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JOB TITLE: Digital Factory Platform Coud Architect - Manufacturing, Quality & SHE LOCATION: UniOps Bangalore ABOUT UNILEVER: Be part of the world\'s most successful, purpose-led business. Work with brands that are well-loved around the world, that improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We promote innovation, big and small, to make our business win and grow and we believe in business as a force for good. Unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make this happen. Our brilliant business leaders and colleagues provide mentorship and inspiration, so you can be at your best. Every day, nine out of ten Indian households use our products to feel good, look good and get more out of life - giving us a unique opportunity to build a brighter future. Every individual here can bring their purpose to life through their work. Join us and you\'ll be surrounded by inspiring leaders and supportive peers. Among them, you\'ll channel your purpose, bring fresh ideas to the table, and simply be you. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we\'ll work to help you become a better you. ABOUT UNIOPS: Unilever Operations (UniOps) is the global technology and operations engine of Unilever offering business services, technology, and enterprise solutions. UniOps serves over 190 locations and through a network of specialized service lines and partners delivers insights and innovations, user experiences and end-to-end seamless delivery making Unilever Purpose Led and Future Fit. Background Unilever is digitally rewiring its supply chain, focusing on generating real-time & democratized information, capitalizing on robotics, and building digitally connected factories. This change is focusing on (1) manufacturing & quality transformation in Unilever factories, (2) supporting a partnership ecosystem for Collaborative Manufacturers & Supply Partners, and (3) building capabilities for consumer insights. The Supply Chain Transformation is expected to enable - Improved agility and customer centricity across end-to-end manufacturing and supply chains through facilitation of faster recognition of customer preferences and feedback. This, in turn, will allow quicker adjustments to manufacturing flows at next-generation smart factories to allow higher levels of customization. A competitive edge through supply-chain resilience - thereby requiring connected, reconfigurable supply ecosystems. Speed and productivity through increased levels of automation and workforce augmentation coupled with upskilling and reskilling effort. Being cost-efficient and resource-efficient, to boost growth and support investment. All this requires delivering competitive, volume driven growth, while supporting an increasing demand for agility and needs to be underpinned by sustainable cost reduction. And an operating model & practices that will enable technology to unlock this. In addition, the Quality and Safety functions are horizontals that extend across the Unilever. They extend beyond the four walls of the factory into Supplier & Marketplace quality and Occupational Safety for the entire organization. Purpose of the Role: Cloud is a critical enabler of Unilever\'s digital future. It not only changes how we store and access data but, will also fundamentally improve how our business operates. Cloud enables innovation and delivery at cost effective scale and a pace by removing barriers and providing foundations for digital business transformation. The Digital Manufacturing Team, part of the UniOps function, has a vision to accelerate cloud adoption to drive a future fit model for innovation and growth across Unilever Manufacturing Facilities. The goal of a Cloud Architect is to support Digital Manufacturing Platform to transform the business problems through cloud architecture solutions. You will assist Business through Platform engagement teams and delivery teams through the analysis of specific business requirements for alignment with technology architecture, deliver quality customer solutions, and communicate progress to customer engagement teams. You will demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. The Solution Architect works as a leading subject matter expert, focusing on the optimization of the enterprise cloud platforms for manageability, scalability, security, and reliability. They will work very closely with Product Managers on defining cloud products and services. The Solution Architect is also responsible for identifying industry best practices, while providing technical expertise and leadership during design, build, and maintenance of PaaS, IaaS, and SaaS cloud product services. Finally, this individual should be committed to mentoring and instructing colleagues, as well as others in the greater community, on emerging cloud technologies. Key Accountabilities & Activities You will be working alongside the Digital Manufacturing Product team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for our business. You will be expected to advise business on leading cloud technologies and architectural approaches, which can better their applications, user experiences. In the role of a platform Architect, you will be responsible for Developing and coordinating cloud architecture artefacts across diverse areas including application development, identity and access management, network and data management, and security aligned to industry best practices. As part of this role, you will be accountable for delivery of architecture solutions through all phases of the product lifecycle, including requirements definition, architecture design, conversion, and testing based on a proven agile methodology. You will need to provide comprehensive designs for engineers on how to deliver programmatic elements of the implementation as part of the defined product service. Key to this role, you will need to be competent in Architecting cloud-native, hybrid, or multi-cloud solutions to meet the business needs. Create and own content and lead workshops on technical topics with the business units. Engage with technical stakeholders of the platform/business team and third parties to understand how systems work, be able to highlight where efficiencies or cloud-native services could improve their environment. Coordinates with various departments and roles to assure that all changes fit within the overall direction of the Manufacturing team from both a functional, technical, & support perspective. Provide technical expertise to troubleshoot complex problems and design and implement solutions. Assist teams to solve complex technical problems and build automation to eliminate mundane tasks. Document any developed processes and procedures. Demonstrate understanding of current technology environment and industry trends. Ensures decisions around architecture are made in alignment with defined UniOps and Unilever strategies with deviations from standards being accurately identified, addressed, and communicated. You will be expected to stay abreast of industry trends continually researching current and emerging technologies and proposing where they may benefit Unilever. Provide mentorship and coaching to technical team members. Essential 12-14 years of overall work experience with a strong background in below mentioned areas. Deep understanding of cloud computing and technology systems, as well as experience designing and transferring applications to the cloud. Experience in Cloud Native technologies including the design and the automation of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) deployments in a blue green manner. Experience in designing Platform as a Service (PaaS) capabilities to improve a new or existing environment. Extensive experience on data processing using Azure services: Azure App Service (Web Apps and Function Apps) with Auto Scaling, Event Hub, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Database (all flavours), Azure IoT (IoT Hub, Stream Analytics), Container (Azure Container Instances and Azure Kubernetes Service), Azure Synapse, Storage, ARM Templates, Logic Apps Skilled in creating and reviewing designs based on code that deploys virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, container services, OS services, web sites, data services, etc. Product or project experience architecting, implementing, and optimizing core infrastructure, networking and cloud-based services for business teams or consumers Experience reviewing and implementing DevOps and Agile standards and practices. Experience configuring and tuning cloud hosted solutions and platforms . Experience with Microservices, Functions, Event-driven/reactive programming or other Cloud Native architectures. Be willing to mentor development team members in new technologies associated with evolving architecture. Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning) Strong communication skills and ability to translate complex technical topics to senior stakeholders. Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends. Experience developing architecture blueprints, strategies, and roadmaps. Experience delivering presentations to senior-level executives and technical audiences. Proven ability to collaborative with multi-disciplinary teams of Product Managers, Architects, Scrum master\'s and Subject Matter Experts Desirable Skills Experience in working with or leading geographically distributed teams. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a condensed manner to various stakeholders verbally and in writing. Strong organizational skills, including an ability to perform under pressure and manage multiple priorities with competing demands for resources. Understanding of Supply Chain processes. Certifications (Added value): 1x Cloud Architect qualification in GCP or Azure 1+ Associate level CSP certificates in GCP and/or Azure At HUL, we believe that every individual irrespective of their race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, nationality, caste, disability or marital status can bring their purpose to life. So apply to us, to unleash your curiosity, challenge ideas and disrupt processes use your energy to make the world a better place. As you work to make a real impact on the business and the world, we\'ll work to help you become a better you!

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