POSITION SUMMARY:
The Enterprise (Platform) Architect at Bass Pro Shops is a senior technology leader responsible for translating business vision and strategy into a cohesive and adaptable technology ecosystem. This role involves designing and governing the overall architecture that supports our iconic retail stores, thriving e-commerce platforms, and complex corporate operations. You will ensure that our technology landscape is scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with our mission of inspiring everyone to enjoy, love, and conserve the great outdoors.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Technology Strategy & Roadmap Development
- Develop, maintain, and communicate the long-term enterprise technology roadmap aligned with strategic business objectives.
- Define architectural principles, standards, and patterns for cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments.
- Analyze technology trends and market disruptions to assess their impact on the enterprise.
Architectural Governance & Review
- Establish and lead the Enterprise Architecture Forum to evaluate and approve major technology projects and changes.
- Ensure solutions comply with architectural standards, security policies, and DevOps/SRE best practices.
- Govern IT asset lifecycle, including strategies for modernization, migration, and retirement of legacy systems.
Solution Architecture & Design Leadership
- Provide expert consultation to business and IT leaders on complex technology initiatives from concept to implementation.
- Design end-to-end solutions covering application, data, infrastructure, and security domains.
- Collaborate with DevOps, CloudOps, SRE, and FinOps teams to ensure designs are efficient, cost-effective, observable, and automated.
- Develop platform/tenant architecture to support microservices and micro-frontends.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Mentorship
- Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams to ensure alignment.
- Mentor solution architects and senior engineers, fostering technical excellence and innovation.
- Champion adoption of modern practices like Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and chaos engineering to improve reliability and speed to market.
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's Degree
- 10+ years in IT, with at least 5 years in architecture-focused roles (Solution, Cloud, or Enterprise Architect).
- Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale solutions in hybrid-cloud environments, with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure.
- Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Kubernetes), and infrastructure automation (Terraform, Packer).
- Expertise in application architecture (microservices, event-driven patterns) and data architecture (SQL, NoSQL, data warehousing).
- Excellent communication skills for both technical and executive audiences.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY:
- Experience in retail or e-commerce industry.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub, Aqua Security, Akamai, Elastic.
- Knowledge of API Gateway management (Kong, Azure API Management) and service mesh technologies.
- Familiarity with ITIL frameworks and enterprise systems like ServiceNow.
- Experience with FinOps principles and cloud cost management.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Regularly sits and does computer work.
Occasionally walks and stands.
Seldom/Never lifts up to 50 lbs.
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT:
Performs duties within scope of general company policies, procedures, and objectives. Analyzes problems and performs needs assessments. Uses judgment in adapting broad guidelines to achieve desired result. Regular exercise of independent judgment within accepted practices. Makes recommendations that affect policies, procedures, and practices.
Full Time Benefits Summary:
Enjoy discounts on retail merchandise, our restaurants, world-class resorts and conservation attractions!
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Voluntary benefits
- 401k Retirement Savings
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick time
- Bass Pro Cares Fund
- And more!
Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations
Qualified individuals with known disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit your nearest location or contact us at [email protected].
Top Skills
What We Do
Bass Pro Shops is North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company. Founded in 1972 when Johnny Morris began selling tackle out of his father’s liquor store in Springfield, Missouri, today we provide customers with premier destination retail in more than 150 locations across North America. In 2017 Bass Pro Shops acquired Cabela’s to create a “best-of-the-best” experience with superior products, dynamic locations and outstanding customer service.
Guided by the visionary leadership of our founder and CEO Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Shops is making a significant impact in on the future of conservation and the communities we serve. More than 40 years after Johnny began helping people connect with nature through a tiny bait shop, our conservation mission is to inspire people to enjoy, love and conserve the great outdoors.
Beyond retail, Bass Pro Shops also operates White River Marine Group, the world’s largest manufacturer of boats, plus award-winning resorts and nature destinations including Big Cedar Lodge, America’s Premier Wilderness Resort. Our passion for connecting people to nature extends to our CLUB program where customers earn points toward free gear and experiences, and a series of not-for-profit conservation attractions.
