PepsiCo - Senior Teamcenter Administrator - PLM

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Teamcenter Administrator to administrate and operate our Teamcenter environments across production and non-production landscapes. This is a pivotal role within our global PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) program, responsible for ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance of our Teamcenter infrastructure.

As a key member of the Technology Information team, this professional will be part of a team of administrators and collaborate with cross-functional and technical teams to deliver seamless PLM services that support innovation and operational excellence across PepsiCo's global product portfolio.

Responsibilities:

- Installation, setup, configuration of Siemens Teamcenter (2-tier and 4-tier), including Active Workspace (AWC), license server and all components in the Teamcenter architecture.

- Sustain the Teamcenter solution (prod and non-prod) attending incidents, coordinating changes, troubleshooting problems, deploying releases through the landscape.

- Contribute to the planning and perform Teamcenter upgrades, patching, and hotfix deployments using Deployment Center and other Siemens tools.

- Support the integration activities of Teamcenter with enterprise systems (SAP, 3DX, F4PLM OpenText and other systems).

- Implement security requirements complying with PepsiCo information security Policies.

- Implement monitoring tools and automation scripts to proactively manage system health and reduce manual effort.

- Maintain comprehensive documentation and enforce governance for change management, access control, and audit readiness.

- Interact with Infra lead to manage all application Teamcenter environments (production and non-production), ensuring high availability, performance, and compliance with IT standards in a distributed architecture deployed in the Cloud.

Qualifications:

- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

- 9 - 11 years of experience in systems administration, with at least 5 years in Teamcenter.

- Proven experience in sustaining and managing Teamcenter installations, upgrades, and integrations in large-scale enterprise environments.

- Strong knowledge of Siemens Teamcenter architecture, AWC, BMIDE, and ITK.

- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure), scripting (Shell, PowerShell, Python), and DevOps practices are a plus.

- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Additional Skills:

- User & Access Management: SSO integration with SAML, LDAP, or Active Directory; MFA install.

- Linux/Unix & Windows Server: Install and configure OS for Teamcenter servers.

- Web & Application Server Management: Apache Tomcat / WebSphere / WebLogic - Install, configure, and tune for AWC and web services; SSL/TLS - Implement HTTPS and certificates for secure communication.

- Backup, Restore & Disaster Recovery: Backup of data, metadata, and custom code; Disaster Recovery (DR) - Test recovery procedures for outages or data loss scenarios; High Availability (HA) - Deploy Teamcenter in clustered environments for redundancy; File Management System (FMS) - Configure FMS Master and Slaves for distributed file access.

- Monitoring, Logging & Performance Tuning: System Monitoring for uptime and resource usage; Log Analysis; Performance Tuning - JVM tuning, DB indexing, load distribution, caching strategies.

- DevOps & Automation: Automate environment provisioning and deployment; CI/CD Set up pipelines for testing and deploying BMIDE/custom code; Security Compliance - have a security first mindset fostering a secure environment attending best practices and guidelines from InfoSec.