IT Architekt Betriebs- & Plattformarchitektur (m/w/d)
Core
Architecting and operating on-premise and private-cloud platforms, designing complex infrastructures, and leading DevOps and system engineering teams.
Role type
Senior IC IT Architect (Operations & Platform)
Builds
On-premise and private-cloud platforms, Kubernetes-based operational and deployment environments, shared and managed service architectures.
Domain
Telecommunications / Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering
Required skills
On-premise datacenter/network/virtualization/storage, Kubernetes (Rancher), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu), Configuration management (Ansible/Puppet), CI/CD pipelines (GitLab/ArgoCD), SLA-based operations, Incident and Change management, Strategic architectural thinking, Technical leadership without disciplinary authority
Preferred skills
Security and compliance (PSA/DSGVO/BSI), Policy-as-Code (OPA/Kyverno), Service Mesh (Istio), Regulated or telco customer environment experience
Technologies
Kubernetes, Rancher, Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, Puppet, GitLab, ArgoCD, Istio
Responsibilities
Assume technical and architectural overall responsibility for on-premise and private-cloud platforms; Design and evaluate complex on-premise infrastructures and Kubernetes-based environments; Plan technical projects and design solution architectures for transitions; Ensure high availability, scalability, multi-tenancy, and security by design; Establish controlled operational environments with KPIs and integrate governance requirements; Evaluate technical options as management decision-making bases; Lead DevOps and system engineering teams and optimize organizational guardrails; Collaborate with internal teams, customers, and management to translate complex technical concepts.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC