Solutions Architect

Company: Alpha Consulting
Location: New Brunswick
Posted on: January 22, 2023

Job Description:

SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ The candidate must be able to work Onsite so local candidates only please. Required Skills:

• 4+ years of technical lead experience.
• 4+ years of Solutions Architect experience in distributed systems (not just web solutions).
• 2+ years of Manufacturing IT OR Automation systems experience.
• 2+ years of cross-functional team experience.
• Knowledge of network and hosting infrastructure concepts.
• Strong Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Word skills .
• 2 to 3 years' Solution Architect experience with at least 4 years of prior Technical Lead experience.
• 1 to 2 years' experience working with cloud technologies and architectures.
• 2 to 3 years' experience designing and overseeing solution integrations.
• Proven analytical skills to properly turn requirements into solution architecture the meets business outcomes.
• Proven analytical skills to properly evaluate vendor solution architecture.
• Ability to lead and/or develop conceptual, logical and solution architectures across application, data, and technology domains.
• Ability to review project deliverables, including design document review, for completeness, quality, risk and compliance with established project architecture standards, enterprise standards, and business vision and expected outcomes.
• Ability to develop and manage all aspects of the architecture effort, including the plans, interdependencies, schedule, budget, and required personnel.
• Ability to define and present the architecture, e.g., conceptual, logical, data, and solution, including dependencies, to an architecture review board.
• Ability to design and develop cost effective solutions that meet functional, technical, performance requirements and align to business outcomes.
• Experience designing and overseeing the implementation of solution designs, including solution integrations.
• Experience in interacting with development teams, communicating design, and overseeing technical implementation and deployments.
• Ability to coordinate and work with multiple teams to successfully implement a solution, including, but not limited to, Integration teams, Data Architecture team, vendors and/or solution development team.
• Ability to identify, document, communicate and resolve/mitigate design and system development risks and issues.
• Good understanding of master data strategies, data lakes, and information hubs.
• Ability to clearly communicate architecture decisions, risks, and benefits to all levels of the business.
• Ability to work within a project team.
• Able to manage technical activities for a cross functional technical team.
• Strong presentation, verbal, and written communications skills.
• Must exhibit ability to be collaborative and results oriented.
• Must be able to explain key architecture and infrastructure concepts to local IT team members and managers.
• Must be able to create and maintain detailed logical Visio drawings representing proposed solutions and related infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of the Clinical, Regulatory and Safety pharmaceutical domains.
• Ability to work independently. Project Description:
  • The positions main responsibility will be to provide solution architecture and technical oversight to multiple projects in the drug development domain.
  • The candidate will be responsible for providing overall technical management, but also be able to take responsibility to document the architecture, including conceptual, logical, data, and solution for all projects.
  • Assist IT teams at manufacturing plants in the development of new solutions.
  • Those solutions are typically vendor provided, so key areas include infrastructure architecture compliance, integration with IT systems, integration with common manufacturing IT systems like historians, Manufacturing Execution Systems, DeltaV, logical network definition, technical requirements definition.
  • Also, will need to work across support teams and project management teams to ensure that technical issues are identified and resolved.
  • Will be part of an existing enterprise-level manufacturing architecture group. This 6+ month position starts ASAP. Please E-MAIL your resume (attachment to email) with rate and availability to Maureen: ALPHA'S REQUIREMENT MUST BE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE U.S. AS AN HOURLY W2 EMPLOYEE

Keywords: Alpha Consulting, New Brunswick , Solutions Architect, Other , New Brunswick, New Jersey