Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect

The Solutions Architect is responsible for the overall solution design and will provide day-to-day oversight, direction and guidance to the deployment team, and coordinate with other stakeholders such as Product Management and Sales / Pre-Sales to successfully deliver solutions. Essential functions include participating in customer business requirements sessions and providing expert level requirements elicitation and analysis to develop solution specifications. The Solutions Architect will provide creative solutions to complex business problems by challenging current ideas and championing industry best practices. They will guide and mentor the project team through requirements specification, design, development, training and deployment to ensure customer requirements are met. They will lead design workshops to help customers achieve desired outcomes from their investment. The Solutions Architect will facilitate business process design and development that leverages Solumina capabilities. They will resolve design challenges to ensure that the solution produces the expected results. They will work with customers to develop a maturity roadmap leveraging the power of Solumina. They will support the validation and testing of the solution. They will support data management and data integration related activities. They will support and guide project teams on the use of AI. They will ensure standards and best practices for project management, business/system analysis and development are followed. They will ensure the project team follows current methodology with the ability to coach at the point of deviation.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required. Analysis and process decomposition skills to solve a variety of problems with complex scope are necessary. Experience in engaging and negotiating with C-level stakeholders is needed. Experience in manufacturing processes, MRO, information systems, application integration, process re-engineering and system implementation methodologies is required. Familiarity with cloud computing solutions, architecture, and security protocol is preferred. The ability to do domain modeling of business objects as both Java objects and XML Schema is a plus. Familiarity with MOM using technologies such as JMS, ESB, and Web Services is a plus. Expertise in JEE development using EJB, JAVA, JMS and Hibernate with knowledge in three tier architect using enterprise application servers such as Apache Tomcat, WebSphere, Tibco, Weblogic or Netweaver/PI is a plus. Technical expertise working with ERP, SQL database tools and familiarity with database programming (PLSQL and T-SQL) is a plus. Experience with Solumina Application is strongly preferred. Ability to travel up to 50% is required.

Minimum BS degree - Computer Science, Information Technology, or Software Engineering preferred. 8+ years continuous experience in advanced software deployment in the manufacturing industry, specifically in the areas of Process Planning (PP), Manufacturing Execution (MES), Quality Assurance (QA), Supplier Quality (SQA) and Maintenance and Overhaul (MRO) is required.