Lead Principal, ERP Architect

Ingram Micro•Irvine, CA

About The Position

Ingram Micro is a leading technology company for the global information technology ecosystem, playing a vital role in the worldwide IT sales channel by bringing products and services from technology manufacturers and cloud providers to business-to-business technology experts. The company's market reach, diverse solutions and services portfolio, and digital platform Ingram Micro Xvantage™ set it apart. Ingram Micro is seeking a Lead Principal ERP Architect to define, own, and execute the target-state enterprise architecture for global supply chain operations as part of a multi-year digital transformation journey. This role is accountable for the architectural integrity of the ERP digital core and its seamless, real-time integration ecosystem, spanning execution platforms such as WMS, TMS, OMS, and external partner systems. The ideal candidate is a strategic and hands-on architecture leader with deep expertise in ERP, distributed systems, messaging platforms (including IBM MQ), and modern API-based architectures (ASP.NET and REST) - capable of delivering scalable, resilient, event-driven supply chain ecosystems aligned to business outcomes.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, with deep specialization in global supply chain and logistics systems.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Science and Math or related discipline with an IT emphasis is required.
Experience in modern ERP platforms (e.g., SAP S/4HANA or equivalent) across large-scale transformations.
Experience with GCP Cloud Platforms.
Strong experience with OMS, WMS, and TMS ecosystems in distributed global environments.
Expertise in integration architecture, including Microservices architecture using .NET (C#, ASP.NET Core).
RESTful API design and governance.
Event-driven and streaming architecture.
IBM MQ and enterprise messaging patterns.
Hands-on experience designing high-throughput, resilient, and fault-tolerant integration systems.
Experience leading architecture for multi-year, enterprise-wide transformation programs.
Strong understanding of data architecture and AI/ML applications in supply chain.
Excellent executive communication and stakeholder influence skills.
Be prepared to pass a drug test and successfully pass a pre-employment (post offer) background check.

Nice To Haves

A graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering is a preferred.
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
Exposure to event streaming platforms (Kafka or RabbitMQ).
Knowledge of TOGAF or similar enterprise architecture frameworks.

Responsibilities

Define and own the end-to-end target state architecture for global supply chain systems, with ERP as the digital backbone.
Lead architectural decisions across a multiyear transformation roadmap, balancing modernization, business continuity, and scalability.
Translate business strategy into technology blueprints, reference architectures, and transition states.
Design and govern loosely coupled, domain-aligned architectures enabling clear separation between ERP and execution platforms.
Architect real-time and event-driven integrations across ERP, WMS, TMS, OMS, and partner ecosystems.
Define and standardize integration patterns, including: API-led connectivity (RESTful services), Event-driven architectures (EDA), Messaging-based integration (including IBM MQ), Microservices and domain services (primarily .NET-based), iPaaS and hybrid integration models.
Ensure integration designs meet throughput, latency, resiliency, and fault-tolerance requirements.
Establish canonical data models and contract-first API design standards.
Ensure architectural consistency, scalability, and performance of the ERP platform across global deployments.
Guide ERP design across key supply chain domains: Supply Chain Demand and Supply Planning, Order Management, Inventory & Warehouse Operations, Transportation & Logistics, Fulfillment & Returns.
Act as the final architectural authority for complex ERP and cross-platform design decisions.
Ensure ERP integrations adhere to clean core principles and minimize customizations.
Establish and enforce enterprise architecture principles, standards, and guardrails.
Define standards for: API design (REST, OpenAPI, versioning, governance), Messaging (IBM MQ patterns, guaranteed delivery, idempotency), Microservices architecture (.NET, containerization, service orchestration), Security (OAuth2, OIDC, zero-trust integration patterns).
Review and approve solution architectures for compliance, scalability, and security alignment.
Partner with enterprise, data, security, and infrastructure architects for holistic architecture governance.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders across supply chain, logistics, IT, and transformation programs.
Facilitate tradeoff discussions between business priorities, cost, risk, and longterm platform sustainability.
Ensure architectural decisions directly support measurable business outcomes such as agility, speedtomarket, cost efficiency, and service levels.
Drive adoption of AI, advanced analytics, and intelligent automation within ERP and supply chain ecosystems.
Enable AI-driven use cases such as: Demand forecasting, Inventory optimization, Predictive logistics and ETA, Exception management, Autonomous supply chain decisioning.
Ensure architecture supports data platform integration, streaming pipelines, and real-time analytics.
Evaluate emerging technologies while maintaining stability of mission-critical systems.