[Hiring] IT Applications & Solutions Architect @O-I

Role Description

You will be responsible for IT solutions that support a broader global business process domain. For the domain assigned, you will:

• Create and maintain a strategy, vision, roadmap, project portfolio including budget and resources.
• Conduct research on new technologies, design solutions, and monitor compliance with these activities.
• Take leadership roles in projects as assigned.
• Work with customers to understand requirements and identify the different architect domains required for solutions definitions.
• Orchestrate the work with stakeholders to convert requirements into technical solutions.
• Work with executives to identify long-term needs and understand business processes architecture.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead, guide, and develop the O-I IT strategic direction for projects assigned.
• Coordinate and align with technology domain architects and the business for the development of solutions architecture.
• Get buy-in and participation from business areas and Technology Domain Architects from the start of projects.
• Maintain the global strategic vision for projects assigned.
• Make recommendations on effective staffing and long-term support models.
• Define concrete solutions for a project or application.
• Define detailed solution specifications fitting to solution sketches.
• Design effective change readiness approaches for existing and new technologies.
• Lead the definition of technical standards and guidelines for assigned projects.
• Exploit existing solutions to prevent duplicate solution creation.
• Integrate technologies together in an effective, secure, and cost-conscious manner.
• Establish a realistic, cost-constrained, and resource-constrained roadmap with a three-year outlook.
• Monitor the global project portfolio for the project assigned and intervene when necessary.
• Participate in key project design reviews to ensure adherence to enterprise architecture guidelines.
• Monitor regulatory guidelines and make recommendations for compliance.
• Monitor emerging technologies and lead testing for promising technologies.
• Monitor the work of global delivery teams to ensure compliance with established standards.
• Work collaboratively with teams to course correct if necessary and escalate issues when needed.
• Work with customers to understand requirements and convert those into technical solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or related discipline preferred, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 10 years applicable IT and/or Business experience required.
• Minimum 7 years of experience working within a global organization, including multi-country or global implementation experience required.
• Minimum 7 years of experience using structured methodologies for strategy, process, design, implementation, and control preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing projects and/or people preferred.
• Highly effective communicator with the ability to influence and have an impact across the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to execute, design, and implement enterprise-level architectural solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time, with high quality, and within budget.
• Ability to plan the full life cycle of technological solutions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
• Desirable experience or good understanding of DevOps, Angular or React framework, Azure functions, Databases, Dockers, and Kubernetes.
• Experience architecting cloud IoT, event-driven & microservices in the cloud.
• Experience with either functional or technical use of SAP modules and components.
• Technical knowledge with Windows or Unix/Linux operating systems and major database platforms such as SQL Server.
• Working knowledge of information security principles and practices.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft technologies such as Azure, SCCM, and Intune. Active Directory experience is also a plus.

Requirements

• Reports To Title: IT Enterprise Architecture & Strategy Manager
• Travel: less than 10%

Benefits

• Remote work model
• Flexible working hours
• Private medical care including dental care
• Life insurance
• Multisport card
• Social fund (e.g. vacation allowance, Christmas allowance)
• Employee referral program