IT Solution Architect

On behalf of your client, a key industrial player based in Lausanne, we are searching for an IT Solution Architect Data Vision Solutions Dpt. Your responsibilities You will define end-to-end IT solution architectures for new and existing production sites, ensuring that each target landscape is aligned with operational needs, regulatory constraints, cybersecurity requirements, and long-term scalability objectives You will develop target architectures across MES, WMS, BDS, machine data, and Track Trace ecosystems, translating business and technical requirements into robust, coherent, and future-proof solutions You will ensure seamless interoperability between ERP platforms, shopfloor systems, automation layers, industrial interfaces, and data platforms, while maintaining high standards in performance, resilience, and maintainability You will lead system selection activities by evaluating solution options, coordinating vendor exchanges, contributing to fit-gap analysis, and supporting decision-making with structured architectural recommendations You will establish governance models, architecture principles, system standards, and documentation frameworks that support consistency across sites and facilitate sustainable industrialisation of IT solutions You will contribute to integration strategies and deployment approaches for greenfield and brownfield environments, ensuring a controlled rollout of new capabilities within complex production settings You will support validation, qualification, and audit activities by providing the necessary architectural documentation, traceability, and technical evidence required in regulated environments You will assess new developments through application testing, technical demonstrations, and problem analysis, helping the teams validate functionality and resolve process or system issues efficiently You will communicate architectural concepts, project outcomes, and technical decisions clearly to internal audiences, while maintaining and transferring know-how through structured reporting and documentation You will contribute to continuous improvement by identifying architectural weaknesses, proposing optimisation measures, and reinforcing best practices across digital production ecosystems Your profile University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field At least 3 years of experience in regulated industries, ideally with exposure to validation standards, scalable data architectures, and analytics platforms You have a proven experience in greenfield and brownfield production site implementations, with a solid understanding of the challenges linked to industrial transformation and site ramp-up You have experience integrating ERP systems with shopfloor and logistics systems, and you understand the dependencies between production, supply chain, automation, and data flows You demonstrate a solid understanding of industrial communication standards, system interoperability, and automation integration in high-security manufacturing environments You are comfortable working on MES, WMS, BDS, and Track Trace solutions, or you have the ability to quickly build strong expertise in these domains You are familiar with governance, documentation, and validation requirements in controlled environments, and you work with strong attention to compliance and traceability You speak English at C1 level; French or another European language is considered an asset #J-18808-Ljbffr