Senior IT Architect - Manufacturing Execution System

Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between.

That same dedication spans to our customers. Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills, you'll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development. We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging.

Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

The Senior Solution Architect will provide thought leadership and collaborate across all levels of the organization with business and technology stakeholders, driving end-to-end MES solutions to achieve our strategic business vision. A passionate technology leader who can go deep into process and technology and also be cognitively agile enough to have strategy discussions with leadership. Deliver high quality work and continuously improve the ways we can better leverage processes and roadmaps to manage business application solutions.

Bring analytical expertise, love of technology, and be excited to help us take our vision to the next level. Drive solution development teams to leverage highly complex and optimal fit for purpose software systems to achieve business objectives. Expertise to address issues with integration and cross‑functional compatibility on projects and present findings to senior management. The ideal candidate will combine expertise in IT architecture, manufacturing operations, and Industry
4.0 technologies to deliver scalable solutions to drive innovation and enable automation in the manufacturing and engineering space.

• Address complex issues with integration and cross‑functional compatibility on projects and present findings to senior management. Lead solution optioning and recommendations around complex solutions. Drive and facilitate the right discussions that identify business solutions in relation to current and future technology landscape.
• Lead the effort to produce the enterprise level solution designs for large to complex integration initiatives. Leverage the architect team to define the functional, technical, and application architectures that provide the best solution for business needs.
• Lead complex projects/issues that require in‑depth knowledge across multiple technical areas and functional business segments, work with delivery team to address architecture, integration and technical issues, and lead the implementation of solutions.
• Maintain a high competency in manufacturing, engineering and supply chain industry and technology trends. Research, evaluate and select from existing and emerging technologies the options best fitting business and IT strategic needs. Lead and contribute to technology evaluations and selections.
• Develop solution architecture approaches aligned with roadmaps and enterprise platforms.
• Lead, build, manage, and enhance solution architectures to drive enablement of strategic roadmaps.
• Work closely with enterprise architects and business leaders to develop technology roadmaps and from‑to solution architectures.
• Advocate and drive adoption of “best practices” and fit‑for‑purpose solutions to ensure standardization of solution architecture outputs across the enterprise.
• Provide direction, vision and strategy to evolve the environment, and develop the system transformation roadmap for a large and complex commercial application portfolio.
• Provide thought leadership on The Art of the Possible to our business and other technology leaders.
• Consult with senior leaders regarding architecture, discuss problems and recommend solutions and improvements.

• Drive and facilitate the right discussions…