Vishay

Enterprise Applications Architect

Vishay • $120K — $150K *
Malvern, PA 19355In-Person
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 8–10+ years in enterprise application architecture or similar roles in complex, global environments.
  • Extensive SAP expertise with knowledge of SAP ERP landscapes.
  • Experience integrating SAP with MES, PLM, legacy ERP, and cloud platforms.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise integration technologies and patterns.
  • Experience in process mapping, application rationalization, and system consolidation.
  • Familiarity with application lifecycle management, security, and compliance standards.
  • Fluent in English, with strong communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve enterprise applications architecture strategy aligned with business goals.
  • Act as a technology thought leader for enterprise platforms, ensuring consistency and performance.
  • Provide architectural oversight for major initiatives and ensure compliance with standards.
  • Participate in architecture review boards and guide solution design across projects.
  • Serve as a senior architecture authority for various SAP landscapes and integrations.
  • Lead integration of SAP S/4HANA with multiple systems and promote standard capabilities.
  • Define and govern enterprise integration patterns and ensure secure integrations.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on mentoring and knowledge sharing.
  • Opportunity to shape enterprise architecture standards and influence strategic initiatives.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technologies, particularly in SAP and cloud services.
  • Support for professional development and certifications in SAP and enterprise architecture.
  • Access to a global team and exposure to multicultural working environments.
Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Application Architecture
  • Define, maintain, and evolve the enterprise applications architecture strategy and roadmap, aligned with business goals and IT transformation initiatives.
  • Act as a technology thought leader for enterprise platforms, ensuring architectural consistency, scalability, security, and performance.
  • Provide architectural oversight for major initiatives and ensure compliance with enterprise standards and reference architectures.
  • Participate in architecture review boards and guide solution design across projects.
SAP Architecture & Enablement (Core Focus)
  • Serve as a senior architecture authority for SAP landscapes, including SAP S/4HANA, ECC, SAP BTP, SAP Analytics, SAP Integration Suite, and MuleSoft.
  • Lead the integration of SAP S/4HANA with MES platforms, PLM systems, CRM, EDI, legacy ERPs (e.g., JDE, Avante, Epicor), and cloud services.
  • Guide reduction of custom code and promote adoption of SAP standard capabilities where feasible.
  • Partner with functional, technical, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment with standardized business processes.
Integration & Platform Strategy
  • Define and govern enterprise integration patterns (API-led, event-driven, middleware-based).
  • Design and oversee end-to-end application integration using platforms such as SAP BTP and MuleSoft.
  • Ensure resilient, secure, and scalable integrations in collaboration with infrastructure and security teams.
Process Mapping & Application Rationalization
  • Lead business process mapping initiatives to identify redundancies, inefficiencies, and optimization opportunities.
  • Drive application rationalization, consolidation, and modernization, including system sunsetting and SaaS adoption.
  • Ensure applications are aligned to end-to-end business capabilities and value streams.
  • Experience with R&D processes and PLM rationalization is a plus.
Enterprise Data Strategy
  • Architect and support an enterprise data strategy, including master data, analytics, and enterprise data platforms.
  • Collaborate on data governance, data quality, and information lifecycle management.
  • Enable advanced analytics, reporting, and future AI/ML use cases through strong data foundations.
Governance, Mentoring & Collaboration
  • Establish and enforce architecture principles, standards, and reference architectures.
  • Mentor solution and domain architects, development teams, and delivery partners on architectural best practices.
  • Collaborate effectively with business leaders, IT teams, and external partners across regions.
  • Support ServiceNow ITSM and ITBM usage for application lifecycle and service management.
Required Qualifications
  • 8–10+ years of experience in enterprise application architecture or equivalent roles in complex, global environments.
  • Extensive SAP expertise is mandatory, with architecture-level understanding of SAP ERP landscapes.
  • Proven experience integrating SAP with MES, PLM, legacy ERP, and cloud platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise integration technologies and patterns.
  • Demonstrated experience in process mapping, application rationalization, and system consolidation.
  • Solid understanding of application lifecycle management, security, and compliance.
  • Fluent in English, written and spoken.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in distributed, multicultural teams.

 

Preferred Qualifications & Certifications
  • SAP Certifications (e.g., SAP S/4HANA Architecture, SAP Technology Associate, SAP BTP).
  • TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.
  • Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and microservices architectures.
  • Executive-level presentation and influencing skills.
  • Ability to translate business strategy into pragmatic, scalable technology solutions

 

What Success Looks Like
  • A simplified, modernized enterprise application landscape centered on SAP.
  • Reduced application redundancy and improved integration reliability.
  • Clear and adopted enterprise architecture standards across IT and delivery partners.
  • A scalable data foundation supporting analytics, reporting, and future innovation.

About Vishay

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is a global manufacturer and supplier of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic components. The company's products include diodes, MOSFETs, optoelectronics, resistors, capacitors, and inductors. Vishay Intertechnology serves a broad range of markets, including automotive, industrial, military, aerospace, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Vishay Intertechnology operates in more than 20 countries and has approximately 23,000 employees worldwide.
Learn more about Vishay
Size
22,800 employees
Market Cap
$3 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$122.9 million
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+6.9%
Revenue
$2.5 billion
NASDAQ
VSH
* Ladders Estimates

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