Architect at Cargill in Hopkins, Minnesota

Job Description:

Want to build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 154 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.

JOB PURPOSE AND IMPACT

The Architect will analyze, evaluate, manage architecture artifacts and related processes . We seek a professional to execute, manage as aligned to our IT infrastructure with business processes/data to improve efficiency and productivity.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ensure the quality of architecture assets, keeping them up-to-date.


• Monitor adherence to defined standards for the design, development and implementation of IT architecture.


• Plan, evaluate and coordinate architecture activities and deliverables.


• Prepare application functional  and system specifications.


• Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.


• Other duties as assigned

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience


• Minimum of four years of business or IT related work experience


• Experience participating in collaboration activities with management teams

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience


• Minimum of two years of architectural exposure and working with technology solutions an business processes with business acumen


• Interest and awareness of business architecture frameworks


• Strong conceptual, strategic thinking, problem solving, technical, and analytical skills


• Ability to influence peers and stakeholders


• Strong written, verbal communication skills with abilities to render visual presentations for process and data flows


• Proficient in Power BI


• Proficiency in Desktop Productivity Tools


• Project management, planning and organizational skills


• Proven ability to work effectively within a large matrixed organization and develop trust and credibility with a variety of business stakeholders


• Business fluency in English