Senior Solution Architect (f/m/d)

Senior Solution Architect (f/m/d) – Highly Regulated industry experience / Disaster Recovery / Leadership / Kubernetes / Mongo DB / English

Project:
For our customer a big pharmaceutical company in Basel we are looking for a highly qualified Senior Solution Architect.

Background:
Basecamp 2.0 is a big step towards solving this problem, providing a single source of Enterprise Recipe Data for all technical solutions that require it. Using standardized terminology from the SNaC (Standardized Nomenclature and Conventions) initiative, Basecamp 2.0 is driving standardization and harmonization across the network. Our vision for Basecamp 2.0 is that everyone uses it to define the manufacturing process to make a product, from early development to phase out. This requires the redesign of global business processes to leverage a single repository of recipe data, and to connect to all needed systems to receive from and provide better connectivity with other systems in the network like Aspire SAP, Single LIMS, MES Core, DAMAS etc. Our client is looking for a Senior candidate who is able to take on leadership tasks and can take on senior solution architect tasks and support the integration project.

Tasks & Responsibilities:
* Keeps watch to ensure that solutions align with enterprise architecture standards.
* Performs the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks required to ensure that information systems are designed and evolve appropriately.
* Produces and maintains technical documentation depicting AS-IS and TO-BE states of the products.
* Presents project documentation for the architecture review board.
* Works with business groups to understand their business processes and information needs and works with other members of our informatics organization to identify and design solution options that support the business needs.
* Creates and maintains a solution lifecycle roadmap based on gap analysis for transitioning from current to future-state, including the technology lifecycle management. Is aware and actively applies business & enterprise technology roadmaps during the design of new IT solutions.
* Oversees or consults on technical architecture implementation activities, particularly for new and/or shared solutions.
* Collaborates with the broader architecture community to ensure that the solutions align with target architectures and technology roadmaps.
* Performs IT leadership within the project by leading a team of DevOps engineers.
* Plans, assigns and tracks strategic technological advancements within the product family.
* Manages IT resources utilization assignments as well as provides mentoring for internal engineers.

Must Haves:
* Min. Bachelor degree in Computer Sciences, Software Architecture or related field
* Min. 7 + years‘ experience as Solution Architect and expert knowledge of systems integration, preferred in the pharmaceutical at least in the highly regulated industry
* Min. 3+ years of experience in leadership of technical teams regarding topics like Disaster Recovery, Security & Safety, as well as performance and system stability
* Hands- on experience of Containerization and Orchestration Technologies (Kubernetes)
* Strong skills in database technologies, e.g. Mongo DB
* Fluency in English (spoken and written)
* Exhibits strong soft skills (i.e.: presentation and public speaking, negotiation, challenging the status quo, explaining complex matters in a simple way)
* An Agile (e.g. Scrum) and Sustainability mindset and someone who actively seeks for existing reusable building blocks that will shorten the design and increase the speed of delivery
* Has a strong passion to bring value-adding technology to the business
* Understands the dynamics between different teams within a large organization

Nice to Haves:
* Experience working in agile teams and in a matrix organization

Reference Nr.: 922086SKN
Role: Senior Solution Architect
Industrie: Pharma
Workplace: Basel
Pensum: 100%
Start: 01.12.2022
Duration: 12++
Deadline: 01.11.2022

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About us:
ITech Consult is an ISO 9001:2015 certified Swiss company with offices in Germany and Ireland. ITech Consult specialises in the placement of highly qualified candidates for recruitment in the fields of IT, Life Science & Engineering.
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