Columbia Sportswear Company · 1 week ago
Data & Integration Architect
Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expColumbia Sportswear Company is a leading outdoor apparel and footwear company based in the Pacific Northwest. They are seeking a Principal Data & Integration Architect to design and connect solutions across the enterprise, enhancing their digital transformation efforts and ensuring effective integration architecture.
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Responsibilities
Partner with engineering leadership to provide expert technical recommendations and build an architectural plan in consideration of product roadmaps and Columbia’s strategic vision
Strong bias to balance tactical timelines, cost, and risks
Scale organization’s data & integration literacy through the modeling and design of enterprise services and APIs, adhering to canonical domain models
Advocate and drive adoption of enterprise integration architectural and engineering best practices and standards at Columbia
Integration architecture liaison for business teams, technical teams, and Columbia leadership. Provide technical mentoring, guidance, and training throughout the organization
Monitor IT trends to identify new capabilities with a focus on simplifying and maintaining a modern enterprise integration platform
Leverage research, case studies, and prototypes to develop leading edge, connected solutions that increase business value. Work closely with other architects and engineering to resolve IT architectural issues, mitigate risks, and optimize cost savings and efficiencies
Support engineering teams and ensure solid technical architecture in consistency to company’s architecture principles. Provide input to technical designs and specifications
Engage with external vendors and their technology teams to ensure architectural integration standards align with CDT’s standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
10+ years increasingly responsible professional experience in technology-related field
5+ years in technology architect or engineering leadership roles providing design leadership to technical, business, & cross-functional initiatives
Familiarity with enterprise-scale applications supporting critical product creation, supply chain and corporate technology capabilities
Demonstrated competency in end-to-end (Ideation, design, build, operate) experience integrating enterprise applications together using cloud based services and APIs, using modern programming languages and frameworks in C#, Java, or NodeJS
Highly skilled at creating compelling integration architecture presentations covering enterprise scale vendor packaged applications, native cloud-based applications (custom or vendor managed), services and other applications
Expertise in agile methodologies
Familiarity with leading enterprise cloud/virtual architectures in AWS or Microsoft Azure
Demonstrated influencing leadership skills expressed through teamwork, facilitation, active listening, as well as multi-modal communication (written, visualization, and verbal) with customers
Strong team orientation and ability to thrive on virtual, international, cross-functional teams
Experienced in facilitating meetings with multiple customers and technical staff, including building consensus, defining key decisions and solution options, and mediating compromises when necessary
A passion for data-driven decision making supported through strong analytic skills, internal due diligence, market analysis, structuring hypotheses, and development of synthesized findings/recommendations
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability
Flexible spending accounts
Health savings account
An assortment of voluntary benefit offerings (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and legal services)
EAP + which is free and confidential 24/7/365 counseling services
Extensive wellness benefits
Employee discounts
Generous time off program
Company
Columbia Sportswear Company
Based in Portland, Oregon, Columbia Sportswear Company (NASDAQ: COLM) is a global outdoor brand that crafts active lifestyle gear fortified with industry-leading technologies and tested in our backyard.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1998-03-27IPO
Leadership Team
Jim Swanson
EVP Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Sutton
Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing
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