The Sr. Architect establishes and maintains enterprise and/or domain level architecture through the stages of planning, design, execution, and operation. They are responsible for developing and institutionalizing the standards and practices necessary to realize and sustain systems in accordance with established architectural plans and designs. The Sr. Architect provides expert consultation to inform strategic technology and system decisions as well as tactical decisions related to projects. The overarching goal is to cultivate an IT ecosystem that is scalable, extensible, interoperable, adaptable to the business, and aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the organization.
How you will make an impact:
- Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, engineering, and IT teams to gather business requirements and translate them into technical solutions, executable design strategies and patterns.
- Identify and define the opportunities for integration, selecting the tools, specifying the shared data & code resources, defining the interfaces and data-flows, and monitoring the success of the integration.
- Lead the design and development of end-to-end IT solutions for manufacturing systems including MES, ERP, SCADA integration, and shop floor automation.
- Develop, institute, and maintain the IT design methodology, development process methodology, technology standards, and best practices.
- Provide oversight to ensure compliance with architectural standards and practices through all aspects of planning, execution, and operation. Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles.
Survey external emerging developments, and evangelize new technologies, standards and methodologies. Act as a trusted advisor, providing insights on emerging technologies and their potential impact.
Develop, institute, and maintain the design and metadata repository for integrating all aspects of established architectural models.
What you will need:
- Bachelor's Degree in related field and 10 years experience of experience in IT of demonstrably solid performance in an architect role working with cross-functional teams (within IT and/or within the business) on enterprise-level or complex/novel system implementations.
Relevant industry experience (e.g. medical device, pharmaceuticals, etc.) or in highly regulated environments
What else we look for:
• Strong ability to manage and deal with different cultures and nationalities
• Experience working in complex, matrixed and global business environment
• Strong experience of enterprise information systems such as ERP (such as Oracle, SAP, etc.), MES (such as Siemens Opcenter) or SCADA (such as AVEVA) required
• Strong experience in Manufacturing, Labeling, Manufacturing Accounting, Planning and Quality systems design, implementation and support required
• Experience in designing scalable, modular, and interoperable systems integrating IoT, MES, ERP, cloud, edge computing, and AI/ML technologies in manufacturing (predictive maintenance, quality analytics).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), edge computing, and industrial IoT.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with smart factory initiatives and Industry 4.0 technologies.