Job Description
We are seeking a pragmatic and technically skilled Solution Architect to translate business challenges into robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions. You will be the key link between enterprise strategy, business needs, and the development teams, designing end-to-end solutions that address specific problems within upstream, midstream, or downstream operations. Your focus will be on delivering tangible value through technology.
Key Responsibilities
1. End-to-End Solution Design:
• Analyze and translate business requirements (from domains like Drilling, Production, Subsurface, or Supply Chain) into comprehensive technical architectures and designs.
• Create detailed Solution Architecture Documents (SADs) encompassing applications, data, integration, and security.
• Select appropriate technologies (build vs. buy) and define non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, reliability).
2. Oil & Gas Domain Application:
Design solutions for specific industry use cases, such as:
• Real-time Drilling Optimization: Architecting data flows from rig sensors to cloud analytics platforms.
• Production Surveillance: Designing dashboards and alerting systems using OSIsoft PI data.
• Digital Well Construction: Creating integrated platforms for well planning and execution.
• Predictive Maintenance: Architecting IIoT solutions for rotating equipment.
• Ensure solutions align with industry standards and data models like the OSDU™ Data Platform, WITSML, and PRODML where applicable.
3. Technology Integration & Implementation:
• Design the integration between IT systems (ERP, SAP), OT systems (SCADA, Historians), and new digital applications.
• Define API strategies, data flow diagrams, and microservices architectures.
• Work closely with project managers, business analysts, and development teams to guide the implementation, ensuring it adheres to the architectural vision.
• Hands-on collaboration with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) to architect and deploy solutions.
4. Governance & Collaboration:
• Ensure solution designs comply with enterprise architecture principles, security policies, and OT cybersecurity standards (IEC 62443).
• Present and defend solution designs to architecture review boards and key stakeholders.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams throughout the project lifecycle.