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Enterprise Database Architect Lead

IBM

IBM

IT
Posted on Dec 5, 2025
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Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking a highly experienced Enterprise Database Architect Lead to drive the architecture, design, and validation of enterprise systems in regulated manufacturing environments. The role requires deep expertise in MES platforms (Siemens, Camstar, or similar), enterprise database design, and GxP-compliant application validation. The ideal candidate will lead architecture efforts, ensure regulatory compliance, and oversee the databases maintenance, disaster recovery for validated enterprise grade systems.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Database Leadership

  • Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise databases supporting MES platforms and manufacturing operations.
  • Define architecture standards, data models, and integration strategies across MES, ERP, and other enterprise systems.
  • Ensure scalability, performance, and security of enterprise data systems.
  • Provide technical leadership for database development teams, ensuring adherence to best practices.
  • Provide deep expertise in Siemens MES or equivalent platforms, including configuration, integration, and optimization.
  • Collaborate with production, quality, and IT teams to design solutions supporting manufacturing execution workflows.
  • Drive system modernization and improvements aligned with business and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead GMP validation of customized applications and ensure adherence to GxP, CSV, and regulatory standards.
  • Develop and maintain SOPs, GRC processes, audit trail management, and validation documentation.
  • Support compliance audits, inspections, and regulatory reporting requirements.
  • Establish procedures for change management, risk assessment, and continuous compliance monitoring.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

  • Mentor and guide development, database, and MES teams on architecture, design, and compliance practices.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Quality, Production, IT, Compliance) to translate business needs into technical solutions.
  • Oversee system integrations, reporting, and data pipelines to support analytics, KPIs, and operational dashboards.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, database design, or solution architecture roles.
  • Strong hands-on experience with MES platforms (Siemens, Camstar, or equivalent).
  • Expertise in enterprise database modeling, performance optimization, and data integration.
  • Proven experience in GxP, CSV, GMP validation, and compliance documentation.
  • Familiarity with SOPs, GRC frameworks, audit trails, and regulatory inspections.
  • Solid understanding of system lifecycle management, change control, and risk management in regulated industries.
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder communication skills.
  • Experience with cloud-based MES or data platforms.
  • Desirable Architecture certifications (TOGAF, SAFe, or vendor-specific MES certifications).
  • Knowledge with modern data integration tools and analytics platforms.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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