Solution Architect- Sap Quality Management jobs at Applied Materials in United States, Austin

• Communication & Influence: Inspiring teams and stakeholders through clear vision, executive presence, and persuasive leadership.
• Cultural Agility: Experience leading diverse teams and adapting strategies for global success.
• Innovation & Simplification: Driving continuous improvement through process simplification and automation.
• Program and Project Management: Ability to lead large-scale transformation using agile, lean, and PMI methodologies.
• Technology Proficiency: Expertise in deploying and leveraging platforms to accelerate digital transformation.
• Change Management: Proven capability to guide teams through organizational change and embed new ways of working.

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA or relevant Master’s preferred for strategic leadership and transformation expertise.
• Professional certifications (CPSM, CSCP), Lean/Six Sigma, or change management preferred, demonstrating commitment to excellence and continuous improvement.
• 10+ years of global procurement, sourcing, or supply chain operations, with at least 5 years in leadership roles overseeing transformation projects.
• Proven success in business process design, project management, technology deployment, and leading digital transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, secure AD and LDAP directory services for global enterprise environments.

• Integrate AD/LDAP and PKI with cloud identity platforms such as Azure AD, AWS IAM, and MFA solutions(e.g security key, passkey etc.).

• Perform regular maintenance, health checks, and performance tuning of AD, LDAP, and PKI systems.

• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery readiness for identity infrastructure.

• Troubleshoot complex issues including replication, authentication failures, and certificate errors.

• Architect and manage internal PKI infrastructure including CA, RA, CRL, OCSP, and HSM integrations.

• Define trust strategies and governance models for Certification Authorities (CAs).

• Develop and maintain Certificate Policy and Certificate Practice Statements (CP/CPS).

• Deploy and operate enterprise-grade PKI solutions including Microsoft ADCS and third-party platforms (e.g., DigiCert, Keyfactor, Venafi).

• Implement certificate lifecycle management (CLM) processes including issuance, renewal, revocation, and automation.

• Support application integrations for TLS/SSL, S/MIME, 802.1x, Smartcards, and Code Signing.

• Ensure secure key creation, storage, and usage aligned with cryptographic standards and compliance requirements.

• Develop automation scripts using PowerShell, Python, or Ansible for identity and certificate operations.

• Integrate PKI and credential management into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.

• Understanding of IAM solutions including SSO, MFA, and role-based access control.

• Work with federation protocols (SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect) and tools like ADFS, Keycloak, PingFederate.

• Align identity and certificate services with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, and GDPR frameworks.

• Support internal and external audits with documentation, logs, and remediation plans.

• Track and report service metrics, SLAs, KPIs, and KRIs for operational excellence.

• Collaborate with global teams including IAM, Infrastructure, Security, and Application owners.

• Provide excellent customer service to users and internal stakeholders.

• Contribute to change management and documentation using ITSM tools.

• Mentor team members and lead cross-functional technical initiatives.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5-7 years of experience in enterprise IT infrastructure with specialization in AD, LDAP, and PKI.

• Strong understanding of AD core concepts: FSMO roles, OU structure, GPOs, replication, RODCs, schema, and security.

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft ADCS and PKI components: Root CA, Issuing CA, OCSP, CRLs, SCEP/NDES.

• Experience with LDAP directories (OpenLDAP, Oracle Directory Services) and integration with enterprise systems.

• Proficiency in scripting (PowerShell, Python) and automation tools (Ansible, Terraform).

• Familiarity with certificate deployment across platforms: Windows, Linux/Unix, Apache, Tomcat, Java Keystore, F5, Azure Key Vault.

• Working knowledge of ITIL framework (Incident, Change, Problem Management).

• Prior experience with service management tools (e.g., ServiceNow, Remedy).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to resolve high-impact production incidents.

• Experience working with global teams and customers.

Additional Skills(Nice to have)

• Microsoft certifications (e.g., Azure cloud and security certifications).

• Experience with cloud-native identity platforms (HYPR, Azure AD, AWS IAM).

• Familiarity with PAM tools.

• Experience with containerized environments and Kubernetes certificate management.

• Understanding of cryptographic algorithms(symmetric/asymmetric),digital signatures, and key management.

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
  Has a good understanding of industry standard frameworks (NIST, CIS etc.)

Leadership

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity

Key Responsibilities

Establishes and monitors production using metrics/budgets through systems, and initiates appropriate corrective action as needed and based on results. Establishes and controls project schedules, timelines.

Directs, guides, monitors, and evaluates personnel to accomplish specific production and supply chain goals consistent with established operational, housekeeping (5S), and safety procedures and processes. Engage in problem solving in complex situations and process improvements in streamlining work processes.

