Principal Engineering IT Solution Architect

Eaton’s Corporate Information Technology team is looking for a Principal Engineering IT Solution Architect.  The locations for this position are our major IT hubs in the US, including Beachwood, OH, Moon Township, PA, Raleigh, NC, Menomonee Falls, WI, Galesburg, MI, or Houston, TX. Candidates must live within 50 miles of one of these locations as relocation assistance is not available for this position.  10-15% travel can be expected.Across our Global IT organization, we’re transforming the way we work to accelerate our digital transformation. Our teams are leveraging agile, lean six sigma and building a product centric organization that allows our IT product teams to adapt and respond more quickly to changing business needs.  Join our Information Technology team to drive critical business outcomes as a Principal Solutions Architect leading transformative change across our organization, global data processes, and platforms.What you’ll do:In this newly created position, you will be responsible for understanding and addressing the specific needs of the Engineering function globally. Your role involves creating secure, scalable, and efficient solutions architectures. You’ll evaluate and recommend SaaS applications, integrate them with existing systems, and provide architectures for internal application development when necessary. Additionally, you’ll participate in technical discussions, present to various stakeholders and business leaders, and ensure that all solutions align with Eaton’s strategic goals. Your work will also include offering design guidance during project execution to support both business and IT objectives.•    Design solutions that meet customer and stakeholder needs•    Create Dataflow and BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) Process mappings.•    Assure the feasibility and sustainability of designed solutions in engineering applications•    Design and evolve technical solutions that support current and future needs•    Manage nonfunctional requirements and compliance•    Define and prioritize enablers including exploration work and technical debt reduction•    Enable continuous integration and continuous delivery that enables immediate feedback and adjustment•    Maintain architectural runways for a series of products within a Value Stream •    Manage, track, evaluate technical capability across Value Stream to facilitate the selection and alignment of a technical solution following enterprise guardrails. Execute POCs where applicable.•    Responsible for ensuring design meets Eaton's standards and requirements•    Partner with other Architects to evaluate capabilities and features to expand the use of an existing application to meet additional business requirements.•    Build ArchiMate diagrams to depict architectures.•    Assist the product teams with completing annual architecture maturity assessments•    Collaborate and drive synergies between enterprise architect, system architect, and product owners.•    Partner with cyber security on architecture guidelines for specific types of disaster recovery•    Work closely with product owners to develop and align their roadmaps, ensuring that the sequencing of end-to-end rollouts are logical and efficient.Qualifications:Basic Qualifications:•    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution is required.•    Minimum 12 years of experience in the software industry with a proven track record of high quality results•    Experience working with Agile, Scrum, or Kanban.•    In depth knowledge of the Engineering capability is required. This includes (but is not limited to): Product software design and development, Product design and development, R&D strategy and planning, Intellectual Property and Management.Preferred Qualifications:•    Extensive experience utilizing best practices in software engineering•    Extensive experience with product Lifecycle management (PLM) technologies and Enovia preferred•    Extensive experience developing secure, enterprise grade, highly scalable, highly performant applications and/or distributed systems•    Expert level understanding of software design principles, design patterns, algorithms, data structures, and multithreading concepts•    Solid understanding of DevSecOps, CI, and CD principles from code check-in through to deployment•    Extensive experience with modern software development principles including code management, test automation, APIs, microservices, and cloud services.•    Solid understanding of cybersecurity concepts such as encryption, hashing, certificates, PKIs, Threat Modeling, secure coding, and OWASP.•    Good knowledge of upstream and downstream processes is a plus including but not limited to: manufacturing, procurement, quoting, and invoicing.Skills:•    The ability to translate business issues/requirements and objectives into technical solutions •    Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to explain and present concepts to all levels within the organizations•    Comfortable working directly with both technical and non-technical audiences•    Good judgment, time management, and decision-making skills•    Ability to work collaboratively on a technical team•    Patience and empathy when working with architects, developers, and testers•    Experience working with diverse, global cultures, organizations and teams•    Proven ability to work in a self-directed mannerAt Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $136500.03 - $200200.04 a year.  This role is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.Job Req ID:35461Work Type:HybridDepartment:ITDepartment:IT