Associate Enterprise Architect

As the Associate Enterprise Architect role at Best Buy Health focuses on guiding enterprise leaders, product managers, product owners, and distributed product delivery teams through transformation and optimization initiatives. In collaboration with senior architects, the Associate Enterprise Architect aids in the development and maintenance of the Enterprise Architecture framework. This role ensures that technology solutions are aligned with business strategies and provides valuable insights for IT operations. This role offers an excellent opportunity for career growth and will allow the individual to contribute to the success of an innovative and growing organization.

What You’ll do

• Assist in enterprise data modeling and design, warehouse and database management strategies, and data integration and ETL standards.
• Support comprehensive assessments of the organization's application portfolio, identifying redundancies, inefficiencies, and opportunities for optimization.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, analyze business needs, and prioritize applications for rationalization.
• Develop and execute a strategic plan for application portfolio rationalization, considering factors such as business value, technical debt, alignment with business goals, and ROI.
• Define criteria and evaluation methods to determine which applications should be retired, replaced, consolidated, or modernized.
• Collaborate in the identification, evaluation, and implementation of effective portfolio management tools that cater to enterprise needs.
• Provide technical leadership and expertise to cross-functional teams, guiding them in making informed decisions regarding the rationalization process.
• Collaborate with application owners, business units, and IT teams to ensure a holistic approach to portfolio rationalization.
• Help identify opportunities for application modernization and recommend suitable technologies, architectures, and migration paths.
• Drive the transformation of legacy systems to align with current and future business needs, leveraging cloud and other contemporary approaches.
• Perform cost-benefit analysis to quantify the potential impact of portfolio rationalization efforts, including operational cost reductions and improved agility.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership to secure buy-in for portfolio optimization initiatives.
• Effectively communicate the rationale, benefits, and progress of application portfolio rationalization to stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

Basic Qualifications
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in IT engineering roles (i.e. software application, data, and infrastructure development)
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience across multiple portfolios (i.e. CRM, supply chain, ERP, manufacturing)
• Comprehensive understanding of application lifecycle management and current software development practices
• Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture frameworks (i.e. TOGAF)
• Experience with cloud technologies and their integration

What’s in it for you

We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.

Our benefits include:
• Competitive pay
• Generous employee discount
• Financial savings and retirement resources
• Support for your physical and mental well-being

About Us

At Best Buy Health, our mission is to help enrich and save lives through technology and meaningful connections. The role of the Enterprise Architecture team is fundamental in this process, serving as the catalyst in the realization of our strategic objectives. We ensure that technology, processes, and people are integrated effectively and sustainably. Our task involves the ongoing refinement of an Enterprise Architecture that is agile and resilient, aligned with the organizational vision. Efficient use of resources and enhancing stakeholder value are core to our operations. Collaboration with departments like Product, Portfolio, Platform, Engineering, and Infrastructure is intrinsic to our approach, facilitating the development of comprehensive technology portfolio roadmaps and standards.

As an Affirmative Action employer Best Buy Health is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment that values the diversity of its employees and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant. Best Buy Health is committed to equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Learn more about our Affirmative Action Policy Statement HERE

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