Job Description

Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur attracts, grows, and develops passionate people who will meaningfully impact the digital future of BASF. Come join us and be a part of our digitalization journey.

Objectives of the Position

• We are looking for an IT solution architect with a strong technical background, to lead IT technical team, to implement and support enterprise-grade IT solutions for BASF Agricultural Solutions in Asia Pacific
• The role will be part of Agricultural Solutions IT Delivery Team and report to its global head

Main Tasks

• The role will work with business partners and digital product owners to understand specific requirements that drive the need for IT solutions
• The role will formulate project-based IT solution design roadmap plan that factor technology investments and risks, while providing value to the company by improving business process and eliminating unnecessary complexities
• The role will collaborate closely with global enterprise architects, to steer and plan IT architectural design into working solutions, ensuring overall consistency of Agricultural Solutions division digital backbone system landscape
• The role will lead and orchestrate IT solutioning process in design phases, working closely with IT technical developers, DevOps experts and data engineers, ensuring overall IT delivery unit and business partner satisfaction and success
• The role will collaborate with IT delivery leads to implement IT solutions according to agreed project timeline and in budget, and provide ongoing support beyond project phase

Requirements

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Information Technology or business-technology related discipline

Working Experience

• Min. 5-8 years of professional experience in IT and / or IT Consulting
• 5 years of experience in Big Data or Data Warehousing technologies, processing large data sets in business intelligence systems and working with functional teams such as database, network, storage and security
• 5-8 years of experience with Enterprise Architecture & Distributed Computing frameworks implementation

Technical & Professional Knowledge (Mandatory)

• Proven track record of architecting, estimating, and leading projects end-to-end while meeting customer expectations, with a solid solution design experience, business expertise, and IT knowledge
• Highly proficient in hybrid cloud, microservices implementation in DevOps mindset, able to deliver continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines (inc. build, test, release, deploy, validate)
• Highly proficient in modular enterprise & data architecture design spanning multiple platforms, scale data models for platform implementation, and enterprise data management practices (technical security, data governance and compliance practices)
• Highly proficient in enterprise architecture & distributed computing frameworks e.g. Apache Hive, Kafka
• Highly proficient in data processing technologies, provisioning data services using Microsoft data management-related products, Azure cloud infrastructure (e.g. Databricks, SQL, data analysis tools) and Azure Data Factory (2nd gen onwards)
• Preferred experience in agile & scrum methodology; has done either a \'product owner\' or \'developer\' role before
• Preferred experience in strong working experience in MNCs setup, with cross-collaboration between multi-disciplinary teams virtually across multiple time zones
• Preferred experience in the agriculture / agronomics industry (i.e. sales operations, digital farming with drones, precision farming, agronomics data platform) or, other B2C business
• Familiar in full stack development (e.g. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python), use of serverless technologies, containers, automated deployment tools, code repository / testing tools like GitHub or Microsoft DevOps Toolset
• Additionally preferred: Cloud certification e.g. Azure cloud components, Agile / Scrum certifications

Technical & Professional Knowledge (Additional)

• Digitally-savvy, innovative, highly passionate on new technology offerings, highly perceptive of what\'s new in the technology space and its relevance to bring business value
• Strong analytical skill to steer engineering requirements and can drive high code standards
• Strong communication & team building skills, combined with an ability to manage and resolve conflict, change management skill in matrixed and virtual teams
• Enthusiastic, confident, entrepreneurial with sound business judgement within the given broad guidelines
• Demonstrate entrepreneurial drive with high customer-oriented focus; highly developed sense of responsibility with ability to think analytically and strategically
• Demonstrate a high discipline to complete tasks within project team timelines

As one of the world\'s largest chemical companies, BASF is on a mission to create chemistry with a sustainable future. The Digital Hub Kuala Lumpur, alongside four other Digital Hubs across the globe, are part of the Global Digital Services team, which is the technology powerhouse driving our vision. As an integrated hub focused on digital growth and innovative business solutions, you will find many opportunities to create an impact here.

Whether you want to streamline processes with robotics automation, deep-dive into emerging technologies, or help tell the story of BASF - we have you covered. By investing in best-in-class tools and encouraging cross-functional collaboration, we empower our people to be curious and pursue any area of the business that interests them. The bottom line? We want you to bring your differences and spark positive evolutions in BASF. Further Information

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At BASF you get more than just compensation. Our total offer includes a wide range of elements you need to be your best in every stage of your life. That\'s what we call you@BASF. Click here to learn more.

Working at BASF: We connect to create chemistry

We are proud of strong history of innovation, which has helped make us who we are today \xe2\x80\x93 the world\'s leading chemical company. Every day, our global team of over 117,000 individuals work together to turn visions for sustainable solutions into reality by connecting with one another and sharing our knowledge.

The right people are crucial for our sustainable success. We aim to form the best team by bringing together people with unique backgrounds, experiences and points of view. Our differences make us stronger and more vibrant. And an open, creative and supportive work environment inspires us to achieve exceptional results.

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Kuala Lumpur, 14, MY

BASF Asia-Pacific Service Centre Sdn. Bhd.

Information Technology & Services

Permanent

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