Western Digital Senior Business System Architect 

United States, California, San Jose 

825193914

Here’s how you can help.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contribute to the strategy, planning, and design of an end-state blueprint for business system architecture, and the sequence of steps to get there.
• Identify the most promising areas in which to retire technical debt, modernize the technical stack, integrate more scalably, improve capability more quickly,
• Guide teams responsible for applications, integration, reporting & analytics how to simplify their landscape, reduce complexity and total cost of ownership, and increase agility to meet/exceed the business and financial goals of clients, and the company
• Serve as an escalation point for enterprise architecture, providing expert advice and solutions to complex issues.
• Guide teams in translating new business strategies into integrated, end-to-end technology solutions
• Participate in architectural review milestones within the software development lifecycle
• Contribute to architectural frameworks, standards, methods, and train colleagues to utilize them while solutioning
• Engage business & technical leaders, to secure broad commitment to adopting the to-be end-state blueprint, and methods to get there
• Break down barriers of silo’d thinking and local optimization of a single department or function, in favor of global, cross-functional, company-wide optimization.

REQUIRED

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related engineering field.
• 15+ years of experience simplifying business systems for service supply chain, forward & reverse logistics, transportation, supplier collaboration, sourcing,... Preference for candidates with Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Service Cloud experience.
• 15+ years of experience with end-to-end business processes, spanning order-to-cash, plan-to-fulfill, and contact-to-resolution.
• 10+ years of experience using visual artifacts to document and convey the intent of an enterprise architecture.
• Demonstrated ability in data management and regulatory compliance.
• 10+ years of experience with cloud-hosted applications, on-premises, and knowledge of the pros/cons between them
• 10+ years of experience with middleware, EDI, API, and knowledge of the pros/cons between them

SKILS

• Demonstrated ability in strategic planning, governance, and change management within complex ERP landscapes.
• Proven track record of managing large-scale ERP migration projects
• Ability to navigate uncertainty, drive outcomes in fluid situations

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York. This range may be modified in the future.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance. Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Western Digital’s Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.