Enterprise Architect - Hands on a must!

David's Bridal

About The Position

David’s Bridal is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to define and govern the organization’s technology roadmap and architectural standards. The role combines strategic and hands-on leadership, partnering with business leaders, product organizations, and engineering teams to align technology investments with long-term business objectives, operational scalability, and modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate has experience architecting complex ecosystems across commerce, retail operations, data platforms, digital engagement, and enterprise systems. The Enterprise Architect will guide enterprise architecture across applications, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure; oversee major modernization programs; and advise senior leadership on technology investments, system interdependencies, and risks. This role also contributes to platform evolution, vendor and technology evaluation, detailed technical design, and the development of architecture talent and practices.

Requirements

8–12+ years of architecture or senior technical leadership experience; enterprise retail or multi-channel commerce experience is ideal.
Strong background designing and integrating large-scale systems, including eCommerce platforms such as Shopify, CRM, ERP, OMS, POS, and fulfillment systems.
Experience with data platforms such as Snowflake, SQL Server, and the Power BI ecosystem.
Expertise in API-first and microservices architecture patterns.
Experience with event-driven or pub/sub integration.
Experience with cloud architecture; Azure or AWS preferred.
Experience developing architecture governance models, standards, and architecture roadmaps.
Strong understanding of privacy, regulatory compliance, identity management, and security frameworks, including SOC2, PCI, GDPR, and CCPA.
Ability to evaluate vendor platforms, make build-versus-buy decisions, and lead enterprise technology selection.
Strategic thinking and ability to operate hands-on when needed.
Strong communication skills and ability to influence executives, engineers, and business teams.
Ability to simplify complex systems into actionable, scalable architecture.
Focus on business outcomes, documentation, architecture patterns, and predictable execution.

Nice To Haves

Composable or MACH framework experience.
Experience modernizing legacy or monolithic retail environments to cloud-first, API-driven models.
Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, secure SDLC, observability, and automation frameworks.
Experience with enterprise integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Boomi, Azure Integration Services, or equivalent.
Business architecture knowledge, including process mapping, enterprise capability modeling, and operational workflow design.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain enterprise architecture strategy in alignment with business growth, modernization priorities, and operational resilience.
Build and manage enterprise-wide architecture frameworks covering applications, data, integrations, security, and infrastructure.
Own and evolve architectural governance processes, technology standards, reference architectures, and documentation.
Lead architecture oversight for programs involving digital commerce, ERP modernization, CRM evolution, data platform modernization, BI and analytics, and cloud adoption.
Evaluate and approve technologies, vendor solutions, integrations, and modernization initiatives based on scalability, cost, alignment, and future-state direction.
Partner with product, engineering, and leadership teams to translate requirements into high-level and detailed technical designs.
Provide architectural leadership for composable architecture, microservices, APIs, event-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure.
Advise senior leadership on technology investments, system interdependencies, and risk management.
Mentor engineering and architecture talent and promote consistency, reusability, and best practices across teams.