Solution Architect Supply Chain

For Digital Hub Warsaw, we are looking for:

Solution Architect Supply Chain

The position holder proactively and holistically leads and supports CH architecture activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions. Solutions include projects and products, systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information), shared infrastructure services and shared application services.

They understand the concepts of business goals, objectives and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams and business processes and their importance in solution architecture. The role provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design tasks related to support the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards.

They create deliverables for managing the organization's portfolio of "to be" and "as is" solutions — including systems (applications, processes, information and technology), shared infrastructure services, and shared application services and components to enable and drive targeted business outcomes.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Translates business and technical requirements into an architectural blueprint to achieve business objectives and documents all solution architecture design and analysis work
• Works closely with the product owners and product managers to ensure a robust architectural runway that can support future business requirements throughout the product life cycle
• Understands business drivers and business capabilities (future and current state) and determines corresponding enterprise solution designs and change requirements to drive the organization's targeted business outcomes
• Monitors the current-state solution portfolio to identify deficiencies through aging of the technologies used by the application, or misalignment with business requirements
• Monitors micro- and macroscopic trends in EA as well as global currents, including economic, political, social/cultural, environmental, regulatory/legal and/or technological disruptions for effective decision-making
• Supports product managers in end-of-life product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services or systems, including applications, technologies, processes and information
• Understands emerging technology trends and disruptions and their practical application to enable new and evolving business and operating models
• Analyzes the technology industry, competitors and market trends, and determines their potential implications for a given solution (stretch)
• Analyzes the business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and also recommends solutions for improvement (stretch)
• Facilitates the evaluation, selection and TCO of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations
• Consults with application and infrastructure development projects and products to fit systems or infrastructure to architecture and identify when it is necessary to modify designs to accommodate the solutions architecture
• Leads evaluation, design and analysis for the implementation of a solutions architecture across a group of specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements and enterprise standards
• Manages and develops the architecture for a broader scope of projects or products, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single project or product or initiative (stretch)
• Develops a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise solution portfolio from current to future state, as defined by the solutions architecture (stretch)
• Works closely with the product management office (PMO) or portfolio management office to ensure the execution of plans corresponds with what is being promised throughout the project or product life cycle
• Provides consulting support to application architects within agile teams to ensure the project or product is aligned with the overall enterprise architecture

Skills

• Proficiency in cloud computing platforms like AWS, or Azure – to create and manage cloud resources to ensure optimal performance, architecture, and costs.
• Experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies.
• Knowledge of various backend development languages like Java, Go, Python or NodeJS
• Good understanding of various database technologies like Oracle, PostgreSQL, Dynamo DB, or MongoDB.
• Skilled in various frontend web development languages like JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
• Sound knowledge of relevant enterprise, cloud or customer relationship management (CRM) systems.
• Knowledge of various artificial intelligence/machine learning frameworks (AI/ML) (stretch)
• Data savvy with knowledge of various aspects of a technology architecture like integration, network and security

Qualifications & Competencies (education, skills, experience):

Education

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, information-technology, engineering, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience

Experience

• A minimum of five years of experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines, including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies, platforms and processing environments
• Advanced understanding of strategic and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models
• Advanced understanding of product management, agile principles and development methodologies and capability of supporting agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical and architectural debt
• Experience working in a relevant industry is helpful, but not required
• Experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps
• Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences
• Advanced understanding of information principles and processes
• Hands-on experience in different modeling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate)

What do We offer:

• A flexible, hybrid work model
• Great workplace in a new modern office in Warsaw
• Career development, 360° Feedback & Mentoring programme
• Wide access to professional development tools, trainings, & conferences
• Company Bonus & Reward Structure
• VIP Medical Care Package (including Dental & Mental health)
• Holiday allowance (“Wczasy pod gruszą”)
• Life & Travel Insurance
• Pension plan
• Co-financed sport card - FitProfit
• Meals Subsidy in Office
• Additional days off
• Budget for Home Office Setup & Maintenance
• Dedicated working Zone with state-of-the art Lab available only for Cyber Security Team
• Access to Company Game Room equipped with table tennis, soccer table, Sony PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles setup with premium game passes, and massage chairs
• Tailored-made support in relocation to Warsaw when needed
• Please send your CV in English

You feel you do not meet all criteria we are looking for? That doesn’t mean you aren’t the right fit for the role. Apply with confidence, we value potential over perfection

WORK LOCATION: WARSAW AL.JEROZOLIMSKIE 158

YOUR APPLICATION

If your background and personal experience fit this profile, please send us your complete application at www.career.bayer.cn If you have any recommendations, please kindly send mail to cnreferral@bayer.com