MES Enterprise Architect (Subject Matter Expert)

Posted 3 months ago

Permanent
Aurora, United States
Posted 3 months ago
$150000.00 to $175000.00 per year

MITREC

This is a good one, we’re seeking an MES Enterprise Architect.

The MES Enterprise Architect will use their experience across the entire MES spectrum (and digital supply chain business unit!)

This ‘ MES guru’ will be the MVP and play a crucial role in defining technical architectures. Addressing functional challenges that arise within our manufacturing customer base, guiding and supporting the division’s functional analysts, solution architects, and technical lead resources.

What you’ll bring for us

A very strong understanding of key MES business drivers across multiple manufacturing scenarios (batch, discrete, continuous), and multiple vertical market segments, such as consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical, specialty chemical, semiconductor.
Experience architecting solutions applying digital tech addressing operational challenges within these scenarios / segments
Deep knowledge of multiple MES platforms. Platforms of interest (but not limited to) Parsec TrakSys, Critical Manufacturing, GE Proficy, Inductive Ignition, and Rockwell Plex.
Strong experience defining fully-integrated technical architectures leveraging ISA-95 Level 3 MES/MOM technology, including interfacing to both Level 4 and Level 1/2 systems.
Deep understanding of common MES/MOM data pipelines, including OPC, MQTT, REST API, etc
Proven experience architecting related Level 3 MOM applications, including LIMS, WMS, EMS, CMMS, etc.
Proven experience architecting custom functionality using common software development technologies, including Microsoft .Net, SQL, HTML5, Python, Javascript, and web development frameworks such as Angular, Vue, or React.
Knowledge concerning the application of CI/CD principles to properly manage and deploy enterprise MES solutions.
Deep understanding of manufacturing technology infrastructure, including usage of cloud, web, edge, microservice, and containerization, including advantages and disadvantages of various deployment topologies.
Knowledge and experience defining enterprise strategies concerning the migration of Level 3 data to corporate data lake / warehouse solutions, and application of data reporting and analysis tools

What you’ll be doing for us

Aid in the definition and refinement of criteria upon which technology platforms / solutions are compared and ranked, based upon manufacturing process scenarios and customer constraints
Translate functional requirements as defined by both the customer and internal functional analysts to technical architecture and high-level design during pre-sales and sales activities
Evaluate technology / platform fit based on requirements and customer constraints
Present high-level technical architecture details to the customer via both documentation and oral presentation
Generate technical assessment documentation, consisting of technology ‘short-list’ rationale, evaluation criteria, technology rankings, and platform selection
Identify and define opportunities for accelerators, domain templates, and custom utilities to improve the efficiency of project execution and delivery.
Assist in proposal scope quotations based upon formulated functional requirements and technology selections
Aid project managers in the definition of implementation sprint execution strategies based upon formulated scope
Maintain technical understanding across all of their priority MES platforms
Actively participate in platform / technology reviews
Actively participate in periodic vendor workshops, update meetings, and conferences
Maintain appropriate architect-level certifications in the priority platforms leveraged
Support MES management in providing feedback and feature requests to platform vendors to support wider manufacturing situations and use cases
Provide guidance to MES implementation teams via review of technical designs
Serve as an escalation path by answering technical design questions posed by project solution architects and leads
Actively participate in MES architectural review board weekly meetings and ad-hoc chat forum
Consult on best practice concerning data interactions between the MES/MOM and ERP layer, as well as between various components within an enterprise MES/MOM infrastructure
Aid in the definition of CI/CD strategy for the priority platforms
Mentor junior technical leads and solution architects, aiding in the creation of continuous learning opportunities to grow these resources
Assist in generation of detailed solution designs and lead large-scale solution implementations as bandwidth permits
Draft use case studies and success stories to highlight MES solution value propositions to enable and support sales and marketing activities.