The Sr Manager Global digital Solutions is a leadership position with expertise in AI/ML, data engineering, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). This leadership role involves overseeing the development and deployment of end-to-end solutions, from architecture design to implementation and operationalization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building data pipelines, ingestion systems, and reporting/visualization mechanisms, as well as providing strategic guidance on middleware, microservices, and cloud infrastructure.

Key responsibilities include leading teams on projects, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions on time, managing risk, and maintaining a strong focus on security and cost optimization. The role will also involve mentoring team members, establishing best practices, and driving continuous improvement in cloud architecture and AI/ML systems. The candidate will also be responsible for evaluating and selecting appropriate AI/ML models for key tasks such as intent recognition, entity extraction, and sentiment analysis. He/she will be responsible to guide the development of AI-driven applications, and provide valuable insights to the end user through AI/ML integration.

Additionally, the Cloud Solutions Architect will ensure compliance with Aptiv’s cybersecurity standards.

This role requires a strategic mindset, technical leadership, and a deep understanding of both cloud infrastructure and advanced AI/ML capabilities.

Aptiv locations, 220+, include manufacturing, warehouses, tech centers across the globe.

Key responsibilitiesLead and serve on end to end architect on projects.Oversee building of data pipelines, ingestion systems, and reporting/visualization mechanisms across cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP.Plan, coordinate, document, analyze, design, review, and implement enhancements.Provide expertise, mentorship, process improvements, strategy and standards .Provide strategic guidance on middleware, microservices, streaming data, software development (full-stack), cloud standards, and infrastructure practices.Monitor cloud architecture and review/develop plans to meet business outcomes, proof of concepts all the way to productionization of solutions with running cost and security as priority.Identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges throughout the development lifecycle, ensuring delivery on time and according to scope.Support pre-project efforts and assist with delivery time estimates .Leverage Al/ML and GenAl to provide operational insights to the application end user.Oversee the end-to-end development of Al/ML projects from concept to deployment.Oversee the  appropriate algorithms and machine learning models for tasks such as intent recognition, entity extraction, and sentiment analysis.Continuously improve the performance and efficiency of the AI system, minimizing response times and resource consumption.Ensure compliance to Aptiv cybersecurity requirements and technical standards.

Primary Contacts

S&PS leadership: Plant Managers, Regional Operations Directors, PCL and Engineering Leadership Divisional Facing ITEs and IT Mfg. and Mfg. Engineering Leads.Corporate IT Application Services and IT Operations ITE.

Architecture Teams.Application Owners and Leads.Business Analytics.IT and/or Business Executive steering committee.

Skills and CompetenciesStrong experience in architecting and designing services for IoT/streaming data and solution platformExperience in building Data Management solutions, including ingestion & data engineering, modeling, reporting & visualization across various laaS, PaaS and SaaS technologies.Deep expertise in designing and delivering modern data architectures, including high-availability solutions across regions, SQL and NoSQL databases, and ETL processes. Proven ability to implement scalable, efficient, and resilient data pipelines to meet business and operational requirements.Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies (Azure, AWS and GCP), applications, and trends with knowledge of cloud infrastructure, software application, and design.Ability to design and conduct experiments to test the efficacy of different generative models.Experience with IoT data platforms Container technologies & Kubernetes BI tools (PowerBI , Quicksight, Qlik , Grafana)Experience designing systems that can handle high volumes of concurrent users and accommodate future growth.Experience in Data science, AI/ML- Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock , Amazon Q or Azure cognitive services including deploying and fine tuning models in cloud.Hand on experience on Databricks, Snowflake and other enterprise data warehouse

QualificationsBachelor’s degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science)15+ years of experience in IT Architecture having modern, Cloud-based technology landscapes.Cloud Architect certification

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Aptiv is a leading global technology and mobility architecture company primarily serving the automotive sector. We deliver end-to-end mobility solutions, enabling our customers’ transition to more electrified, software-defined vehicles. We design and manufacture vehicle components and provide electrical, electronic and active safety technology solutions to the global automotive and commercial vehicle markets, creating the software and hardware foundation for vehicle features and functionality. Our Advanced Safety and User Experience segment is focused on providing the necessary software and advanced computing platforms, and our Signal and Power Solutions segment is focused on providing the requisite networking architecture required to support the integrated systems in today’s complex vehicles. Together, our businesses develop the ‘brain’ and the ‘nervous system’ of increasingly complex vehicles, providing integration of the vehicle into its operating environment.

We are one of the largest vehicle technology suppliers and our customers include the 25 largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) in the world. We operate 127 major manufacturing facilities and 12 major technical centers utilizing a regional service model that enables us to efficiently and effectively serve our global customers from best cost countries. We have a presence in 46 countries and have approximately 18,900 scientists, engineers and technicians focused on developing market relevant product solutions for our customers.

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