Senior Enterprise Architect (Engineering) (d/f/m)

Henkel; Düsseldorf; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid work model

Up to 30 days work-from-anywhere

Global wellbeing standards

Employee Share Plan

Company Pension Plan

MEGA Preventive Health Insurance

CareFlex Supplementary Care Insurance

Mobility: My Henkel Bike & Jobticket

Job summary

Henkel is seeking an Enterprise Architect (Engineering) to own the infrastructure and technology architecture across cloud, network, compute, security, observability, and resilience. You will define the technical foundation ensuring performance, reliability, and security for all business applications.

You will develop technology strategy, set standards, consolidate platforms, and drive AI-ready, globally scalable solutions with an emphasis on operational stability and cloud economics.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills up to executive level; fluent in English.
• Broad expertise across cloud, networking, databases, base applications, engineering platforms and AI infrastructure, with depth in at least two areas.

Responsibilities

• Develop the enterprise technology strategy and translate business ambition into technology roadmaps.
• Define target technology architectures and reference architectures across cloud, runtime, and engineering platforms.
• Moderate cross-domain technology decisions and align engineering, network, security, data, and AI in one direction.
• Set technology standards and golden paths for engineering teams, and decide on justified exceptions.
• Consolidate platforms, retire legacy technologies, and reduce technical debt across the landscape.
• Moderate the development of our technology principles and strategies.
• Ensure the technology foundation supports AI, resilience, sovereignty, and cloud economics.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and balance innovation with operational stability.

Skills

Executive communication

English fluency

Education

Master’s degree in CS/CE

Job description

About this Position

The Enterprise Architect (Engineering) owns Henkel’s infrastructure and technology architecture across cloud, network, compute, security, observability, and resilience. You define the technical foundation that ensures performance, reliability, and security for all business applications.

What You´ll Do

• Develop the enterprise technology strategy and translate business ambition into technology roadmaps
• Define target technology architectures and reference architectures across cloud, runtime, and engineering platforms
• Moderate cross-domain technology decisions and align engineering, network, security, data, and artificial intelligence in one direction
• Set technology standards and golden paths for engineering teams, and decide on justified exceptions
• Consolidate platforms, retire legacy technologies, and reduce technical debt across the landscape
• Moderate the development of our technology principles and strategies
• Ensure the technology foundation supports artificial intelligence, resilience, sovereignty, and cloud economics
• Evaluate emerging technologies and balance innovation with operational stability

What makes you a good fit

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field
• At least 8 years of experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or technology leadership, ideally with responsibility for systems in production at global scale
• Proven track record in technology standardization and platform consolidation within a federated organization
• Broad expertise across cloud, networking, databases, base applications, engineering platforms and artificial intelligence infrastructure, with depth in at least two areas
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills up to executive level; fluent in English

Some perks of joining Henkel

• Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
• Diverse national and international growth opportunities
• Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
• Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
• Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
• Company Pension Plan 100% financed by Henkel
• MEGA Preventive Health Insurance
• CareFlex Supplementary Care Insurance
• Mobility offer: My Henkel Bike and Jobticket

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, generations and disabilities. If there are any specific accommodations or adjustments you require for the interview process or your on-site appointment, please inform us, and we'll do our best to accommodate your requests.