MI Solutions Architect I: Shape Smart Manufacturing

Crest Industries; Ruston (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DIS-TRAN Steel in Ruston, LA seeks a MI Solutions Architect I to design scalable, secure architectures for Manufacturing Intelligence, guiding how MI solutions are built and integrated across systems. You will translate business requirements into architecture frameworks, data flows, and integration strategies while serving as the technical authority for projects.

You will lead workshops, collaborate across IT, engineering and operations, and provide architectural direction through project

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Approximately eight or more years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing technical architectures.
• Strong foundation in software design, system integration, data architecture, and overall systems design.
• Experience working with cloud platforms, databases, manufacturing environments, and industrial systems.
• Strong solution-design and technical-architecture capabilities.
• Ability to translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical architectures.
• Ability to create architecture diagrams, data flows, interface specifications, and integration strategies.
• Solid understanding of integrations involving ERP systems, SCADA platforms, PLCs, historians, databases, MES applications, and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of data architecture and communication protocols, including REST APIs, MQTT, and OPC UA.
• Ability to lead technical design activities and serve as the technical authority for assigned projects.
• Ability to evaluate technical alternatives and communicate related risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• Ability to provide architectural direction and technical guidance to delivery teams.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Participate in architecture workshops, technical planning sessions, design reviews, and project discussions.
• Collaborate with IT, engineering, operations, software development, and implementation teams.
• Gather and evaluate business, functional, technical, security, data, and integration requirements.
• Present proposed architecture designs and technical recommendations to project stakeholders.
• Explain complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build stakeholder confidence through collaboration, sound judgment, and well-supported technical recommendations.
• Develop technical architectures from business requirements and functional specifications.
• Create architecture diagrams, system designs, data flows, interface requirements, and integration strategies.
• Translate requirements into scalable, secure, testable, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Evaluate technical alternatives and recommend solutions based on scalability, cybersecurity, maintainability, reliability, cost, and enterprise standards.
• Ensure architectural designs align with established enterprise standards, governance requirements, and integration strategies.
• Provide architectural direction and technical guidance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support software development, system implementation, integration activities, validation, deployment, and technical troubleshooting.
• Design enterprise integrations and data architectures connecting MI platforms with ERP systems, historians, SCADA platforms, PLCs, databases, cloud environments, and industrial devices.
• Define secure communication and integration approaches using REST APIs, MQTT, OPC UA, and other applicable protocols.
• Define data flows, system boundaries, interface requirements, and information-exchange patterns.
• Guide database, application, platform, and integration design decisions.
• Support the resolution of complex architecture, integration, deployment, and system-performance issues.
• Ensure architectures support maintainability, testability, CI/CD practices, cybersecurity, and long-term system reliability.
• Participate in system validation, architecture reviews, technical reviews, and release-readiness activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve reusable architecture frameworks, design patterns, integration methods, and technical standards.
• Develop and maintain architecture documentation, technical standards diagrams, and supporting design materials.
• Support technical risk identification, project planning, and resolution of architecture-related issues.
• Maintain awareness of relevant emerging technologies, industrial practices, and Manufacturing Intelligence developments.

Skills

Architecture design

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

ERP/SCADA integration

Stakeholder management

REST APIs

MQTT

OPC UA

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Ignition

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Azure

Docker

GitHub

Python

Java

JavaScript

REST APIs

OPC UA

MQTT

MES

SCADA

ERP systems

Job description

DIS-TRAN Steel in Ruston, LA seeks a MI Solutions Architect I to design scalable, secure architectures for Manufacturing Intelligence, guiding how MI solutions are built and integrated across systems. You will translate business requirements into architecture frameworks, data flows, and integration strategies while serving as the technical authority for projects.

You will lead workshops, collaborate across IT, engineering and operations, and provide architectural direction through project