Leads continuous improvement efforts and projects to refine production methods and processes to produce quality products that meet customer requirements in the most cost-effective manner.

Identifies and pursues new and complex technologies to improve production and cycle time, increase efficiency and resource utilization and maximize profitability.

Provides senior leadership, guidance, mentorship, and personal development of his/her direct reports in the areas of daily operational management, systems development, and optimization. And ensures that all direct reports are sufficiently skilled and trained to perform their functions in a high-quality and efficient manner.

Identifies process and quality changes designed to improve manufacturing or department capabilities. Drives Lean, Safety and Quality. Takes corrective action.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within own job family and knowledge of other related job families

Business Expertise

• Applies in-depth understanding of how own discipline integrates within the segment/function

Leadership

• Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources

Problem Solving

• Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems

Impact

• Impacts the business results of a team or area by supporting and funding of projects, products, services and/or technologies and developing policies and plans

• Guided by business unit, department or sub-functional business plans

Interpersonal Skills

• Influences others internally and externally, including senior management

Key Responsibilities

Prepares project plans and drives the project from conception and planning to implementation. Will participate in the development of strategies, processes and resources.

Manages project schedule and task details by utilizing project management tools such as reports, tracking charts, checklist and project scheduling software.

Coordinates allocated resources from within the Division to achieve on-time and within budget performance objectives for the project. Initiates and manages purchase requisitions, and purchase orders.

Interfaces and coordinates within the division to define project objectives, provide status updates and prepare for release and deployment.

Identifies and resolves potential complications within the project and develops solutions for resolution.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field

Business Expertise

• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services

Leadership

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity

Problem Solving

• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions

Impact

• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Role will report to MDP Manufacturing Engineering

Present to customers as required

MDP technical product knowledge and MFG processes preferred

What We Offer

**this is for a night shift position within B33 - FEP/ALD **Key Responsibilities

Prioritizes production schedules based on available manpower, equipment efficiency, capacity and materials requirements.

Participates in operational meetings. Supports the development and tracking of organization performance metrics. Schedules and conducts milestone meetings. Responsible for meeting or improving cycle time performance and other metrics.

Ensures timely response to operations issues impacting customer satisfaction; acts as an interface in the establishment of and ensuring conformance to customer/vendor requirements; prepares detailed analysis of cost of quality opportunity and initiates corrective action.

Support the analysis of and plans for maximum production capacity optimization; implements and monitors manufacturing or dept. processes that collect, analyze and report key measurement data and real time status.

Identifies process and quality changes designed to improve manufacturing or department capabilities. Drives Lean, Safety and Quality. Takes corrective action.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates understanding and application of procedures and concepts within own job family and basic knowledge of other related job families.

Business Expertise

• Applies understanding of how the team relates to other closely related areas to improve efficiency of own team

Leadership

• Has formal supervisory responsibilities; sets priorities for and coaches employees to meet daily deadlines

Problem Solving

• Uses judgment to identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems

Impact

• Impacts the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team and its contribution to the business unit, department or sub-function

Interpersonal Skills

• Uses tact and diplomacy to exchange information and handle sensitive issues

  May be required to interact with outside customers, vendors or suppliers

Key Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers. Provides input to outsourcing decisions by performing make versus buy analysis. Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Participates in Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables with team members (buyers, planners, production control).
• Supports the creation, releases, and updates to new project materials strategy.
• Participates in commercialization (transition) materials plan. Participates in the material change control change process. Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; under direct supervision may negotiate contracts as necessary. Utilizes the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers. Completes supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts. Monitors supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Meets cost objectives and resolves quality issues. Generates and publishes Key Process Indicators (KPI). Tracks total landed costs targets.
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering. Utilizes value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Cost analysis.
• Under direct supervision, mediate and partner in the resolution of supplier quality issues for assigned product groups.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities

Business Expertise

• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work

Leadership

• No supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members

Problem Solving

• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents

Impact

• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

Key Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers. Provides input to outsourcing decisions by performing make versus buy analysis. Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Participates in Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables with team members (buyers, planners, production control).
• Supports the creation, releases, and updates to new project materials strategy.
• Participates in commercialization (transition) materials plan. Participates in the material change control change process. Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; under direct supervision may negotiate contracts as necessary. Utilizes the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers. Completes supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts. Monitors supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Meets cost objectives and resolves quality issues. Generates and publishes Key Process Indicators (KPI). Tracks total landed costs targets.
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements. Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering. Utilizes value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Cost analysis.
• Under direct supervision, mediate and partner in the resolution of supplier quality issues for assigned product groups.

Functional Knowledge

• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities

Business Expertise

• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work

Leadership

• No supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members

Problem Solving

• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents

Impact

• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations