Sr. Manufacturing Connectivity Solution Architect

 

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Your Role:

MilliporeSigma is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Connectivity Solution Architect to join our Smart Manufacturing and Digital Platforms organization.

This role is responsible for designing and governing connectivity solutions that enable seamless integration between manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, facility, and enterprise business systems. The architect will play a key role in advancing MilliporeSigma's digital transformation strategy by ensuring reliable, secure, and scalable data flows across the enterprise.

Working closely with business stakeholders, site teams, enterprise architects, engineers, and technology partners, the Senior Connectivity Solution Architect will establish standardized integration patterns, define connectivity standards, and drive the implementation of enterprise-wide solutions that support manufacturing operations, analytics, automation, and data-driven decision making.

 

Key Responsibilities

Solution Architecture & Design

• Design and implement enterprise connectivity solutions linking manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, and facility systems with enterprise applications.
• Define scalable integration architectures supporting real-time and near real-time data exchange across business and operational environments.
• Establish reusable connectivity patterns, standards, and best practices that can be deployed across multiple sites and business functions.
• Ensure solution designs align with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, data governance, and compliance requirements.
• Drive adoption of modern integration technologies, event-driven architectures, and cloud-enabled data platforms.

Enterprise & Manufacturing Systems Integration

• Design and support integrations between enterprise applications and manufacturing systems, including MES, LIMS, ERP, historians, analytics platforms, and cloud services.
• Develop and validate integration solutions utilizing APIs, messaging technologies, industrial connectivity platforms, and middleware solutions.
• Configure and support connectivity platforms such as KEPServerEX and related technologies to enable secure data acquisition and exchange.
• Partner with site teams and technology vendors to deploy standardized connectivity solutions.
• Support implementation of Unified Namespace (UNS), MQTT, and Industry 4.0 connectivity frameworks where appropriate.

Technical Leadership

• Collaborate with enterprise architects, infrastructure teams, cybersecurity teams, and manufacturing technology organizations to deliver integrated solutions.
• Lead technical design reviews and provide architecture guidance throughout project lifecycles.
• Develop and maintain reference architectures, implementation standards, technical documentation, and reusable templates.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve scalability, reliability, and business value.

Delivery & Operational Support

• Support solution deployment, testing, validation, and user acceptance activities.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and technical support for connectivity-related issues.
• Monitor integration performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and support operational handoff to site and support teams.
• Contribute to operational procedures, runbooks, and support documentation.

 

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