Project Role: Technology Architect

Project Role Description: Design and deliver technology architecture for a platform, product, or engagement. Define solutions to meet performance, capability, and scalability needs.

Must have skills: Manufacturing Engineering MES

Good to have skills: NA

Minimum 12 year(s) of experience is required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full time education

Summary:

Manufacturing Integrations Architect will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing integrations between manufacturing systems (primarily IT and OT systems), the key ones being integrations between ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MES (Manufacturing Execution System), PLM (Product Lifecycle Management), WMS (Warehouse Management System) and OT systems etc. This role ensures manufacturing integrations across projects are designed to leverage the optimal technical approach and are robust, interoperable, standardized and reusable. The architect will work closely with business and IT stakeholders of clients and Accenture leads in aligning integration strategies to meet organizational project goals.

Roles & Responsibilities:

a) Define and maintain the IT–OT integration architecture, aligning enterprise and shop-floor systems for digital manufacturing connectivity and interoperability.
b) Develop and enforce integration standards, data models, and communication protocols (e.g., OPC UA, MQTT, REST APIs, EDI etc.).
c) Recommend, design/ develop and configure solutions with integration platforms or middleware (e.g., Azure IoT Hub, Kepware, Ignition, Mule Soft etc.).
d) Create and maintain technical documentation, data flow diagrams, and integration architecture maps.
e) Lead design, development and deployment of interfaces enabling end-to-end system connectivity: digital engineering (PLM) to enterprise operations (ERP) to production/ shopfloor (MES/SCADA/ PLCs/ Historian/ sensors) and logistics (WMS).
f) Ensure integrations meet cybersecurity, scalability, reliability, data accuracy and performance standards
g) Troubleshoot data flow or communication issues between IT and OT layers.
h) Partner IT and OT stakeholders and partners to identify integration opportunities and design optimal solutions.
i) Establish data governance and interface management practices to ensure consistent and compliant information exchange.
j) Provide training and knowledge sharing on IT–OT integration standards, tools, and best practices.

Professional & Technical Skills:

Must have Skills:

a) Working knowledge of integration technologies: Knowledge of APIs (REST/SOAP) development, middleware platforms, message queues, enterprise service bus (ESB), ETL tools, data mapping and transformation.
b) Knowledge of enterprise integration architecture.
c) Strong thought leadership, articulation and presentation skills with the ability to articulate through compelling story telling

Good to Have Skills:

a) Experience of integration using SAP 4 HANA, SAP ECC, SAP CPI, SAP BW and other ERP modules.
b) Strong knowledge of at least one industry domain (viz. consumer goods, energy, industrial manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, utilities, semiconductors etc.)

Additional Information:

a) The candidate should have minimum 12 years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering MES.
b) Location: Bengaluru, Pune
c) A 15 years full time education is required.

15 years full time education

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