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Are You Ready to Shape the Future of Enterprise Architecture?
Are you a senior technology architect who thrives at the intersection of strategic vision, technical innovation, and human connection? Do you believe the best architecture is built through active listening, facilitation, and cross-domain collaboration?
We are seeking an Enterprise Architect to join our technology leadership team. In this role, you will define and guide enterprise-wide application and technology strategies that power our business forward. If you have an insatiable appetite for learning, evaluating emerging technologies, and mentoring others, this is the environment where you can make a lasting, enterprise-wide impact.
Why This Role?
- Strategic Influence Without Silos: You will set and influence architectural direction across multiple business and technology domains (applications, cloud/infrastructure, data integration, and security).
- Continuous Learning & Innovation Built In: We believe great architects never stop growing. You will have dedicated focus on professional development, proof-of-concepts (POCs), vendor evaluations, and exploring emerging paradigms like generative AI and modern cloud architectures.
- Lead Through Facilitation, Not Mandates: Partner with engineering leads, domain architects, and executive leaders. Your strength in communication, workshops, and consensus-building will turn complex technical concepts into clear, actionable roadmaps.
- Mentorship & Culture: Guide and elevate domain architects and engineering teams, cultivating a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
What You’ll Do (Essential Functions)
- Enterprise Alignment & Roadmapping: Define application, information, and technical architectural visions and strategic multi-year roadmaps aligned with overall enterprise business goals.
- Collaborative Architecture Governance: Engage with architecture councils, domain architects, and engineering teams to champion standard adoption, ensure architectural integrity, and bridge current state to future state.
- Cross-Domain Solutioning: Partner with technical and functional leaders to design resilient, scalable, cross-domain architectures for our most critical strategic initiatives.
- Emerging Technology & Innovation: Research industry trends, run hands-on POCs, lead technology vendor evaluations, and determine how cutting-edge tools and frameworks can create competitive advantages.
- Stewardship & Asset Reuse: Drive the creation, adoption, and reusability of enterprise architectural patterns, frameworks, and digital assets.
- Mentorship & Advocacy: Provide hands-on guidance, coaching, and mentorship to domain architects, engineers, and IT specialists.
- Documentation & Metrics: Document architecture designs, blueprints, and decision records, while establishing and tracking architectural health and performance metrics.
When you will work:
- Monday through Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm.
- Hybrid Work Schedule: 4 days in office, 1 day from home.
What You Bring to the Table
Required Qualifications:
- Experience: Minimum of 6 years in Information Technology or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressive architectural experience.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Domain Breadth: Demonstrated architectural proficiency in at least two enterprise architecture domains:
- Application Architecture
- Information / Data & Data Integration
- Technical & Cloud Infrastructure
- Security Architecture
- Business Architecture
- Communication & Facilitation Mastery: Outstanding verbal, written, visual, and group facilitation skills, with a proven ability to translate complex technical trade-offs for diverse business and technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative Leadership: Demonstrated track record of leading through influence, consensus-building, and mentoring across matrixed cross-functional teams.
Preferred Attributes:
- Experience guiding enterprise migrations and architectures within modern cloud ecosystems (Google Cloud Platform preferred).
- Experience with large-scale ERP platforms and enterprise integration frameworks.
- A natural curiosity and passion for hands-on experimentation, technical research, and continuous learning.
Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.
Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Gordon Food Service, Inc. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to [email protected] and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.
All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free.
Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug tests.
Skills Required
- At least 6 years of experience in Information Technology or equivalent education, training, and progressive architectural experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Architectural proficiency in at least two enterprise architecture domains, including application, information/data integration, technical/cloud infrastructure, security, or business architecture
- Outstanding verbal, written, visual, and group facilitation skills
- Ability to translate complex technical trade-offs for diverse business and technical stakeholders
- Experience leading through influence, consensus-building, and mentoring across matrixed cross-functional teams
- Experience guiding enterprise migrations and architectures within modern cloud ecosystems, preferably Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with large-scale ERP platforms and enterprise integration frameworks
- Curiosity and passion for hands-on experimentation, technical research, and continuous learning
What We Do
We’ve grown to become the largest family-operated broadline food service distributor in North America by upholding the same business approach since 1897—being passionately committed to the people we serve. We believe in the power of good food—to bring people together and make moments special. Every product, every order, and every decision we make is inspired by the people on the other side of the plate. We distribute to foodservice operators throughout the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest regions of the U.S. and coast to coast in Canada. Our company also operates more than 170 Gordon Food Service Stores, which are open to the public and provide the benefits of restaurant-quality products and friendly, knowledgeable service. Gordon Food Service Stores do not charge a membership fee. Gordon Food Service Stores are the primary supplier for many small foodservice operators, including: restaurants, churches, daycare providers, caterers, event planners, and other small businesses. We offer a broad range of employment opportunities throughout our corporate offices, distribution centers, and retail stores. We have a strong commitment to our employees and foster an environment that promotes internal growth, training, and career development opportunities. Gordon Food Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
