Job Description

Required Skills

Data Modeling, Design Applications, Release Management, Requirements Management, Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration

Preferred Skills

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Solution Architect Manufacturing & Supply Chain

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company's IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Solution Architect with over 8 years of experience in the manufacturing and supply chain domain. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing complex solutions involving manufacturing systems, shop floor technologies, and IT/OT integration. A deep understanding of security requirements at the shop-floor level and the ability to interconnect capabilities across the entire manufacturing and supply chain ecosystem is essential.

Key Responsibilities

What will you do in this role

Lead the design and architecture of integrated manufacturing and supply chain solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational requirements.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including production, engineering, IT, and operations, to develop scalable and secure architectures.
Assess, select, and integrate manufacturing execution systems (MES), shop floor systems, and automation platforms.
Architect IT/OT convergence strategies to enable seamless data flow, real-time analytics, and process optimization across shop floor and enterprise systems.
Evaluate and implement security controls specific to shop-floor environments, including network segmentation, access management, and compliance standards.
Map and analyze interconnections between manufacturing capabilities, supply chain processes, and supporting technologies to optimize end-to-end workflows.
Develop technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and solution blueprints to facilitate implementation and knowledge transfer.
Stay current with industry best practices, emerging technologies, and regulatory requirements impacting manufacturing and supply chain operations.
Document or be the accountable person for architecture documentation related to project into his scope.
Drives the notion of reusable architecture assets & standards
Performs technical oversight of implementation projects to align with architecture and technology standards.
Collaborate with Enterprise/solution Architecture groups and cross manufacturing division (Digital MMD).

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
8+ years of experience architecting solutions in manufacturing and supply chain environments.
Proven exposure to manufacturing systems (MES, ERP, SCADA), shop floor automation, and industrial IoT.
Strong understanding of IT/OT integration principles, protocols (OPC, MQTT, etc.), and data management strategies.
Hands-on experience with shop floor security, including risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and regulatory compliance (e.g., ISA/IEC 62443, NIST).
Ability to analyze and interconnect capabilities across manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise domains for holistic solutions.
Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience with cloud-based manufacturing and supply chain platforms (Azure, AWS, etc.).
Familiarity with digital twin, advanced analytics, and AI-driven manufacturing optimization.
Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and incident response in industrial environments.
Certification in relevant domains (e.g., TOGAF, ISA Certified Automation Professional, CISSP).

Who We Are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What We Look For

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join usand start making your impact today.

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Job Posting End Date

03/18/2026

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Requisition ID R388313

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