Principal Technology Architect

K&K Social Resources & Development GmbH is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in Germany, who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.

Job Role : Principal Technology Architect

Location : Frankfurt, Germany

Technology : Digital, Cloud, AI, IT Resiliency, and IT Security

Employment Type : Permanent Role

Description : Required

• At least 15 years of IT experience, with at least 5 years of experience in defining technology architecture and / or technology consulting in one or more of the areas like Enterprise Architecture, Digital, Cloud, AI, IT Resiliency and IT Security.
• Should have personally lead and delivered one or more technology transformation programs successfully with tangible business outcomes
• Should have played the role of a Chief Architect or Architecture Lead equivalent in the past and should have personally led a team of architects as part of large programs and provided guidance, coaching and mentoring to ensure tech quality of the program is met.
• Prior Experience in software development, Architecture and Design of large enterprise systems. In technical areas like Java, J2EE, .NET, Microservices, Cloud native development, AI, ML, Infrastructure as code, scripting, hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, GCP, private cloud, NFRs like performance, resiliency, scalability, IT security, DevSecops etc.
• Should have a good technology knowledge breadth across SDLC including but not limited to User Experience, Non-Functional Requirements, Architecture, Design, Data, Analytics, Multi-Cloud, Poly-Cloud scenarios, IT Infrastructure, Info. Security, Responsible AI, APIs & microservices, Apps integration, Open-source technologies.
• Should have a depth in at least two of the above areas to drive end to end transformation solutions.
• Should have good understanding of business domain, business capabilities and business processes in two or more domains. Should have a good knowledge of industry domain business capabilities specific tech platforms, products and solutions space in two or more domains.
• Should be able to do high level estimation of effort, cost, TCO analysis for large programs and identified opportunities, recommendations as part of deliverables.
• Should have very good communication and articulation skills (verbal and written) and should be able to communicate with right level of abstraction and details, when interacting with CxO, Middle management and developers, Non-IT stakeholders. Should be able to drive workshop discussions with IT and Business communities.
• Should be able to work as part of a cross-cultural global teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Industry standard certifications in cloud, data, analytics and AI (AWS, GCP, Azure), Enterprise Architecture certifications like TOGAF etc.
• Fluent German Language skills

Note : Applicants for employment in Germany should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.