Senior Systems Architect

Kohler seeks a Senior Systems Architect to lead the design of scalable, secure enterprise systems supporting global manufacturing and hospitality operations. You will define target architectures, integrate legacy and cloud platforms, and guide modernization of ERP, IoT, and data solutions. Partnering with engineering, product, and operations teams, you'll translate business needs into technical roadmaps, set integration and security standards, and mentor engineers. This role thrives in Kohler's culture of craftsmanship, innovation, and sustainability, offering global impact and long-term career growth.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain enterprise systems and integration architectures for global manufacturing and hospitality operations
• Lead modernization of legacy, ERP, and Io
• T platforms to scalable cloud and microservices-based solutions
• Define architecture standards, patterns, and governance for security, data, and integrations
• Translate business requirements into technical roadmaps and solution designs
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams on end-to-end solution delivery
• Evaluate and select technologies, platforms, and tools aligned to enterprise strategy
• Create architecture documentation, diagrams, and reference implementations
• Ensure performance, reliability, and security across distributed systems
• Guide Dev
• Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code patterns
• Mentor engineers and influence technical decision-making across teams

Required Skills

• Enterprise architecture
• Cloud architecture (AWS/Azure)
• Systems integration (APIs, middleware)
• Microservices design
• ERP/manufacturing systems (e.g., SAP)
• Solution design & documentation
• Security and compliance architecture
• Dev
• Ops/CI-CD pipelines
• Kubernetes/containers
• Data integration and ETL