Lead Enterprise Platform Solution Architect

The Sherwin-Williams Company

Cleveland (OH)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is seeking a Lead Enterprise Platform Engineering Solution Architect to provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams. You will design and implement scalable architectures for ERP, SCM, and enterprise applications, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business goals.

Responsibilities include guiding architecture patterns, evaluating new solutions, and collaborating with software engineers, analysts, and product managers to drive modern,

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or 9+ years of IT experience as a baseline requirement.
Experience designing complex hardware/software solutions for large-scale IT systems.
Strong collaboration and communication with cross-functional teams.
Deep knowledge of modern architectural patterns, frameworks, and industry best practices.
Expertise with cloud computing, data center operations, network design, and security best practices.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

Provide expert guidance in designing and implementing highly complex, integrated frameworks and platforms that align with IT strategy.
Lead the development of application components and integrations supporting business objectives and performance goals.
Develop and maintain standards for hardware/software compatibility and system interfaces.
Research industry trends to inform architectural decisions and drive modernization.
Collaborate across software, business analysts, enterprise architects, and product managers to promote best practices.
Guide the creation of architectural frameworks, patterns, and standards used across products.
Evaluate and implement next-generation initiatives with alignment to existing standards.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems

9+ years of IT experience

6+ years in IT or solution architecture

Designing complex hardware and software solutions for large-scale IT systems

Cross-functional collaboration and communication

Architectural patterns, frameworks, and best practices

Cloud computing, data center operations, network design, and security best practices

Problem solving and analytical skills

Job description

The Lead Enterprise Platform Engineering Solution Architect role is responsible for providing technical leadership to cross‑functional teams inthe design and implementation of comprehensive system/product architectures that effectively integrate with Sherwin's overall DT infrastructure and support key business objectives. The incumbent will be responsible forevaluating program or project challenges, creating conceptual and logical architectural designs that alleviate challenges, and providing technical guidance in implementing those designs for Enterprise Resource planning, Supply chain management and other Enterprise applications. This will require collaborating with cross‑functional teams to resolve system design weaknesses, ensuring high‑quality performance and maintainability of the specific hardware and software systems. The Incumbent will ensure that solution architectures align with the overall Enterprise Architecture and meet business requirements.

Provide expert guidance in designing and implementing highly complex, integrated frameworks, tech-stacks,systems, and platforms that align with and drive the organization's IT strategy and business objectives
Lead and oversee the entire process of developing application components and integrations, ensuring allsolutions align with the business objectives, enterprise architecture, and performance goals
Develop and implement best practices and standards for processes and technical specifications related tohardware and software compatibility, system interfaces, and business application prototypes
Lead the effort to continuously research and analyze industry trends and emerging technologies to informarchitectural decisions
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with cross-functional teams, including software developers,business analysts, enterprise architects, and product managers to ensure the successful adoption of industry-leading design and architecture practices
Provide strategic direction on the development of architectural frameworks, patterns, and standards used acrossmultiple products or systems
Provide technical expertise in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of next-generation technicalinitiatives, while also offering guidance as complex technology issues arise
Lead the technical evaluation of new solutions to ensure alignment with existing frameworks and standardsdefined across the organization
Champion and guide the extended team to adopt and implement leading-edge design and architect practices
Foster cross-functional collaboration among a diverse range of stakeholders across the business to ensure thatproduct and solution design align with architectural principles, policies, standards, and frameworks

This position is not hybrid/remote and will be located at our Cleveland Headquarters office.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

Must be eighteen years or older

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or in lieu of a degree, at least 9 years of experience in experience in IT
6+ years of experience in IT or a solution architecture role
Proven experience in designing complex hardware and software solutions for large-scale IT systems
Expertise in collaborating, communication, and presenting with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact business solutions
Extensive knowledge of modern architectural patterns, frameworks, and industry best practices
Expertise with cloud computing, data center operations, network design, and security best practices
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to innovate and think creatively

Preferred Qualifications:

Expert-level architecture certification (e.g., TOGAF, CISSP)
6+ years of experience in driving and delivering solution architecture for large scale Enterprise Resource planning (ERP) systems like Oracle Cloud Fusion Applications, Oracle EBS, NetSuite, SAP, Infor, or others
Adept in developing and implementing solutions using microservices architecture and cloud platforms like Azure, AWS or Google cloud

Technical Skills