Industrial IoT & Smart Factory Solution Architect

Hitachi; North Carolina; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Digital Services seeks an accomplished Solution Architect to lead enterprise architecture for Manufacturing Digital Solutions. You will connect shop-floor technologies with ERP/PLM/QMS systems, drive Industry 4.0 initiatives, and guide secure, scalable architectures across MES, SCADA, PLCs, HMI, DCS, and enterprise applications.

You will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and IT, shaping modernization strategies, evaluating cloud services, and driving governance while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related discipline.
• 10+ years leading Solution/Enterprise Architecture in IT leadership roles within manufacturing or smart factory environments.
• Proven experience designing enterprise integrations across manufacturing and business systems with SAP, Oracle, or MS Dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Define solution architecture aligned with manufacturing strategy and business objectives.
• Design secure, scalable, and resilient solutions connecting MES, SCADA, PLCs, HMI, DCS to ERP, PLM, QMS, and Maximo.
• Lead architecture for Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 incl. IIoT, edge computing, predictive maintenance, digital twins, AI/ML, and analytics.
• Evaluate technologies, platforms, cloud services, and vendors to support modernization.
• Ensure OT/IT alignment with cybersecurity, governance, and enterprise standards.
• Provide technical leadership across the project lifecycle and through production support.
• Participate in Agile Solution Pillars with sprint planning and architecture reviews.
• Develop architecture artifacts: blueprints, integration designs, diagrams, data flows.
• Design enterprise integration patterns using APIs, middleware, OPC-UA, MQTT.
• Identify risks and drive governance across manufacturing initiatives.
• Stay current with Industry 4.0 trends and enterprise architecture best practices.
• Contribute hands-on to application development when required.

Skills

Solution Architecture

Enterprise Architecture

Systems Integration

Manufacturing domain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

TOGAF certification

AWS/Azure Architect certifications

PMP/Agile/Scrum certs

Tools

Maximo

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

PLM

QMS

AWS

Azure

OPC-UA

MQTT

Job description

Hitachi Digital Services seeks an accomplished Solution Architect to lead enterprise architecture for Manufacturing Digital Solutions. You will connect shop-floor technologies with ERP/PLM/QMS systems, drive Industry 4.0 initiatives, and guide secure, scalable architectures across MES, SCADA, PLCs, HMI, DCS, and enterprise applications.

You will collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and IT, shaping modernization strategies, evaluating cloud services, and driving governance while