Enterprise Architect
Description
Lead the long range planning for the structure and interaction of the enterprise's major types/sources of data, information needs, and business processes/strategy.
Essential Functions
- Work with initiative owners, business architects and domain architects to analyze and decompose the initiative request into workable epics aligned with enterprise strategic business and technical goals.
- Part of a central architecture organization for largest portfolio at FedEx supporting systems for all global operations. Architect key initiatives for the organization to drive business value.
- Responsible for providing options as part of architecture recommendation
- Translate business needs into conceptual architecture (current and target state) and defining solutions to problems through application of information technology
- Facilitate the establishment and implementation of standards / guidelines for architecture deliverables
- Develop/document the framework for integration/implementation for changes to architectural standards
- Determine architecture solutions that meet performance, scalability, reliability and security needs
- Work with other architects across the enterprise to provide enterprise business solutions
- Provide technical guidance to project team
- Coach the development of Jr. IT architects
- Experience with Enterprise Architecture tools like LeanIX, Sparx EA
- Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, including microservices, event-driven, and serverless patterns
- Deep knowledge of Azure cloud platform and its offerings, such as Azure Functions, Azure App Service, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Event Hubs, and Azure Cosmos DB
- Expertise in common event processing stack like Kafka, Flink etc.
- Experience in common UI/UX frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js
- Proficient in programming languages like Java, Golang or Python
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines (Git, Azure DevOps)
- Experience with web service development (REST, GraphQL)
- Understanding of data modeling, database design, and query optimization
- Experience with serverless design and low-code platforms
- Knowledge of DevOps tools and processes
- Experience with cloud security best practices
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Ability to apply basic computer concepts, theories, principles and methods to projects, business problems, issues, and/or questions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Time management and prioritization skills
- Independent worker but also able to collaborate with others
- Proactive, great attention to detail, results-oriented problem solver
- Ability to balance long term goals against immediate concerns in the areas of code maintainability, developer productivity and the customer experience
- Thinking outside the box, willingness to battle for good ideas, willingness to collaborate with team members
- Passion for innovation and continuous learning
- Project management, system analysis and design experience is helpful.
- Professional certification like TOGAF, Archimate or equivalent enterprise architecture certifications is highly desirable
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems and/or equivalent formal training.
Minimum Experience
Five (5) years equivalent work experience in information technology or engineering environment.
Domicile Information
This position can be domiciled anywhere in the United States. The ability to work remotely within the United States may be available based on business need.
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.
Pay: U.S. Pay Range: $9,208.38/month - $16,575.08/month
Additional Details: Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 8/20/25.
Pay Transparency:
The compensation listed reflects the pay range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position at the posted location or locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the pay information represents the minimum and maximum range for all levels in that job family. Actual pay is determined by several job-related factors permitted by law and relevant to the position, including, but not limited to, experience relative to the job, tenure, market level, pay at the location for this job, performance, schedule, and work assignment.
Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.
Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.
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- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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