Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) Solutions Architect
Crest Industries3 months ago
Ruston, LA, USAEntry Level
Responsibilities
- Participate in architecture workshops, technical planning sessions, design reviews, and project discussions with business and technical stakeholders.
- Develop technical architectures, system designs, architecture diagrams, data flows, interface requirements, and integration strategies.
- Design enterprise integrations and data architectures connecting MI platforms with ERP systems, MES applications, SCADA platforms, PLCs, historians, databases, cloud environments, and industrial devices.
- Define secure communication and integration approaches using REST APIs, MQTT, OPC UA, and other applicable protocols.
- Provide architectural direction and technical guidance throughout implementation, integration, validation, deployment, troubleshooting, and release-readiness activities.
- Serve as the primary technical authority for assigned projects and guide implementation teams in applying approved architectures.
- Maintain architecture documentation, technical standards, reusable design patterns, and governance materials.
- Provide technical mentorship and coaching to specialists and project team members.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Approximately eight or more years of relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing technical architectures and a strong foundation in software design, system integration, data architecture, and systems design.
- Experience with cloud platforms, databases, manufacturing environments, and industrial systems.
- Experience with integrations involving ERP systems, SCADA platforms, PLCs, historians, MES applications, databases, and cloud environments.
- Knowledge of data architecture and communication protocols including REST APIs, MQTT, and OPC UA.
- Ability to translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical architectures and create architecture diagrams, data flows, interface specifications, and integration strategies.
- Ability to lead technical design activities, evaluate technical alternatives, communicate risks and tradeoffs, and provide direction to delivery teams.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, collaboration, stakeholder-management, and technical communication skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across business and technical teams.
- Preferred experience with Ignition, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Azure, Docker, GitHub, Python, Java, JavaScript, CI/CD platforms, industrial networking technologies, MES, SCADA, historian, and ERP systems.
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About Crest Industries
Crest Industries is the operating company for a family of businesses serving utilities and industrial customers with electric power delivery, industrial services, distribution, and natural resource operations. Subsidiaries such as Beta Engineering, DIS-TRAN Steel, DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations, Millennium Galvanizing, and Optimal Field Services provide engineering, manufactured structures, packaged substations, supply, and field services. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Pineville, Louisiana, it is privately held.