IT Business Solutions Architect

Are you a highly motivated and curious individual who continuously researches new technologies and contemplates how these will impact your work environment? Do you think strategically about how technological components work together to deliver business outcomes?

Hypertherm Associates seeks a Business Solutions Architect with a focus on global manufacturing operations and supply chain management to join our 100% Associate-owned manufacturing company.

Ways you as the Architect will be empowered to shape our future:

• Proactively and holistically guide the business through transformation and optimization initiatives, supporting the formulation of business strategy, outcomes and capabilities from an Information Technology perspective to achieve targeted business outcomes related to growing revenue, optimizing costs, mitigating risks and improving sustainability.

• Focus on developing the enterprise technology strategy, ecosystem (portfolio), roadmap, architecture, and architecture governance of the organization through understanding the concepts of business goals, objectives and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams, and business processes and their importance in solution architecture.

• Provide technology leadership, analysis and design tasks to support the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards.

Who you are and the experience you will bring:

• BA/BS with 3+ years’ (Associate Architect), 5+ years’ (Architect) and 8+ years (Sr. Architect) experience in solution architecture

• Experience in at least two IT solution development disciplines, including technical or infrastructure architecture, network management, application development, middleware, database management or cloud development

• Knowledge of global manufacturing and supply chain operations and processes/value streams

• Knowledge of enterprise applications, cloud platforms and services; API/Microservice integrations, data lake, AI, process automation and/or digital workplace technologies.

• Familiarity with IT infrastructure and operations, information and system development life cycle management practices

• Ability to communicate, influence, and persuade at all levels of the enterprise

• Written and verbal communication skills; Analytical and technical skills; Planning and organizational skills

• Understanding of DevOps, product management, agile principles, development methodologies and EA frameworks

• Highly collaborative, and supportive of the business and of its ideals and strategies.  Ability to work effectively in a team and cross-functional team environment

• Highly innovative with aptitude for foresight, systems thinking and design thinking.  Motivated by long-term results and achieving targeted business outcomes

Preferred experience that differentiates you:

• Master’s degree or MBA  5+ years’ experience

• Project Management

Location: Hanover, NH OR Kent, Washington (onsite) (relocation assistance is available)

Travel Approximately 10% to Hypertherm locations

Besides our incredible culture, some of the benefits you can expect with a career at Hypertherm Associates:

• Global, 100% employee-owned company for over 55 years

• Profit-Sharing

• Employee Stock Ownership

• Five days/year Community Service Time

• Strong commitment to Environmental Stewardship

• Stable, growing organization with a no-layoff philosophy

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At Hypertherm Associates, we are committed to building an inclusive diverse, flexible, and collaborative environment. If our mission resonates with you, but you don’t meet all posted requirements, we encourage you to still apply.  We will evaluate your application materials and may suggest alternative roles that better leverage your strengths and talents.  For positions with multiple levels, we will evaluate your prior experience to determine the level within our organization you are best aligned based upon the job applying.

CURRENT ASSOCIATES OR TEMPORARY ASSOCIATES: Please apply via your internal Workday career account.

This is the base pay range that an applicant can expect to make upon hire.

Pay within this range will vary based upon relevant experience, skills, and education among other factors.