Sr Expert IT Solution Architect - Nestle
St. Louis, MO
About the Job
Nestlé Information Technology is the digital arm of the world’s largest nutrition, health, and wellness company. With 150+ years in business, 2,000+ brands, and 270,000+ diverse team members—you’re joining an organization that’s revolutionizing food and championing global humanitarian efforts with technology at its core.
Joining Nestlé IT means you’ll never stop learning and sharpening new skills. Tools, technologies, and innovation for the next generation of food is part of it. Working with team members from different cultures and corners of the world on truly meaningful initiatives is what makes our work inspiring. Think beyond technology. Feel like you belong. Join a Force for Good.
_This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship._
Position Summary
The Sr. Solution Architect balances technological opportunities with business requirements and is responsible for the overall architectural direction of the organization covering apps, integrations, data, tech, workforce tech, and infra domains. You will be a thought leader that establishes guidance for product delivery teams with the goal to embed composable design practices, leverage AI to unlock value, simplify the landscape, and accelerate delivery flows. You will enable an ecosystem of practitioners that contribute, assemble and apply reference architecture patterns to enable rapid prototyping and optimize time to value. The role reaches across all product groups to provide a consistent overall vision on how to apply composable thinking to information and technology architecture. You’ll be responsible for driving reuse and sharing of technology and data to maximize value delivered to the business, ensuring agility and speed.
+ Contributes to Enterprise Architecture strategy from cross-functional inputs of business, technology, and industry trends
+ Helps define data architecture strategy while understanding impacts to apps and other tech that consumes data.
+ Manages and oversees architecture design practices for the enterprise, ensuring a modular and composable approach working closely with solution, data, platform and security architects
+ Facilitates the evaluation and selection of technology product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom configurations
+ Defines and ensures adherence to the guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to secure product-based decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision
+ Influences strategic IT vendors to ensure their delivery practices align with Nestlé architecture requirements (current and future)
+ Develops relationships with Digital Transformation teams, Product Group Leaders and other architects to understand current and emerging business needs
+ Leads the architecture community to leverage Enterprise Architecture patterns, reference architecture, and composable design principles throughout the lifecycle
+ Guides delivery of cross functional architectural design leveraging defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience to translate business needs into a solution blueprint that represents an end-to-end solution
+ Ensures delivery of architecture patterns for hybrid ecosystems that effectively leverage enterprise data foundation assets and incorporate API led designs
Required
+ Master's or Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
+ 4+ years of experience working as a solution architect designing and managing complex IT solutions that follow agile methodologies and leverage an API first approach
+ 8+ years of experience in at least three IT solution development disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management, or operations
+ 3+ years of experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure and Mulesoft
Other
+ 1+ years of experience working with additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, AWS, or SAP Cloud platform is preferred
+ 1+ years of experience communicating effectively at different levels in the organization in English and navigating complex technology (e.g. AI/ML) is preferred
+ 1+ years of experience of using AI/ML models and Automation in large scale projects is preferred
+ 3+ years of experience understanding of agile methods and processes, and capability of supporting agile project teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, and taking account of technical and architectural debt is preferred
+ 3+ years of experiences working in a global environment and with virtual teams is preferred
REQUISITION ID:
316607
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy
Joining Nestlé IT means you’ll never stop learning and sharpening new skills. Tools, technologies, and innovation for the next generation of food is part of it. Working with team members from different cultures and corners of the world on truly meaningful initiatives is what makes our work inspiring. Think beyond technology. Feel like you belong. Join a Force for Good.
_This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship._
Position Summary
The Sr. Solution Architect balances technological opportunities with business requirements and is responsible for the overall architectural direction of the organization covering apps, integrations, data, tech, workforce tech, and infra domains. You will be a thought leader that establishes guidance for product delivery teams with the goal to embed composable design practices, leverage AI to unlock value, simplify the landscape, and accelerate delivery flows. You will enable an ecosystem of practitioners that contribute, assemble and apply reference architecture patterns to enable rapid prototyping and optimize time to value. The role reaches across all product groups to provide a consistent overall vision on how to apply composable thinking to information and technology architecture. You’ll be responsible for driving reuse and sharing of technology and data to maximize value delivered to the business, ensuring agility and speed.
+ Contributes to Enterprise Architecture strategy from cross-functional inputs of business, technology, and industry trends
+ Helps define data architecture strategy while understanding impacts to apps and other tech that consumes data.
+ Manages and oversees architecture design practices for the enterprise, ensuring a modular and composable approach working closely with solution, data, platform and security architects
+ Facilitates the evaluation and selection of technology product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom configurations
+ Defines and ensures adherence to the guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to secure product-based decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision
+ Influences strategic IT vendors to ensure their delivery practices align with Nestlé architecture requirements (current and future)
+ Develops relationships with Digital Transformation teams, Product Group Leaders and other architects to understand current and emerging business needs
+ Leads the architecture community to leverage Enterprise Architecture patterns, reference architecture, and composable design principles throughout the lifecycle
+ Guides delivery of cross functional architectural design leveraging defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience to translate business needs into a solution blueprint that represents an end-to-end solution
+ Ensures delivery of architecture patterns for hybrid ecosystems that effectively leverage enterprise data foundation assets and incorporate API led designs
Required
+ Master's or Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study, or equivalent experience
+ 4+ years of experience working as a solution architect designing and managing complex IT solutions that follow agile methodologies and leverage an API first approach
+ 8+ years of experience in at least three IT solution development disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management, or operations
+ 3+ years of experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure and Mulesoft
Other
+ 1+ years of experience working with additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, AWS, or SAP Cloud platform is preferred
+ 1+ years of experience communicating effectively at different levels in the organization in English and navigating complex technology (e.g. AI/ML) is preferred
+ 1+ years of experience of using AI/ML models and Automation in large scale projects is preferred
+ 3+ years of experience understanding of agile methods and processes, and capability of supporting agile project teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, and taking account of technical and architectural debt is preferred
+ 3+ years of experiences working in a global environment and with virtual teams is preferred
REQUISITION ID:
316607
It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.
To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.
The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.
Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy
Source : Nestle
