Enterprise Architect – Supply Chain

Ford Motor Company

Enterprise Architect defining business and technical architecture solutions for Ford’s Supply Chain. Collaborating with product teams and addressing sustainability and risk management challenges.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $99,100 - $166,200 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define business and technical architecture solutions to modernize Ford’s Supply Chain.
Address diverse challenges in N-Tier supplier collaboration, transparency, sustainability, and risk management.
Work with technologies like Google Cloud Platform, Pega, E2Open, and Resilinc.
Identify key portfolio capabilities and map global system strategy.
Evaluate vendors and make buy-vs-build decisions.
Modernize Ford in-house applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Provide enterprise architectural services for Supply Chain Management products.
Design and consult on solution architecture.
Develop architectural Points of View for proposed initiatives.
Collaborate closely with product teams and business partners.
Formulate strategy and support product lines through interaction with the business community, PDO teams, and other architects.
Conduct hands-on evaluation of current supply chain operations to design customer-centric solutions.
Partner with Business Leads, Software Delivery Leads, Product Managers, and Software Engineers in system design and technology evaluation.
Provide support for application functional, performance, and availability issues.
Participate in vendor solution evaluation processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
3+ years of experience as an business and/or solution architect.
Strong curiosity about technology and a self-starter attitude.
Ability to conduct self-directed research and analysis.
Team player with collaboration skills and knowledge-sharing mindset.
Independent problem solver.
Willingness to engage with business customers, PDO team members, ITO, and others.
Strong presentation skills.
Desire to become a well-rounded architect.
Prior architectural experience is an asset but not a requirement.
Experience with microservice architecture, REST APIs, and distributed cloud systems.
Previous experience as a software developer/engineer.
Experience with multi-team, large-scale projects and incorporating all levels of architecture development (Business, Solution, Application, Infrastructure).
Good understanding of Agile development methodologies.
Negotiation skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders and customers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

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Hard Skills & Tools

business architecturesolution architecturemicroservice architectureREST APIsdistributed cloud systemsGoogle Cloud PlatformPegaE2OpenResilincsupply chain management

Soft Skills

collaborationproblem solvingpresentation skillscuriosity about technologyself-starter attitudeteam playerknowledge-sharing mindsetindependent researchnegotiation skillsengagement with stakeholders

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer scienceBachelor’s degree in Engineering