Technical Architect

Technical Architect (Job Number: INF0004QX)

JOIN US AS A TECHNICAL ARCHITECT

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The Target Technology Services (TTS) team designs and creates innovative solutions for a variety of applications, platforms and environments. TTS not only gives Target a competitive advantage in the marketplace, but also enhances the guest experience through the smart use of technology in the retail industry.

The Enterprise Architecture team drives vision around how Target leverages systems and technologies to promote productivity and reuse across the broader TTS organization.

The Solution Architecture team provides a holistic technical view to ensure that the right architecture choices around re-use and simplification is happening across the enterprise.

About This Opportunity

Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Technical Architect, you'll take the lead as you

- Provide technical leadership on assigned initiatives
- Drive technical vision throughout program development, direction and ultimately successful implementation
- Responsible for conception of solutions, building consensus and the selling of such solutions to senior level leadership
- Drives the creation of new standards and best practices as technology evolves; communicates and drives adoption across the technical community
- Assess new technology to determine its viability and applicability within Target's technical environment

Requirements

- BA/BS or equivalent experience
- 8-10 years total work experience
- Possess an understanding of systems programming, graphical user interfaces and control languages
- Significant business knowledge and have three or more areas of concentrated technical expertise
- Ability to explain technical solutions to multiple technical teams, non technical teams, and senior management

Benefits

Eligible team members will receive one of the best earnings packages anywhere, including competitive pay, all-around insurance coverage, 401(k), flexible scheduling, training and development and many other perks and benefits. Target is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is a drug-free workplace.

About Target®

Expect the Best. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best - the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and our guests. We invest in our team members' futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities.

Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at stores nationwide and at Target. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education®.

Primary Location: United States-Minnesota-Minneapolis