Senior Enterprise Systems Architect - ERP & Data

generalmatter; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

General Matter in Los Angeles is seeking an Enterprise Systems Architect to design and lead the architecture for ERP/MES/QMS/PLM systems, ensuring secure, scalable hosting and data movement across environments.

You will own data models, integration patterns, and multi-department collaboration with vendors and internal teams to translate requirements into architecture and roadmaps. This role demands hands-on execution in a fast-paced, high-impact setting and deep cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise systems, IT architecture, or systems integration, including a lead or architect role on complex, cross-functional implementations.
• Led or architected at least one full-cycle ERP implementation, from selection through integration, migration, and go-live.
• Experience architecting and integrating enterprise platforms such as ERP, MRP, MES, QMS, PLM/PDM, procurement, supply chain, finance, analytics, HRIS, or CRM.
• Experience designing integrations across enterprise systems using APIs, ETL/ELT pipelines, and custom frameworks, with strong data-modeling fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of data governance, master data management, and system-of-record design across a multi-system portfolio.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security, identity and access management, role-based access control, and SSO, and of designing system hosting and data movement across environments of differing data sensitivity.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, and quality processes such as production planning, inventory, traceability, CAPA, and supplier quality, with strong documentation and communication skills and experience leading cross-functional technical projects.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise systems architecture across applications, integrations, data flows, and automation, and lead architecture decisions across ERP, MRP, MES, QMS, PLM/PDM, CRM, HRIS, procurement, finance, analytics, and identity systems.
• Lead the technical evaluation for enterprise system and ERP selection with the Senior Technical Program Manager, running vendor due diligence and defining the target integration architecture and technical implementation approach.
• Design scalable integrations and data flows across the portfolio (ERP, MES, QMS, PLM/PDM, WMS, procurement, finance, and reporting) using APIs and ETL/ELT patterns, and translate operational requirements into workflows, data models, and interface specifications.

Skills

Enterprise systems

IT architecture

Systems integration

ERP implementation

APIs

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Data governance

Security & IAM

Cross-functional leadership

Documentation & communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Tools

ERP

MRP

MES

QMS

PLM/PDM

Job description

General Matter in Los Angeles is seeking an Enterprise Systems Architect to design and lead the architecture for ERP/MES/QMS/PLM systems, ensuring secure, scalable hosting and data movement across environments.

You will own data models, integration patterns, and multi-department collaboration with vendors and internal teams to translate requirements into architecture and roadmaps. This role demands hands-on execution in a fast-paced, high-impact setting and deep cross-functional leadership.