Discovery is at the heart of everything we do. Wherever you find us around the world, if you can think of a product, you can probably find it in our stores, which include TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra, Winners, Homesense, and TK Maxx. With variety comes plenty of happy surprises-our environment is ever-changing, and that's just how we like it. Every day is an opportunity to discover something new about our business, our partnerships and even something exciting about yourself. Ready to Discover Different?

Discovery is at the core of everything we do - whether it's a great value, incredible style, or building long-lasting partnerships with people around the world. That's what makes TJX different. You can find it all across our brands: TJ Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Sierra, and Homesense. Every one of our brands has one thing in common: environments that are always changing. That's just how we like it. Every day is an opportunity to discover something new about our business, our partnerships, and even about yourself. Come discover what different can mean for you.

What You'll Do

The Platform Engineering Team at TJX IT is responsible for establishing and managing enterprise-grade platforms. As a Principal Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technology and capabilities roadmap for Enterprise DevSecOps, Performance & Quality Engineering, IT Management, and Application & Performance Monitoring tools. Your work will align with TJX's overall IT strategy and vision, driving the modernization roadmap and ensuring the platform technology meets business needs.

Technology & Capability Roadmaps: Define, own, and manage roadmaps for tools and platforms that enable DevSecOps, continuous testing, performance & quality engineering, enterprise monitoring, and IT management capabilities. Ensure alignment with customer needs and TJX's IT strategy.
Cloud Engineering Partnership: Collaborate with Cloud Engineering and architecture teams to mature and develop the public cloud roadmap and cloud-native capabilities.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to develop strategies and guide the implementation of the technology and capability roadmap.
Design Patterns Repository: Establish and govern a repository of approved design patterns for solutions hosted on the platform.
Technology Adoption: Partner with Enterprise Architecture, engineering scrum teams, security, and infrastructure teams to assess and adopt new technologies.
Leadership and Mentorship: Direct and mentor internal engineering teams and vendors, ensuring adherence to architectural standards and best practices.
Operational Stability: Define architecture guardrails and establish a governance model that balances developer autonomy with operational stability.
Platform Standards: Create platform configuration standards to ensure consistency and stability in solution deployment.
Consulting Support: Provide SME consulting support on design patterns, standards, and best practices.
Portfolio Planning: Collaborate with platform owners to prioritize and plan the platform engineering portfolio.
Alignment with EA Standards: Ensure alignment between Enterprise Architecture standards and the platform roadmap.
Cross-Domain Collaboration: Work with Solution Architecture and other Platform Architecture domains to align the platform roadmap with the larger IT ecosystem and modernization solutions.

What You'll Need

Skills, Mindset, and Approach:

Passion for Technology: A strong interest in technology, intellectual curiosity, and a willingness to explore new solutions.
Leadership by Example: Strong interpersonal skills to lead by example and foster an inclusive environment.
Customer Focus: Ability to balance customer needs with IT priorities and technology vision.
Technical Expertise: Deep technical expertise in cloud computing platforms (Microsoft Azure preferred) and a solid understanding of DevSecOps tools and frameworks.

What you'll have:

5+ years of experience in architecting and designing solutions on a public cloud platform (Microsoft Azure is a strong plus).
In-depth understanding of DevSecOps concepts, tools, processes, and frameworks.
Experience in architecting and implementing CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines.
Expertise in Quality & Performance Engineering tools and technologies.
Experience in building and operating enterprise-grade platforms with high availability, resiliency, performance, and scalability.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Broad exposure to architecture areas like integration, data, and security.
Proven track record of driving strategic technology direction and realizing architecture vision.
Bachelor's and/or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Hands-on experience with CI/CD/CT tools like Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira, SonarQube, AppDynamics, Selenium, Cucumber, etc.
Experience implementing cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure.
Experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, AKS, Helm, Istio, etc.).
Experience with middleware technologies like Kafka or API Management platforms.
Experience building and implementing applications on the ServiceNow Platform.

This position has a starting salary range of $135,700 to $176,400 per year.

Actual starting pay is determined by a number of factors, including relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

This position is eligible for an annual incentive as well as long-term incentives.

Come Discover Different at TJX. From opportunity and teamwork to growth, we think you'll find that it's so much more than a job. When you're a part of our global TJX family, you have the full support of a diverse, close-knit group of people dedicated to finding great deals and fantastic style. Best of all? They have a lot of fun doing it.

We care about our culture, but we also prioritize the tangible stuff (Competitive salaries: check. Solid benefits: check. Plenty of room for advancement: of course). It's our way of empowering you to make your career here.

We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.