Integration Solutions Architect

Koch • Atlanta, GA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Georgia-Pacific’s Software Engineering & Integration (SE&I) team is looking for a Solutions Architect with a focus on integration to join the team. In this role, you will be accountable for defining and driving a transformative integration strategy that spans applications and data, which includes experimentation and proofs of concept. You will partner with technology leaders to influence the adoption, implementation, and scaling of the integration strategy. In addition, you will partner with other architects to set priorities and focus areas for the Software Engineering & Integration team. GP’s SE&I team is strategically transforming into an AI-first organization. We are actively experimenting with and leveraging modern tools to deliver solutions in new ways. We focus on delivering profitable business outcomes by partnering with key stakeholders and peers to deliver with excellence.

Requirements

• Previous experience as a Solutions Architect, with a track record of defining and driving strategies that deliver profitable and sustainable outcomes in complex, multi-domain environments.
• Previous experience ability to set technical vision and influence adoption among engineers, technology leaders, and key business stakeholders.
• Hands-on expertise with streaming platforms such as Kafka, AWS Kinesis, and/or NATS and their underlying infrastructure.
• Previous experience designing and implementing AWS-native integration solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Hands-on expertise with integration patterns (e.g., event-driven, hub-and-spoke, publish-subscribe, streaming).
• Previous experience using economic and risk-based thinking and applying models such as marginal analysis, opportunity cost, and risk optimization to make architectural decisions.
• Previous experience leading or participating in cross-functional teams, fostering strategic partnerships, and driving collaborative solutioning across diverse technical and business groups.
• Previous experience applying security best practices and compliance requirements, including encryption, authentication, authorization, and data privacy standards (e.g., SAML, OAUTH, OpenID Connect).
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated success in architecting and delivering integration solutions in a manufacturing or industrial environment, with a focus on streaming and real-time data.
• Proficiency in middleware/ESB platforms such as Mulesoft, SAP-CPI, or Infor Ion and a demonstrated ability to apply them in an enterprise setting.
• Proficiency in API Management tools such as AWS Gateway, Apigee, or Kong and a demonstrated ability to apply them in an enterprise setting.
• Experience with various industrial protocols used for communication and data transfer in industrial environments, including MQTT, OPC-UA, MODBUS, etc.
• Experience with EDI platforms (Sterling Commerce, OpenText, etc.) and standards (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Set and drive a transformative integration strategy that supports critical focus areas and priorities for our business, resulting in scalable, reusable, and profitable solutions for the company.
• Identify and advocate for initiatives that further the integration strategy.
• Accelerate business transformation by modernizing legacy integration technologies and establishing clear technical roadmaps aligned with organizational objectives.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with key stakeholders to ensure integration solutions are adopted, scalable, and aligned with organizational priorities.
• Apply economic and risk-based thinking—using models such as marginal analysis and opportunity cost—to ensure integration strategies and solutions are profitable, sustainable, and resilient.
• Develop and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns that empower engineers to focus on their comparative advantage and deliver superior results.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• flexible spending and health savings accounts
• life insurance
• ADD
• disability
• retirement
• paid vacation/time off
• educational assistance
• infertility assistance
• paid parental leave
• adoption assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed