Solution Architect, Global Supply Chain

Roche • Indianapolis, IN

1d • $109,200 - $202,800

About The Position

The Solution Architect provides strategic technical leadership and architectural governance to optimize Roche’s global supply chain and logistics systems. The role connects complex operational requirements with enterprise digital ecosystems, ensuring warehouse management, material tracking, and cold-chain infrastructure remain scalable, resilient, and compliant.

The position develops and governs end-to-end technical architecture for warehouse operations, integrating ERP, WMS, and automated data-monitoring tools. It supports regulatory compliance and continuity of supply while modernizing legacy systems through automation, predictive data models, and coordinated communications across internal and external partner networks.

The role also advises cross-functional teams, guides internal development teams and third-party vendors toward architectural standards, and connects Warehouse Operations, Quality Assurance, Global Logistics, and Corporate IT. It leads technical risk mitigation for platform deployments and infrastructure changes, and manages vendor and integrator relationships to ensure service-level commitments are met.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Supply Chain Systems, or a related technical discipline.
• 5–8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise solution architecture and/or data engineering.
• Documented success designing ERP (such as SAP) integrations and modern WMS integrations within high-density logistics networks.

Nice To Haves

• Certification in TOGAF, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect Professional, or an equivalent enterprise-scale architectural framework.
• Advanced demonstrable knowledge of automated inventory modeling, picking-and-packing algorithmic logic, and lot/serial number control tracking.
• Deep proficiency in data integration modeling, data engineering, middleware architecture, and business intelligence tools and technologies such as SQL, Snowflake, GitLab, Airflow, Python, C#, and Java.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and communicate a long-term technical vision for supply chain infrastructure, ensuring systems scale with product portfolio growth.
• Monitor developments in enterprise cloud capabilities, digital compliance requirements, and IoT tracking frameworks to inform future-proof architectures.
• Create architectural blueprints integrating warehouse management systems such as Exacta, Syncro, and SAP with global ERP/SAP material-planning frameworks.
• Partner with the Data Insights team to design structured, real-time metric dashboards and automated reporting.
• Advise cross-functional teams and translate architectural decisions into practical operational implications for business stakeholders.
• Influence internal development teams and third-party vendors to follow architectural standards and strengthen system refinement and cybersecurity.
• Connect Warehouse Operations, Quality Assurance, Global Logistics, and Corporate IT to reduce digital friction.
• Lead technical risk mitigation for deployments of automated high-density storage platforms, cloud migrations, and network changes.
• Design and maintain scalable architectures integrating core warehouse operations with peripheral data layers, emphasizing uptime, data redundancy, and API frameworks.
• Evaluate and manage enterprise software vendors and external integrators, ensuring deliverables meet service-level agreements.

Benefits

• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• Benefits are available as detailed at the linked benefits information.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior