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Position Summary:

The Solutions Architect provides a deep understanding of the business goals and objectives, desired business outcomes, capabilities, value streams and processes and links them to the portfolio of solutions, including systems (applications, technologies, processes and information), shared infrastructure and application services. This role collaborates closely with, and provides support to the product owners, product managers, application architects and the development teams throughout the product life cycle to deliver business value using SAFe methodology  Collaborates on the strategic vision for each product within the application domains. Leads the creation of deliverables related to analysis and  design of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and are aligned with architectural governance and standards. Orchestrates the solutions delivery by providing the necessary leadership to tasks related to the development of an enterprise's solutions architecture, such as governance, creating technology portfolio roadmap and monitoring current state with the ability to support different development approaches. Represents all business units that use products within the function domain and closely collaborates with others throughout the organization.  

What you'll do:

Translates Business Strategy into Solutions Architecture

Understands business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determines corresponding enterprise system designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes.

Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.

Translates business and technical requirements into a solution architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all solution architecture design and analysis work.

Collaborates with others to analyze the technology landscape, as well as  competitors and market trends, to use the  information to  determine potential business benefit and  impact on the enterprise.

Provides deliverables like standard definitions, reference models and architecture designs to help the Enterprise Architecture Board (EAB) assess the impact of new and ongoing technology investment on the business and IT.

May act as a consultant on a broad range of technologies, platforms and vendor offerings to drive targeted business outcomes.

Leads Solutions Design and Analysis

Leads evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements and enterprise standards.

Creates solution architectural designs to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, and systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information).

Creates reference architectures focused on detailed design principles, decision points, major systems and dependencies between business and IT. 

May manage and develop the solution architecture for a broader scope of products, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single product or initiative.

Orchestrates Solutions Delivery

Defines the principles, guidelines, standards and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the future-state enterprise architecture vision.

Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.

Develops a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio from current to future state (as defined by the solutions architecture).

Monitors the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements.

Identifies the organizational impact (for example, on skills, processes, structures or culture) and financial impact of the solutions architecture.

Designs and directs governance activities for solutions, and ensures compliance with Enterprise Architecture standards

Facilitates and Collaborates to Deliver Business Outcomes

Works closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product life cycle.

Consults with application and infrastructure development products to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify plans to accommodate the solutions architecture.

Supports a community of practice (CoP), guiding and helping  agile teams, product owners, and application architects to align with the overall enterprise architecture governance and assurance.

Works with technology vendors to ensure solutions align with product vision.

Successfully engages in multiple large initiatives simultaneously.

Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

When you will work:

Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pmHybrid schedule in Wyoming, MI. 4 days in office, 1 day remote

What you'll bring to the table:

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or relevant product industry experience at a management level required.

Five to eight years of previous business analysis or software development experience strongly preferred.

Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

Must be organized and have strong problem-solving capabilities.

Must have the ability to multi-task, prioritize and be able to work independently or within a team environment.

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Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Gordon Food Service, Inc. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.  If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line. 

All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free.

Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug tests.