Senior Solutions Architect

LyondellBasell

Senior Solutions Architect designing digital manufacturing solutions at LyondellBasell. Leading architecture for production, reliability, energy, and sustainability use cases with a focus on innovation.

Posted 4/18/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the architecture and design of digital manufacturing solutions supporting production, reliability, quality, energy, and sustainability use cases
Define end‑to‑end solution architectures spanning OT systems ,Plant data historians ,Manufacturing Applications and cloud platforms
Serve as a technical authority for OT/IT integration patterns, including real‑time data ingestion, edge architectures, and secure connectivity
Provide innovation thought leadership, technical governance, and oversite for ITS initiatives
Review RFPs, requirements, emerging business needs, business trends, industry and market trends, and translate them to business impact
Champion innovation projects of high business value with organizational leaders
Ensure ITS solutions are designed for agility, responsiveness, stability
Provide guidance and consultation to architect solutions using established and/or emerging technologies
Develop and maintain technical innovation roadmaps in partnership with Service Excellence
Regularly meet with key vendors and identify new strategic vendor relationships
Collaborate with the ITS organization and ensure alignment across groups
Enforce architectural guiding principles and industry best practices across all technologies
Apply sound financial management, commercial awareness, and investment judgment skills
Identify and address technical or operational risks and areas of improvements relevant to our business
Develop architectural views (business, technical, solution), reference and future-state models, and roadmaps
Assess the business impact of multiple technologies/strategies and create transformation analysis
Analyze technology industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise
Write or contribute to articles about emerging technologies and their relevance to our business
Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years’ experience in manufacturing, industrial IT, or digital transformation roles
5+ years in solution or enterprise architecture supporting manufacturing environments
Strong knowledge of Industrial Architectures( ISA-95,Purdue Model), OT Networking and Cybersecurity concepts, Time-series data, streaming and event driven architectures
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
10-12 years of experience in a technical design/architect level position
Experience with infrastructure solutions such as Azure, directory services, collaboration, and virtualization
General knowledge of key global application functionality, for example, SAP
Deep understanding and working experience of working with data & integration platforms, SaaS, and IaaS
Experience driving technical conversations with stakeholders at various levels within an organization, including clients, IT technicians/managers and C-level executives
Ability to demonstrate outstanding verbal and written communication skills
Experience with Data Center design and the ability to build HA and DR solutions to match business objectives
Broad experience and understanding of IT disciplines, standards, and best practices

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

solution architecturedigital manufacturing solutionsOT/IT integrationreal-time data ingestionedge architecturestime-series datastreaming architecturesevent-driven architecturesData Center designHA and DR solutions

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunication skillsinnovation thought leadershipfinancial managementcommercial awarenessrisk assessmentcollaborationconsultationtechnical governancestakeholder engagement

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeISA-95 certification