Expert IT Solution Architect

We are looking for an Expert IT Solution Architect to be part of our IT North America team

Position Snapshot

• Type of work: Hybrid
• Work Language: Advanced Business English (must have)

The role

Join the Nestle IT North America Innovation Team as an Expert IT Solution Architect to drive and orchestrate modern end-to-end architecture strategies for large IT initiatives at Nestle North America and provide architecture governance.

What you’ll do

• Establish guidance for product delivery teams to embed composable design practices, leverage AI to unlock value, and accelerate delivery flows.
• Manage and oversee the architecture design practices for the enterprise, identifying packaged business capabilities, defining reference architecture, and working closely with solution, data, platform, and security architects.
• Provide inputs to the roadmap by utilizing knowledge of defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience.
• Facilitate the evaluation and selection of technology product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom configurations.
• Define and ensure adherence to guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to secure product-based decisions aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.
• Deliver a modular E2E solution design across multiple products or product groups, leveraging cloud native technology, microservices, and APIs to enable business agility.
• Enable the architecture and integration community through coaching, capability building, and the promotion of self-service delivery methods.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or computer science, systems analysis, or a related study, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience working as a solution architect, designing and managing complex IT solutions with cross-functional integration experience, APIs, and agile methodologies.
• 8+ years of experience in at least three IT solution development disciplines, including technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management, or operations.
• Experience in multiple, diverse technologies and environments including hybrid enterprise landscapes, multi-cloud, and on-premise solutions (Proven experience with Azure, Mulesoft).
• Advanced understanding of cloud native technology, microservices, event-driven architecture, and the importance of API-led design principles.
• Expertise in applying architecture patterns that cover application, data, events, and API-led design concepts for scenarios such as B2B, eRetail, B2C, DTC, social commerce, machines, and things.
• Good understanding of AI/ML frameworks and their application to enterprise projects.

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Ability to propose and estimate the financial impact of solution architecture alternatives.
• Experience working with the EA Bizzdesign tool and additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud, AWS, or SAP Cloud platform.
• Experience communicating effectively at different organization levels in English, navigating emerging technology topics (Gen AI, Future of work, etc).
• Understanding of AI/ML ethics with practical experience applying these in projects.

We offer you

We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself.

• Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card, mobility plan, etc.
• Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities reflecting our conviction that people are our most important asset.
• Hybrid working environment with a flexible working scheme. Our state-of-the-art campus is dog-friendly and equipped with a medical center, canteen, and areas to co-create, network, and relax!
• Recreation activities such as yoga, Zumba, etc. and a wide range of volunteering activities.

How we will proceed:
You send us your CV → We contact relevant applicants → Interviews → Feedback → Job Offer communication to the Finalist → First working day.

About the IT Hub

We are a team of IT professionals from many countries and diverse backgrounds, each with unique missions and challenges in the biggest health, nutrition, and wellness company in the world. We innovate every day through forward-looking technologies to create opportunities for Nestlé’s digital challenges with our consumers, customers, and at the workplace. We collaborate with our business partners around the world to deliver standardized, integrated technology products and services to create tangible business value.

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong, driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity, and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion in sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief, and disability.

Step outside your comfort zone; share your ideas, way of thinking, and working to make a difference in the world, every single day. You own a piece of the action – make it count.