Principal Solutions Architect Data & Integrations

Mars Incorporated - Newark, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Newark, NJ

10,001+ employees

Food Manufacturing

About the position

The Principal Solutions Architect - Data & Integrations at Mars ET is a critical role focused on designing, implementing, and optimizing end-to-end data and integration solutions across the Mars business ecosystem. This position requires a blend of technical expertise and strategic vision to align the data and integration platform strategy with business goals, while collaborating with various internal teams globally.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of scalable data platform and integration solutions, emphasizing scalability and performance.
• Participate in evaluation and recommendation of integration technologies, ensuring alignment with business needs.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable integration architectures.
• Establish and enforce integration best practices, standards, and guidelines.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for integration solutions.
• Mentor junior team members and collaborate with other architects to drive overall technology strategy.
• Ensure that project and program teams understand integration concepts and communicate integration value and capabilities.
• Lead with industry trends, emerging technologies, data and integration patterns to drive innovation within the organization.
• Participate in the estimation of project timelines, resources, and budgets related to integration efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing data & integration solutions in complex enterprise environments using cloud technologies.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to a broad set of stakeholders across business and technology.
• Proven experience as a Solution Architect, with a focus on designing and implementing complex digital solutions in the CPG industry.
• In-depth knowledge of Data Engineering concepts building platforms at Petabyte scale preferably on Databricks, Azure, Snowflake or similar.
• Strong expertise in enterprise integration technologies such as ESBs, iPaaS, and middleware platforms such as SAP BTP IS, Azure Integration Services, Solace, MuleSoft or similar.
• Experience with cloud-based integration solutions (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google Cloud).
• Strong understanding of security considerations and best practices for integration, including authentication, authorization, and data encryption.
• Leadership experience and the ability to influence and drive consensus among technical and non-technical teams.

Nice-to-haves

• Functional knowledge on SAP S/4 is a great plus.

Benefits

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.