.We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future.Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity, and respect for our future.With more than CHF billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief, and disability.Step outside your comfort zone; share your ideas, way of thinking and working to make a difference to the world, every single day. You own a piece of the action make it count.Main Purpose of JobThe Solution Architect is accountable for proactively and holistically supporting EA activities within the Product Groups and Platforms that fit within the overall Enterprise Architecture and meet the product group strategy.Solutions Architects provide the necessary leadership, analysis, and design tasks related to the development of a product or a set of products within a product group. S/He works closely with DevOps/development teams and suppliers to secure that the value planned will be delivered in the most optimal way according to the product strategy and the overall value for money objectives linked to the IS/IT strategy.The Solution Architect is also accountable for supervising the design as well as the integration execution within the scope of their product/product group/platform, collaborating with the integration platform team.S/He owns solution architecture specification.ActivitiesStrategy development - under the supervision and guidance of her/his primary Community of Practice Lead and Tech Lead.Manages and develops the architecture for a broader scope of products/platforms, working closely with application architects that manage and design architecture for a single product or product group.Delivers the architectural design for products or product groups and inputs to the roadmap by utilizing knowledge of defined reference architectures, technology trends, and implementation experience in order to translate a business need into a solution blueprint that represents an end-to-end technical solution.Facilitates the evaluation and selection of software product standards and services, as well as the design of standard and custom software configurations.Defines the guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure product-based decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.IntegrationDelivers the integration of solutions within the product/product group/platform and implements the integration strategy for cross-product group purposes.Leads the implementation and integration of technical architecture across a product group based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, and business requirements