Principal, Information Solution Architect

Information Architect

Imagine working in a place where continuous improvement and innovation is celebrated and rewarded; where fast-paced, high-impact teams come together to positively drive results for one of the largest & most iconic brands in the world. As the only rapidly growing retailer, you may know us as your friendly neighborhood store. You probably know our familiar name, have seen our pervasive logo, and have tried our highly sought-after products, such as Slurpee® and Big Bite®. "Brain Freeze" is a 7-Eleven registered trademark for our 53-year old Slurpee® and with over 77,000 stores globally (more than any other retailer or food service provider), we sell over 14 million a month. But there's a lot more to our story and much more left to be written. We are transforming our business, ensuring we are customer obsessed and digitally enabled to seamlessly link our brick and mortar stores with digital products and services. At 7-Eleven the entrepreneurial spirit is in our DNA and has been ever since our inception 90+ years ago. It's what drove us to invent the convenience industry in 1927 by envisioning how a simple ice dock could provide household staples such as milk and eggs to better serve the needs of our customers. Today we are redefining convenience and the customer experience in big ways...we are fundamentally changing our culture and we want talented, innovative, customer obsessed, and entrepreneurial people like you to come make history with us.

Responsibilities:

The Information Architect will be responsible for leading the architecture and design of complex data structures and applications. This role is part of a federated Enterprise Architecture team and will collaborate with business leaders as part of initiatives and Data Governance Councils, with IT Data Platform Team's and Product/Application Development teams. This position will be held accountable for defining and managing data architecture strategy, standards, guidelines, and processes that meet business strategic and tactical goals while ensuring data quality. Provide thought leadership and facilitate the right discussions with multiple stakeholders (business & technical leaders, subject matter expert, architects, and engineers) that are in alignment with current and future state business objectives In collaboration with business subject owners and data stewards, own and maintain Enterprise Subject Area Models providing clear, consistent, and intuitive information including data naming and definitions that are system agnostic and represent the business. Own and manage Information Ownership Framework driving clarity of the bounded context for data exposure and consumption across the ecosystem. Partner closely with Business Architects, Enterprise Architects and Solution Architects to influence designs and ensure integration service layers align to this framework. Provide conceptual information design through Conceptual Data Models and Entity Relationship diagrams. Oversee Logical and Physical/API designs and reporting/analytical data products. Provide oversight and consultation to data modelers, analysts and engineering partners. Provide current, target, and transitional state Business Collaboration Diagrams which model cross-functional information sharing across the enterprise. Provide support and consultation to product and analytics teams on data sourcing in alignment with roadmaps Translate overall Data strategy into actionable business oriented data management strategies at an enterprise level and within specific process and data domains Develop and manage Critical Data Elements, Metadata Management, Business Glossary, Technical Metadata, Data Dictionaries and Data Architecture initiatives In conjunction with Data Governance Council, develop governance roadmap and playbook, collaborate with business and data teams to define data domains Ensure mechanisms are in place to monitor and control access to data and review/ implement data quality standards Partner closely with Data Governance partners to ensure information architecture can be realized through a sustainable stewardship framework Advocate and drive adoption of "best practices" and demonstrate a strong bias for architecture principles balanced with tactical timelines, cost and risks Contribute to architecture guiding principles, development standards, templates, training and hiring Effectively manage priorities, deliverables and timelines

Qualifications:

10+ overall relevant IT experience with 5 to 10 years of experience of as data modeler, data architect or data solution architect with proven track record of delivery of data lake, data warehouse, data mart, or other data analytics platforms in a large scale company (Fortune 500) Extensive of experience of data modeling techniques, 3rd normal form, dimensional modeling and denormalization skills and experience with other data modeling techniques and associated tools Extensive experience with Data Governance tools to catalogue, manage data lineage and data quality. Extensive experience in business process modeling using different industry standards to align process and data flow across the enterprise. Certified in TOGAF Solid knowledge or experience of a wide range of data management disciplines including Data Warehousing, Data Integration, Data Visualization, Integrations, Advanced Analytics, Cloud Data Platforms, Machine Learning and other emerging data technologies. Knowledge and/or experience of microservice architecture, and domain driven design, and semi-structure and unstructured data schemas. Experience creating and supporting enterprise-level data domains/information architecture is highly preferred Solid documentation skills required Background in Retail is strongly preferred Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills for interacting and collaborating with other leaders and associates throughout the organization Team-oriented, with proven ability to work well and collaborate globally across multiple and disparate teams Experience in Informatica Data Quality, Axon and Enterprise Data Catalog Experience implementing data governance in a larger organization (Fortune 500) Quick learner and be able to pick new technology as we expand our data governance footprint Ability to ideate and be able to pursue those ideas to deliver business value Bachelor's or Masters in Computer Science or other related field or equivalent work experience Knowledge of data governance practices, business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data protection Required: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Data Governance or Data Management Required: Knowledge of data management and data quality best practices is required Work extremely well with others to build and leverage diverse relationships to work towards a common goal Strong ability to analyze and manipulate data and determine trends, along with presenting the data in an easy to understand and meaningful way Domain 1: Selling, Customer, Marketing Making our customers day a little more awesome across various touchpoints including Point of Sale and our digital properties (7 Rewards, 7 Now, Speedy Rewards, etc). Partnering with Marketing and Digital product teams to create personalized experiences and maximize the use of our data. Experience: Enterprise/Information Architecture experience with POS, Digital Apps, and Marketing required. Domain 2: Product Development, Merchandising, Supply Chain & Logistics Having the right product for the right price in our stores is paramount to convenience From fresh food to private and national brands, enabling stores to pull product through the value chain Experience: Enterprise/Information Architecture experience across with Product development, merchandising systems, supply chain and logistics systems is required Domain 3: Enterprise/Corporate Applications Our mix of franchisee and corporate owned stores creates a unique set of needs across our corporate applications. Merchandise Accounting, Human Resources, and Real Estate and several other corporate functions have direct connections to our strategic agenda Experience: Enterprise/Information Architecture experience across accounting, human resources, and real estate systems is required