Hexion

Application Deployment Leader

Hexion • $120K — $145K *
Columbus, OH 43230In-Person
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent experience
  • 12+ years in designing and delivering enterprise applications and technology platforms
  • Proven leadership in application modernization, cloud migration, and deployment programs
  • Hands-on expertise with Azure architecture, networking, security, and integration
  • Experience with SAP-centered application landscapes and technology integration
  • Track record of managing multi-environment deployments and incident triage
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Guide prototypes and vendor solutions into production effectively
  • Release applications aligned with architectural standards and design principles
  • Manage the deployment RAID log and resolve business-critical blockers
  • Own Azure cloud architecture and CI/CD strategy for agentic applications
  • Oversee enterprise architecture review for new applications and deployments
  • Create reusable blueprints that teams can adopt consistently
  • Establish clear deployment prerequisites and standards

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • Work with cutting-edge technology in AI and cloud environments
  • Collaborate with high-performing teams across multiple disciplines
  • Engage in meaningful projects impacting the enterprise's application strategy
  • Flexible work arrangements and supportive company culture
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Hexion is seeking an Application Deployment and Delivery Leader to deploy target-state enterprise application architecture and lead reliable deployment of strategic agentic applications on our Azure agentic tech stack. This role assures and leads deployment readiness, release governance; coordinates cloud, network, identity, security, integration, data, DevOps, and operational requirements; and advises internal teams and implementation partners to expedite and deliver our agentic workloads. This role works closely with the AI teams and IO's (Initiative owners) driving agentic projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Guide prototypes and vendor-built solutions into Hexion-managed production patterns, including solutions built with Azure AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, container platforms, and enterprise SaaS products.
  • Release agentic applications aligned to target-state enterprise application architecture, reference patterns, technology standards, and design principles across cloud, SaaS, packaged, and custom solutions.
  • Own the cross-portfolio deployment RAID log, prioritize business-critical blockers, and direct internal and partner resources toward timely resolution.
  • Own our Azure cloud Architecture Framework and subscriptions/automation and CI/CD strategy for hosting agentic, vibe coded and other applications
  • Support our enterprise architecture review process for new applications, material changes, integrations, and deployment designs.
  • Create reusable application blueprints and guardrails that internal teams and partners can adopt consistently across development, QA, production, and disaster-recovery environments.
  • Maintain clear architecture decisions, standards exceptions, ownership models, and nonfunctional requirements for performance, availability, security, compliance, and supportability.
  • Ensure deployment prerequisites are planned and delivered, including VNets and subnets, private endpoints, API Management, container registries and runtimes, secrets, app registrations, SSO, databases, storage, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Establish reusable release plans, cutover checklists, rollback procedures, runbooks, monitoring, service-transition, and production-acceptance criteria.
  • Provide technical oversight across application hosting, APIs and integration, data access, identity, networking, cybersecurity, observability, resilience, scalability, and cost. Working closely with the AI teams
  • Act as an architectural advisor to application owners, engineering teams, infrastructure and security teams, and implementation and hypercare partners proactively.


Required Technologies

  • Azure application hosting: Azure Container Apps, App Service, Functions, Container Registry, API Management, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, PostgreSQL, and Blob Storage.
  • Integration & automation: Azure Logic Apps, APIs, event-driven integration, batch and file integration, and workflow automation.
  • Identity, network & security: Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, app registrations, RBAC, managed identities, VNets and subnets, private endpoints, TLS, Key Vault, and secrets management.
  • DevOps & deployment: Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, infrastructure as code with Terraform, environment promotion, and release automation.
  • Data & analytics: Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2), Azure SQL, Power BI, and secure application access to enterprise data.
  • Operations & reliability: monitoring, logging, observability, performance management, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and production-support practices.
  • Enterprise applications & platforms: SAP ECC and S/4HANA, SAP BW and Datasphere, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and enterprise SaaS solutions.


Required Qualifications

  • Azure application hosting: Azure Container Apps, App Service, Functions, Container Registry, API Management, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, PostgreSQL, and Blob Storage.
  • Integration & automation: Azure Logic Apps, APIs, event-driven integration, batch and file integration, and workflow automation.
  • Identity, network & security: Microsoft Entra ID, SSO, app registrations, RBAC, managed identities, VNets and subnets, private endpoints, TLS, Key Vault, and secrets management.
  • DevOps & deployment: Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, infrastructure as code with Terraform, environment promotion, and release automation.
  • Data & analytics: Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS Gen2), Azure SQL, Power BI, and secure application access to enterprise data.
  • Operations & reliability: monitoring, logging, observability, performance management, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and production-support practices.
  • Enterprise applications &Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 12+ years designing and delivering enterprise applications and technology platforms, including substantial experience in enterprise or application architecture and deployment leadership.
  • Proven success leading complex application modernization, cloud migration, integration, and production-deployment programs in a global enterprise.
  • Deep, hands-on knowledge of Azure application architecture, networking, identity, security, integration, DevOps, and operational-readiness requirements.
  • Experience with SAP-centered application landscapes and the integration of ERP, data, digital, and SaaS solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to establish architecture governance, reusable patterns, deployment gates, and lifecycle standards across a diverse application portfolio.
  • Strong experience leading multi-environment deployments, cutovers, hypercare, incident triage, and transition to support.
  • Track record coordinating multiple vendors and distributed technical teams while managing dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and executive escalations.
  • Ability to connect technical architecture to business outcomes in a manufacturing environment, balancing speed, resilience, cybersecurity, cost, and supportability.
  • Excellent executive communication, influence, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to set direction and drive adoption without relying on direct authority. platforms: SAP ECC and S/4HANA, SAP BW and Datasphere, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Copilot Studio, and enterprise SaaS solutions.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in chemical, process, or industrial manufacturing and understanding of plant, supply-chain, R&D, commercial, and corporate application needs.
  • Experience deploying AI and agentic applications using Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, and Power Platform.
  • Familiarity with product operating models, portfolio rationalization, application lifecycle management, and enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
  • Experience operating in secure, multi-vendor delivery environments with private networking, production controls, and formal service transition.
  • Relevant certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, TOGAF, ITIL, or comparable architecture and delivery credentials.


Success Measures
  • Target-state enterprise application architecture, reference patterns, and technology standards are defined, documented, and adopted.
  • Strategic applications move from design through development, QA, production cutover, and hypercare with fewer late-stage blockers and more predictable outcomes.
  • Standardized Azure deployment blueprints, CI/CD patterns, security controls, network patterns, and operational runbooks are delivered and in active use.
  • Cross-portfolio RAID backlogs and deployment dependencies are measurably reduced, with clear ownership, dates, decisions, and escalation paths.
  • Application quality, resilience, security, delivery velocity, and business value improve across Hexion's portfolio, with stronger alignment between architecture, infrastructure, security, data, and delivery teams.
  • An architecture review and deployment-readiness process is followed and consistently applied to strategic application initiatives.


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About Hexion

Hexion is a global specialty chemicals company that produces a range of resins, adhesives, and other chemical products. The company's products are used in a variety of industries, including automotive, construction, and electronics. Hexion was formed in 2005 through the merger of two chemical companies, Borden Chemical and Resolution Performance Products. The company is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio and has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Learn more about Hexion
Size
4,300 employees
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Founded
1857
* Ladders Estimates

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