Enterprise Architect - Retail Systems

The Enterprise Architect – Retail Systems will define the strategic architecture for O’Reilly’s retail technology landscape, ensuring scalability, security, and modernization. This role drives standards, roadmaps, and integration strategies for store operations, POS systems, payments, returns, enterprise catalog, and customer transactions. Collaborating across IT and business functions, the architect will influence technology direction, ensure governance, and align solutions with business objectives while delivering innovation.

This role is located in Springfield, MO.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Develop and execute an enterprise architecture roadmap aligned with business and IT strategies.
• Define and drive the enterprise architecture strategy for retail systems, ensuring alignment with business and IT objectives.
• Develop the target-state architecture and technology roadmap for store systems, POS solutions, transactional workflows, and integrated retail applications.
• Provide prescriptive guidance on retail system modernization, cloud adoption, API integration, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with IT leadership and business stakeholders to evaluate retail technology investments, ensuring optimal scalability, performance, and security.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards across retail applications, integrating best practices for resilient and scalable solutions.
• Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to guide the modernization of legacy retail systems and align with enterprise cloud strategy.
• Lead technical evaluations of vendor solutions, ensuring alignment with O’Reilly’s technology and business requirements.
• Oversee integration strategies for third-party retail software, ensuring seamless connectivity between POS, inventory, and customer engagement systems.
• Influence the governance framework for retail technology, defining compliance, security, and performance benchmarks.
• Work closely with engineering teams, guiding solution architects and technical leads in executing enterprise retail system initiatives.
• Develop and maintain an architectural repository, capturing reference architectures, best practices, and reusable design patterns.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior IT and business leadership, providing expertise on technology trends and innovation in the retail industry.
• Provide hands-on leadership in defining and implementing modern architectural frameworks across applications, infrastructure, and data.

Behavioral Competencies

• Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for meeting commitments and achieving business objectives.
• Strategic Thinking: Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies.
• Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
• Decision Quality: Applies sound judgment to make effective and timely decisions.
• Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding to different audiences.
• Collaboration & Influence: Works effectively with cross-functional teams, engaging stakeholders across business and IT.
• Innovates & Adapts: Creates new and better ways to drive digital transformation and optimize technology landscapes.
• Balances Stakeholders: Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Continuously improves work processes, driving operational efficiency and best practices.
• Instills Trust: Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.

SKILLS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Required:

• Proven ability to navigate complex enterprise architecture challenges, drive architectural decisions for $20M+ Retail Systems Portfolio decisions, having a direct financial correlation to company results and performance. 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud strategy, and IT transformation
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or Engineering (equivalent experience considered in lieu of degree). Over six years of experience of leading architecture teams up to ten solution and domain architects, mentoring architects, and influencing enterprise-wide decisions.
• Strong background in retail system architecture, including POS, store operations, payments, and customer engagement platforms.
• Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and cloud-native application development.
• Experience leading large-scale system transformations for retail applications.
• Expertise in API management platforms (e.g., Apigee, Kong, MuleSoft) and integration patterns for distributed systems.
• Knowledge of database technologies including SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Familiarity with real-time data streaming technologies such as Kafka for handling large-scale retail transactions.
• Experience in cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and guiding hybrid cloud strategies for enterprise retail systems.
• Strong understanding of security and compliance requirements in retail technology (PCI DSS, data privacy regulations).
• Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience influencing executive stakeholders.

Desired:

• Retail Industry Experience, understanding the specific requirements of retail operations, both in-store and online
• Prior experience or knowledge in the automotive or related industries, with an understanding of their unique challenges and opportunities. Familiarity with Auto Care standards, including ACES and PIES
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM) principles and implementations
• Experience with international, multi-lingual product catalog solutions
• Proficiency in integrating catalog and retail systems to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences
• Understanding of payment systems and store operations management, including cash management, inventory reconciliation, and reporting tools

O’Reilly Auto Parts has a proven track record of growth and stability. O’Reilly is full of successful career stories and believes in a strong promote-from-within philosophy, encouraging you to grow your career along with the organization. 

Total Compensation Package:

• Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off

• Stock Purchase Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Team Member Health/Wellbeing Programs

• Tuition Educational Assistance Programs

• Opportunities for Career Growth

O’Reilly Auto Parts is an equal opportunity employer. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry (including immigration status or citizenship), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions,) age (40 and over), veteran status, uniformed service member status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or another protected status as defined by local, state, or federal law, as applicable.

Qualified individuals with a disability may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or employment process, please send an email to: rar@oreillyauto.com or call 417-862-2674, ext. 68901, and provide your requested accommodation, and position details.