Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions - External

Director, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Governance

Durham, NC · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 44 days ago

Cloud PlatformsCI/CDMachine LearningCybersecurityERPZero TrustResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

This role establishes the architectural principles, reference patterns, review processes, and decision governance needed to ensure technology investments are secure, resilient, scalable, supportable, and aligned with business strategy.
Establish and operate the architecture governance model, including ARB processes, decision frameworks, and exception management.
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is a dynamic billion-dollar global company based in Research Triangle Park, NC, providing retail store solutions to your favorite brands.

Define and maintain enterprise architecture strategy, principles, standards, and reference architectures.
Architecture Review, Design Authority & Decision Governance
Lead architecture review processes across infrastructure, network, security, application, and platform domains.
Act as the final escalation point for complex design decisions, validating alignment with enterprise standards, resilience, security, and long-term technical integrity.
Establish and enforce standards for application architecture, integration patterns, platform services, and ERP environments. Guide modernization approaches, secure development practices, and architecture patterns that support scalability and maintainability.
Partner across infrastructure, cybersecurity, applications, and data teams to align execution with enterprise architecture standards and strategic objectives.
Demonstrated experience operating and governing formal architecture processes, including Architecture Review Boards (ARB), technical design reviews, and architecture decision management.
Ability to translate security and networking strategy into enforceable architecture standards and design patterns.
Demonstrated ability to act as final architectural authority for cross-domain design decisions, including risk tradeoffs and standards exceptions.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience, with 15 + years of leadership experience in enterprise‑level architecture.
Ability to evaluate current-state architecture, identify inconsistencies and technical debt, and define pragmatic modernization strategies aligned to business outcomes.
Experience defining standards across multiple domains and ensuring alignment between infrastructure, security, and application architecture decisions.
Experience defining enterprise standards for application architecture, platform services, integration patterns, and secure software development practices.
Working knowledge of modern development approaches including APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, CI/CD, and platform engineering.
Strong executive communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical decisions into clear business impacts and recommendations.
Ability to influence outcomes across a matrixed organization without direct operational control.
Required Skills and Experience:

Experience with OCI is preferred, but deep expertise in one specific cloud platform is not required.

Strong ability to operate at both enterprise and solution levels, ensuring consistency while enabling delivery teams.
Strong experience defining enterprise networking principles, segmentation strategies, and connectivity models across hybrid environments.
Ability to define guardrails for AI-enabled application development, data access patterns, and secure integration of emerging technologies.

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including the following:

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email benefits@toshibagcs.com to request an accommodation
We at Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions firmly believe that our people are an integral part to the success of our customers.
Furthermore, we're committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for all our people as highlighted by our 5 Core Principles (Create Outreach, Foster Belonging, Unleash Opportunity, Diverse Cultural Engagement and Culture of Transparency).

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