The IT Solution Architect at Sally Beauty Supply LLC is responsible for evaluating business requirements to identify potential software, hardware, and system architectures. The role involves assessing the organization's system integration requirements and developing strategies to address them. The architect must understand data governance and data quality standards to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency. They will develop a system integration architecture to support the organization's needs using agile processes and determine the appropriate hardware and software components required. Coordination with management, designers, and programmers in the IT department is essential to ensure the solution approach meets organizational needs. The architect will work with application owners and users to understand their systems integration needs, including data quality, security, and access requirements. Compliance with data governance policies, including data security, data privacy, and data retention policies, is crucial while designing and implementing system integration solutions. The role also includes providing architectural guidance and technical service to application teams, developing technical standards and best practices for system integration, and maintaining documentation on processes, procedures, and standards. The architect will evaluate and recommend alternate solutions in key technology areas and work cooperatively with technical personnel across divisions to address significant business issues through technological innovation. Staying up-to-date with emerging data integration technologies and trends is necessary, as is participation in data governance activities to ensure compliance with data management policies. The architect will conduct data quality assessments and develop metrics to ensure data quality issues are identified and addressed. They may also manage technical components of large projects.