Job Title : Senior Manager Infra Architecture.

Location : Hyderabad.

Join our Digital & Technology Enterprise & Solution Architecture unit at Animal Nutrition & Health to shape and secure the technological foundation of our business.

You will own the target architecture, standards, and governance for Cloud Network & Hosting, Security, and Workspace Applications, ensuring our S/4HANA landscape, data platforms, and customer-facing solutions run reliably, securely, and cost-effectively across regions and plants.

The role includes defining architecture standards, implementing robust security frameworks, optimizing digital platforms, and partnering with business and IT stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide solutions that enable growth and innovation.

Your Key Responsibilities :

- Cloud Network & Hosting : Define landing zones, VNET/VPC design, routing, segmentation, connectivity, and Zero Trust principles; manage SAP, Databricks, integration, and ancillary platform hosting with DR, HA, and FinOps standards.

- Infrastructure Ownership : Oversee compute, virtualization, containers, databases, file transfer, storage, app/server hosting, and infrastructure-as-code pipelines; implement observability, capacity, and performance SLOs.

- Security Architecture : Own enterprise security reference architecture including IAM/IGA, PAM, PKI, DLP, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, SIEM/SOAR, and cloud security posture; lead threat modeling, SoD compliance, and data protection controls.

- ERP & SaaS Security : Define audit baselines, align OT/IT zoning, enforce privacy-by-design, tokenization, and incident response; manage security design reviews, waivers, remediation, and technical debt.

- Workspace Applications : Manage digital workplace architecture (identity, device management, collaboration, ECM, productivity tools), define DLP and retention policies, standardize SaaS onboarding, SSO/MFA, and ensure user experience and endpoint reliability.

- Governance & Delivery : Lead Architecture Review Board, publish principles and reference designs, guide solution architects, manage modernization sequencing, and maintain enterprise architecture repository for applications, data, and technology.

We Offer :

- Lead enterprise-wide data transformation initiatives to modernize and optimize data strategy and operations.

- Drive adoption of data-driven decision-making and influence strategic business and IT initiatives.

- Promote data innovation by identifying and implementing emerging technologies and advanced analytics solutions.

- Collaborate with global teams to design scalable, high-performance data platforms and architectures.

- Establish best practices for data governance, quality, and integration across the enterprise.

- Mentor and enable teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and data excellence.

You Bring :

- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field with 17+ years across infrastructure, security, and workplace platforms, including global program leadership and hybrid cloud design for enterprise systems like SAP.

- Cloud Networking & Hosting : Expertise in Azure, AWS, GCP, landing zones, virtualization/containers, databases/storage, backup/DR, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Bicep), and observability.

- Security Architecture : Skilled in IAM/IGA, PAM, PKI/KMS, EDR/XDR, SIEM/SOAR, CSPM, DLP, encryption, Zero Trust, and SD-WAN/SASE implementation and management.

- Workplace Platforms : Proficient in Microsoft 365/Google Workspace, Intune/UEM, ECM/enterprise search, meeting/conferencing tools, and SaaS governance for digital workplaces.

- SAP & Enterprise Integration : Strong experience integrating with SAP S/4HANA and BTP, with a deep understanding of non-functional requirements for ERP and adjacent enterprise platforms.

- Stakeholder & Vendor Management : Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of managing vendors, aligning with C-suite, and driving enterprise initiatives.

About Dsm-firmenich :

At dsm-firmenich, we dont just meet expectations we go beyond them.

Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions every single day.

Whether its fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat thats better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while youre making a difference, well make sure youre growing too.

With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders.

Your voice matters here.

And your ideas? Theyre essential to our future.

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.