Enterprise Architect

Region: Shelton, CT USA

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Why Join Us?

At Subway, "better" is baked into our DNA. We are a brand that believes in continued improvement ... in our lives, our businesses, and our planet. From the handshake that started our very first sandwich shop to earning our position as one of the world's leading restaurant brands, we've always embraced change and the path ahead. And today, we're making better living way easier.

Our purpose is about more than the food we serve in our restaurants. It's centered on fueling healthy businesses and healthier lives. It is one of the most exciting times to join the Subway team and contribute to our transformational journey.

About the Role:

We have an exciting opportunity to support our Enterprise Architecture & Data team as an Enterprise Architect based in Shelton, CT. The Enterprise Architect enables business and IT leaders to make investment decisions that balance and prioritize current operational demands, disruptions, and opportunities with the organization's longer-term strategic vision. Expertise in finance, coupled with knowledge of legacy systems and modern ERP platforms, will be instrumental in driving innovation and efficiency across our corporate technology landscape. The Enterprise Architect defines the technology strategy for the enterprise and the individual business domains based on Subway's business strategy. Furthermore, the Enterprise Architect develops principles, standards, roadmaps, guidance, and best practices to effectively support the delivery of that technology.

If you feel that this is the role for you, and you are successful with your application, be ready to be Bold, Empowered, Accountable, and ready to have Fun in a fast paced and agile working environment.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Enterprise Architecture Strategy

Conduct comprehensive assessments of the current technology landscape, including applications, infrastructure, data architecture, and integration points.

Develop a strategic roadmap for modernizing corporate technology assets, prioritizing initiatives based on business value, risk, and feasibility.

Work directly with business and IT leaders to understand long-term business needs and help them understand how technology tradeoffs influence strategy.

Direct the research and evaluation of emerging technologies, industry, and market trends.

Lead the development of enterprise architectures to support emerging business strategies.

Develop and manage enterprise capability models & technology roadmaps. strategy.

Enterprise Architecture Development

Develop and manage Enterprise Reference Architectures.

Facilitate the co-creation of conceptual, logical, and physical architectures across cloud, network, security, and privacy.

Develop and communicate Enterprise Architecture principles, standards and guidelines across IT delivery teams.

Develop and maintain current & target state Enterprise Architectures.

Develop and maintain Enterprise Architecture roadmaps.

Enterprise Architecture Governance

Develop and communicate architectural policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures.

Conduct project solution architecture assessments to ensure that the standards and best practices are being followed. Provide recommendations to address non-compliance items.

Develop and maintain strategic technology evaluation and technical debt tracking processes.

Lead Architecture Review Board and ensure that the solutions are compliant with target-state architecture models.

Actively participate in architecture communities of practice and workgroups for Subway functional (e.g. finance, digital, restaurant tech) and architecture domains (e.g. data, security, cloud infrastructure & operations).

Solution Development

Coordinate with Solution Architects across IT domains to ensure alignment with target state architecture and partner with projects teams to solve complex architectural challenges within the existing business constraints

Review project/product architectures and make design decisions collaboratively with the domain Solution Architects.

Advise on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities.

Collaborate with project/product management and IT leaders to ensure progress towards architectural alignment with project goals and requirements.

Develop and promote best practices, patterns and reference implementations for application security.

Support corporate and customer IAM platform architecture development.

Enterprise Architecture Reporting

Report on progression of capabilities in relation to the future state architecture.

Develop and report on the utilization of design patterns, re-usable services, and acceleration of velocity.

Define and reporting on health of technology landscape. Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree required in Computer Science or related; Master's Degree preferred

10+ years of professional experience as a developer and/or manager in an Application, Systems, Database, or Integration Team in different industries

5+ years of experience working with system architecture from legacy, on-premise, web, cloud, and modern as-a-service with foundational technologies, and multiple (1,000s) outlets

10+ years of relevant work experience, including consulting and general industry experience

3+ Years of Experience Managing Staff preferred

Possess a deep understanding of corporate finance principles, including Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), general ledger management, and financial reporting.

Familiarity with modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as SAP S/4HANA, Oracle Cloud ERP, or Workday Financial Management.

Advanced level production-proven technical competency in one of the major enterprise development platforms (.NET, Java, etc.)

Advanced level System Architecture and Design skills and experience

Advanced level Systems Integration skills and experience

Advanced interpersonal and problem-solving skills

Advanced written and verbal communication skills

Ability to effectively communicate abstract concepts in verbal, written, and visual forms at most levels in the organization

Ability to translate technical information into business language and concepts

Ability to effectively collaborate in a geographically distributed environment

A well-developed understanding of and appreciation for organizational mission, values, and goals and consistent application of this knowledge

Demonstrated ability to develop technology strategies that support IT and business strategies

Experience identifying, analyzing, and proposing IT investment opportunities

Experience in the discovery, analysis, and application of industry trends

Experience identifying, analyzing and mitigating technology risks

Effective at working with external partners and vendors

Excellent Team Player What do we Offer?

Insurance Plans (Medical/Life)

Pension/401K/RSP (country specific)

Competitive Bonus

Mobility Allowance

Tuition Reimbursement

Company Holidays

Employee Resource Groups

Volunteering time

And Many More The Company is only considering applicants who are currently authorized to work in the country the position is based. AA/EOE/M/F/D/V

Actual pay is determined based on a number of job-related factors including skills, education, training, credentials, qualifications, scope and complexity of role responsibilities, geographic location, performance, and working conditions.

Other details

Job Family Architecture & Innovation

Pay Type Salary