System Architect - Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

The IS&T Product Engineering Systems group is seeking a PLM System Architect who has a proven track record in designing and developing high quality enterprise software solutions! Our group is responsible for implementing and managing groundbreaking applications including Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Data Services (EDS) to manage Product Information for Apples Hardware and Software product development and innovation.

We work on many high-impact projects that serve Apples various lines of business. We accomplish all this with an outstanding group of software engineers, architects, and technical project managers, working to make a difference for our customers.

We are looking for someone with experience building and delivering large scale, on-premises, and cloud-based enterprise solutions. This individual should have the sound technical knowledge and leadership skills! Join the IS&T Product Engineering Systems group as PLM System Architect, where you will help build innovative enterprise software applications. Your responsibilities include working with the business partners to define the project requirements; developing architecture and detail design; implementation and maintenance. Ownership of all engineering and product feature work in release cycles. Design and develop solutions for scalability, extensibility, security, and performance. Must be able to communicate and work with multi-functional IS&T and Business groups. Must be self-motivated, creative, operates with minimal directions with on-time results. Strong multi-tasking skills are crucial.This is a software engineer role that will demonstrate your hands on coding skills and leadership skills with other developers and vendors to deliver the solution. You will also enjoy the benefits of working in a fast-growing business where you are encouraged to "Think Different" and where your efforts play a key role in the success of Apples product design and innovation.15+ years in enterprise systems architecture, including deep experience designing scalable, distributed, and highly available environments at large-scale, globally distributed organizations. Expertise designing multi-tiered, service-oriented, and microservice-based application architectures. Deep experience with large-scale data architecture relational and NoSQL stores, data warehousing/lakes, streaming and event-driven pipelines, caching, and ETL/ELT at high volume. Demonstrated technical leadership driving architecture across teams and vendors, and translating complex business requirements into system design. Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related fieldExperience with Siemens Teamcenter PLM is desirable. Proven experience in Change Management, BOM Management, CAD & ERP, Manufacturing, and other PLM areas Knowledge of enterprise solutions such as ERP, MES, ALM, and MDM Full lifecycle PLM enterprise application implementation experience (e.g., analyze, design, build, test, implement, support) Knowledge of Big data technologies such as Kafka, Solr, Cassandra Exposure to containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) TDD, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices; automated build tools (Maven, Bazel, CMake Git-based source control (GitHub, GitLab) Experience implementing comprehensive observability and telemetry frameworks Familiarity with system security, data integrity, and redundancy best practices Adept at collaborating with stakeholders at all levels, from developers to executive leadership, to gather requirements and translate them into robust system architectures. Effective interpersonal, analytical and communication skills.