Business Solutions Architect
Hypertherm - Kent, WA
posted 3 days ago
About the position
Hypertherm Associates seeks a Business Solutions Architect with a focus on global manufacturing operations and supply chain management to join our 100% Associate-owned manufacturing company. As the Architect, you will be empowered to shape our future by proactively guiding the business through transformation and optimization initiatives. This includes supporting the formulation of business strategy, outcomes, and capabilities from an Information Technology perspective to achieve targeted business outcomes related to growing revenue, optimizing costs, mitigating risks, and improving sustainability. You will focus on developing the enterprise technology strategy, ecosystem, roadmap, architecture, and architecture governance of the organization, understanding the importance of business goals, objectives, capabilities, value streams, and processes in solution architecture. Additionally, you will provide technology leadership, analysis, and design tasks to support the development of technology solutions that meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards.
Responsibilities
- Proactively guide the business through transformation and optimization initiatives.
- Support the formulation of business strategy, outcomes, and capabilities from an IT perspective.
- Develop the enterprise technology strategy, ecosystem, roadmap, architecture, and governance.
- Provide technology leadership, analysis, and design tasks for technology solutions.
Requirements
- BA/BS with 3+ years' (Associate Architect), 5+ years' (Architect), and 8+ years (Sr. Architect) experience in solution architecture.
- Experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines, including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management, or cloud development.
- Knowledge of global manufacturing and supply chain operations and processes/value streams.
- Knowledge of enterprise applications, cloud platforms and services; API/Microservice integrations, data lake, AI, process automation, and/or digital workplace technologies.
- Familiarity with IT infrastructure and operations, information and system development life cycle management practices.
- Ability to communicate, influence, and persuade at all levels of the enterprise.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; analytical and technical skills; planning and organizational skills.
- Understanding of DevOps, product management, agile principles, development methodologies, and EA frameworks.
- Highly collaborative and supportive of the business and its strategies; ability to work effectively in a team and cross-functional environment.
- Highly innovative with aptitude for foresight, systems thinking, and design thinking.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree or MBA with 5+ years' experience.
- Project Management experience.
Benefits
- Profit-Sharing
- Employee Stock Ownership
- Five days/year Community Service Time
- Strong commitment to Environmental Stewardship
- Stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy
