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Lead Solution Architect

MaitsysUnited States🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This Lead Solution Architect role offers a unique opportunity to shape the architecture of a groundbreaking Greenfield manufacturing facility, driving the delivery of over 40 digital capabilities and fostering significant career growth. You'll thrive if you excel at collaborating with cross-functional teams, developing robust architectural artifacts, and leading complex technology initiatives, making this an exciting prospect for ambitious mid-senior architects. Apply now to make a substantial impact on a pivotal project!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Work mode
On Site
Location
United States
Posted
3 weeks ago
Confluence

Job Description

Lead Solution Architect Remote (Eastern Time Zone)
  • Location: Remote (must be available to work in the Eastern Time Zone)
  • Travel: Up to 25% travel to client site in North Carolina as needed.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Architect for a Greenfield manufacturing facility project, who will be the site team liaison between IT and business cross functional teams to ensure the quality delivery of 40+ digital capabilities for the new site from an architecture perspective.
Key Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with a matrix of cross functional architects, technical product owners, and business process owners to develop/document end-to-end architecture artifacts.
  • Develop various architecture artifacts to support the evolution of the end-to-end architecture. Deliver architecture artifacts by key business milestones.
  • Lead and manage the Architecture work stream. Develop deliverable backlog, project plan, maintain decision logs, identify/document risks.
  • Architect and design alternative options to mitigate timeline and other risks, for interim solutions, and influence key IT leaders and business partners.
  • Manage the work of other architects (solution architect, technical architect, and product architects).
  • Periodically report progress and help PMs and PMOs to build integrated project plans.
  • Drive architectural decisions that support reliability, scalability, and operational excellence.
Key Architecture Artifacts include:
  • Business capabilities and business mapping
  • E2E data flow and technical flow (simplified & detailed), including cybersecurity and infrastructure perspectives
  • Ecosystem and landscape diagrams to support various parallel testing cycles
  • Organize all project architecture artifacts in a single, easy-to-access location
  • Ensure architecture solutions comply with client security, governance, and quality standards.
  • Ensure architecture remains consistent throughout the project lifecycle, and complies with EA standards and reference architecture.
  • Contribute towards developing/shaping/optimizing reference architecture.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or related roles.
  • Experience working in manufacturing, industrial, or supply chain environments.
  • Experience with GxP and SDLC and regulated pharmaceuticals industry.
  • Familiarity with ISA95 architecture models or IT/OT integration frameworks.
  • Broad experience in some of these major systems related to manufacturing IT/OT systems: SCADA, PLC, DeltaV, PATSynTQ, Alarm Management System, Aveva PI, PASX, LIMS, QMS, S/4HANA, AI/ML/GenAI, Visual Factory, Digital Twin, Control Tower, and other custom developed products.
  • Familiarity with some key concepts in IT/OT infrastructure, including cloud and cybersecurity products.
  • MES concepts and manufacturing ecosystem integrations.
  • Enterprise and shopfloor systems such as SCADA, historians, QMS/LIMS.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholdermanagement skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a customerfacing, onsite environment.
  • Ability to develop complex and drill-down diagrams in draw.io (Confluence).
  • Ability to simplify complex problems to communicate to senior leaders.
  • Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to influence decisions across business and technical groups.
  • Organized, detailoriented, and effective in complex environments.
  • Comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and crossfunctional teams.
  • Enterprise architecture methodology knowledge (TOGAF or similar), and familiarity with tools like LeanIX and SAxpress is a plus.
Why Join Us?
  • Highvisibility role at a strategic client site.
  • Opportunity to lead major architecture initiatives in a modern manufacturing setting.
  • Play a key role shaping architecture across SAP, MES, and critical plant systems.
  • Work in a leadership-focused role with significant client interaction and architectural influence.

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