Disney Experiences Technology is seeking a Principal Enterprise Architect to shape strategy, drive enterprise alignment, and guide critical technology initiatives across Commerce, Ticketing, and Guest Experience domains, connecting strategy with execution to deliver technology that scales the Disney magic globally.
Requirements
- Expertise with enterprise architecture repository tools (e.g., tools similar to BlueDolphin or LeanIX)
- Understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies
- 8+ years Engineering experience across multiple languages, both front-end and back-end.
- Expertise in modern programming languages and technologies.
- Experience with testing and debugging applications to deliver scalable enterprise solutions.
- Hands-on familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), API-led integration, security-by-design, and data architecture principles.
- Experience integrating emerging platforms or modernizing legacy systems at scale.
Responsibilities
- Advance Repository Practices: Ensure architectural metadata and taxonomy integrity within the BlueDolphin repository, enabling enterprise transparency and decision support.
- Champion Modernization and Platform Thinking: Lead initiatives that simplify, modernize, and integrate platforms across Commerce, Payments, Ticketing, and Entitlements.
- Balance Short-Term Delivery with Long-Term Strategy: Facilitate informed trade-offs, track technical debt decisions, and ensure alignment with enterprise objectives.
- Lead and guide analysis, design, and development of software solutions and products used across local, networked, and cloud environments.
- Deliver high-impact projects supporting enterprise platforms and technology infrastructure.
- Contribute to the design, testing, and implementation of major systems and applications.
- Shape scalable architectures and support planning for complex enterprise projects.
Other
- Lead Through Influence: Operate as a senior advisor and strategic influencer to executives and domain leaders, helping align technology investments with business outcomes.
- Foster Collaboration: Build partnerships with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Security teams to co-own outcomes, not dictate them.
- Mentor and Inspire: Coach solution architects across federated business domains to raise the bar on architecture quality, reusability, and scalability.
- Communicate and Influence: Translate architectural strategy into compelling business narratives that resonate with executive audiences and technical teams alike.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field required.
