Solutions Architect

Company Description

Syngenta is a global leader in agricultural innovation with a presence in more than 90 countries. Syngenta is focused on developing technologies and farming practices that empower farmers, so they can make the transformation required to feed the world’s population while preserving our planet. Its bold scientific discoveries deliver better benefits for farmers and society on a bigger scale than ever before. Guided by its Sustainability Priorities, Syngenta is developing new technologies and solutions that support farmers to grow healthier plants in healthier soil with a higher yield. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland; Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States. Read our stories and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram & X. 

We make a difference 

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s CPD is seeking for a Solutions Architect.

Job Description

Location: São Paulo – BR

About This Job:

The Solution Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and delivering end-to-end technology architectures that accelerate innovation across Vegetables R&D—from breeding and trials to genomics, phenotyping, and data science. This role sets the target-state architecture, ensures interoperability across platforms (including consistent adoption of in-house and third-party R&D platforms, SaaS solutions, and vendor-provided tools), and champions security, scalability, and compliance. Partnering closely with scientists, breeders, product owners, data engineers, and enterprise IT, the architect turns strategic objectives into robust, cost-effective, and supportable solutions that improve data quality, shorten cycle times, and enable reproducible science at global scale.

The ideal candidate will:

• Architecture Strategy & Governance → Shows ownership of roadmap and alignment with enterprise standards.
• Solution Design & Integration → Focus on end-to-end architecture, not just coding or implementation.
• Data & Analytics Architecture → Emphasizes designing platforms and governance, which is key for senior roles.
• Security, Compliance & Risk → Critical for enterprise-level architecture.
• Delivery Leadership & Lifecycle Management → Indicates leadership in execution and guiding teams.
• Vendor & Partner Management → Senior architects often manage external relationships and ensure compliance with architecture principles.
• Change Management & Adoption → Driving adoption and consistency across global sites is a strategic responsibility.

WL5A

Critical technical, professional and personal capabilities

• Enterprise & Cloud Architecture: Deep experience designing on Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Integration & APIs: Mastery of API management, event streaming, microservices.
• Data Platforms: Lakehouse/warehouse architectures, orchestration, and MLOps foundations.
• DevOps & Operability: CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, observability.
• Security & Governance: Role-based access control, encryption, compliance frameworks.
• Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with agricultural/life sciences R&D data.
• Experience: 10+ years in solution/enterprise architecture roles; global program experience preferred.

Critical leadership capabilities

• Strategic Thinking
• Customer Orientation
• Influence & Collaboration
• Decision Quality
• Coaching & Mentorship
• Execution Discipline
• Innovation & Change Agility   

Additional Information

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

Beyond just believing in the power of diversity, Syngenta Group promotes an inclusive culture that includes differences in all its forms. We believe that the feeling of belonging allows people to become their best version, building an increasingly welcoming and productive environment. 

All qualified candidates will be considered for our positions, without distinction of race, gender, age, nationality or disability 

*This position will not provide relocation support. 

*This position will require immediate availability. 

Be part of a leading company that brings the potential of plants to life. 

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