IT/OT Solutions Architect – GxP Manufacturing
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Global Solution Architect designing secure IT/OT architectures for FUJIFILM Biotechnologies’ GxP manufacturing network. Connecting MES, automation, data, security, and cloud systems across global sites.
Responsibilities:
- Translate business and technical requirements into end-to-end solution designs within GxP Manufacturing
- Produce and maintain solution architecture artifacts, including diagrams, data flows, interface definitions, and technology selections
- Assess Architecture Review Board entry criteria and prepare review inputs
- Perform architecture impact assessments across IT, OT, data, and security domains
- Define and validate build-versus-buy options, patterns, and integration approaches
- Review designs for alignment with approved patterns and reference architectures
- Work with engineering and delivery teams to clarify design intent and resolve design issues
- Identify and manage cross-team dependencies, sequencing, and integration points
- Embed security, compliance, and infrastructure requirements into designs, including GxP, identity, data protection, connectivity, and IT/OT segmentation
- Support release readiness by validating architecture dependencies, risks, and constraints
- Document and track architecture risks, exceptions, and technical debt with mitigation plans
- Support ARB decision-making and escalate risks, conflicts, and design deviations to the Solution Architecture Lead
- Coordinate with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, application, and site engineering teams
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years in manufacturing, OT, automation, or GxP solution architecture or engineering
- Experience with MES, DCS/SCADA, historians, laboratory systems, and industrial integration patterns
- Experience designing IT/OT architectures, network segmentation, industrial DMZs, secure data flows, and resilient site solutions
- Experience working with Manufacturing, Automation, Quality/Validation, Security, Infrastructure, Data, and site engineering teams
- Familiarity with ISA-95, ISA-88, and ISA/IEC 62443
- Experience in GxP-regulated environments
- Preferred certifications: ISA/IEC 62443 and TOGAF
- Strong expertise in GxP manufacturing technologies and architecture
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Effective communication and stakeholder coordination in global, cross-functional environments
- Ability to coordinate across time zones and engage occasionally outside standard hours
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