be crucial in conceptualizing, defining, and governing overarching system solutions that align with CDW's strategic objectives and technological vision.
• • A core responsibility is to define, own, and drive the enterprise platform roadmaps, technology lifecycles, and transformational initiatives across CDW's diverse and extensive portfolio. This requires a deep understanding of current technological landscapes and a forward-thinking approach to anticipate future needs and opportunities.
• • You will be responsible for establishing and rigorously enforcing overarching standards, models, and guiding principles that will shape the future state architecture, organizational structure, business processes, and infrastructure across the enterprise.
• • A significant aspect of this role involves developing and presenting comprehensive business cases for high-level strategic initiatives to C-level executives. This requires not only a strong technical understanding but also exceptional communication and persuasive skills to secure approval, funding, and prioritization for critical projects.
• • You will lead complex Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) technology due diligence efforts, meticulously assessing the technological landscape of potential acquisitions and developing robust integration plans to ensure seamless transitions and maximize value.
• • Furthermore, you will spearhead enterprise-level vendor selection processes, providing strategic recommendations for significant technology investments that align with CDW's long-term goals and financial prudence.
• • Your architectural oversight will extend to supporting and governing the architecting of cloud-based applications, mobile applications, infrastructure, web services, middleware, and databases essential for realizing the future state platform. This demands a broad and deep understanding of various technology domains.
• • You will ensure a critical alignment between overarching business strategies and enterprise transformation activities, acting as a guardian of architectural integrity and strategic coherence.
• • A key function is to direct business stakeholders, guiding them to adhere to enterprise architecture guidance for all projects, thereby ensuring consistency, scalability, and efficiency across the technology landscape.
• • This role demands fostering a culture of technical excellence and strategic thinking within the Enterprise Architecture team, providing direct coaching and management to architects and senior technical staff.
• • You will represent the Enterprise Architecture organization at the executive level, presenting insights and strategies related to application, data, and infrastructure domain-specific initiatives.
• • Your ability to integrate business and technological vision is paramount, connecting the dots across diverse business needs, emerging technologies, intricate processes, and critical information assets.
• • You will act as a proven evangelist for a larger strategic vision, inspiring adoption and understanding of architectural direction across the organization.
• • This position offers a unique opportunity to influence the technological direction of a Fortune 500 company, driving innovation and ensuring that CDW's technology infrastructure remains robust, scalable, and aligned with business objectives, ultimately enabling customers and coworkers to achieve great things.