Heineken

Digital & Technology Team (D&T) is an integral division of HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Center. We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery. That includes digitalizing and integrating our processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture. By joining us you will work in one of the most dynamic and innovative teams and have a direct impact on building the future of Heineken!

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Digital Integration platforms act as neural system to enable various business processes across all business units, for our operations in over 190 countries, globally. We enable and empower exchange of millions of messages on daily basis, securely with ultra-low latency. Additionally, our platforms support hundreds of developers across federated/ domain teams in developing and deploying interfaces according to the needs of all Heineken OpCos.

Over the past five years, the successful adoption of standardized Digital Integrations has resulted in a 100-fold increase in monthly message traffic processed through our integration platforms.

As a Technology Specialist, in the role of Platform Architect (EDI and MFT), you are a trusted solution advisor for the global EDI and MFT product team and supports the Product Owner and development team(s) in building and maintaining a highly-scalable, resilient and cost-effective platforms. The role is focused on platform development and maintenance e.g. high-resilience solutions design, integration architecture standards and policies, planning disaster recovery drills, working in close cooperation with the Product Owner, Product Architect, the integration SMEs and our System Integrator partner(s).

You have a clear focus and platform health and capabilities. You lead the discovery and design of new platforms capabilities and are accountable for the overall quality of the delivery of the Integration team(s), the health and stability of the integration platform.

One of the key aspects of the role is that it is truly empowering the individual to take ownership of the technical aspects of platform maintenance and development.

You will offer technical expertise to Product Owner EDI and MFT and respective Delivery Teams. Lastly, you may be partnering with our vendors/suppliers and leading agencies to understand new integration trends, platform capabilities, and innovative design that supports upscaling and automation.

HEINEKEN follows a non-native Hybrid Integration Platform strategy. We have multiple integration platforms, each support a unique integration pattern. Each platform is owned by separate product team: ESB from SAP (SAP PO and SAP CI), iPaaS from Boomi (Boomi and MuleSoft), API-management from IBM (Azure API Management) and a cloud messaging broker from Solace (Solace). Around these platforms, we strive for maximal automation (UI-Path), for maximal transparency (NewRelic), highest code quality (SonarQube) and consistent release management (Azure Dev/Ops and CTS+).

Your responsibilities would include:

• defining and maintaining architectural guidelines, principles, and standards for the integration platform, ensuring alignment with best practices, industry standards, and Heineken’s IT strategy
• collaborating with the product owner to define the platform’s vision, roadmap, and future capabilities, and supporting prioritization of new features and capabilities while considering technical challenges and long-term goals
• monitoring the platform’s performance, scalability, security, and stability, and implementing measures for optimization and maintenance
• acting as a subject matter expert by advising business architects, developers, and stakeholders on complex topics, and providing guidance and resolutions for technical challenges during development or operations
• leading the design and architectural planning for new features and extensions, and ensuring seamless integration with the existing infrastructure
• advocating and implementing development practices such as CI/CD pipelines, coding standards, and reusable patterns, and ensuring adherence to security protocols, policies, and compliance requirements
• maintaining comprehensive documentation for architecture designs, processes, and integrations, and facilitating knowledge sharing and training sessions to effectively onboard developers and stakeholders
• executing regular duties and tasks in the product team, including technical and non-technical work aligned with the product vision and backlog, and actively participating in all events for the Product team and TSO portfolio.

You are a good candidate if you have:

• bachelors or master’s degree in IT or computer science or related field
• 10+ years of experience in IT
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in an architects role or similar, preferably a field related to EDI and managed file transfers. The experience should include catering for platform health, deployment of new capabilities, creation and maintenance of architecture guidelines and policies
• strong knowledge of integration platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, TIBCO, Azure Integration Services, SAP Integration Suite) and their capabilities, including API management, messaging systems, and event-driven architectures. EDI and managed file transfer related expertise is a must
• expertise in designing scalable, reliable, and high-performing systems. Strong understanding of microservices architecture, service orchestration, and system interoperability techniques
• experience of working in dynamic environment, changing priorities, with long term vision
• deep understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and their native integration capabilities. Knowledge of cloud-based services like serverless architecture, storage, and identity management
• strong ability to communicate architectural designs, technical solutions, and platform needs effectively to both technical and business stakeholders. Facilitates cross-functional collaboration among developers, product owners, security, and business architects
• proficiency in Agile methodologies and workflows, especially in product-oriented setups. Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and associated tools (e.g. Azure DevOps)
• excellent written and verbal English.

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