Lead System Architect

Line manager

Senior project manager.

Why we are recommending

• T-Systems is a part of Deutsche Telekom, one of the biggest European telecommunications companies. You will work on challenging projects for such customers as T-Mobile, Shell, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, MAN, ThyssenKrupp, DHL, Continental, SBB (Swiss Federal Railways).
• Continuous process improvement open for fresh ideas.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the "API-first" approach from the agile teams and ensure that providers and consumers align their development accordingly.
• Together with the API product managers, you establish architectural principles for the Enterprise APIs, their reuse and their measurability.
• Creation and driving project and enterprise level guidelines.
• You will support colleagues from the business side with your technical knowledge in developing of the business structure of the Enterprise API using future business models and emerging innovation drivers as well as standards such as TMF.
• Represent the interests of technical framework for API portfolio management functional capabilities in the overarching architecture committees and ensure the flow of information to and from the system architects.
• To communicate with stakeholders in the enterprise, you create and maintain the enterprise view of API Portfolio Management functional capabilities.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience working in the enterprise environment as Architect, with solid hands on automation and development experience.
• Several years of experience in complex landscape and setting up of Integration layer.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in architecture and development of cloud native applications, microservices.
• Experience in the work and tasks of a lead architect with regular communication at management level.
• Experience in leading in architecture team and development teams.
• Deep and broad special knowledge in enterprise and integration architectures as well as in mobile, web-based, containerized, cloud architectures, which are characterized by real-time capability, robustness, scalability and performance.
• Management of large projects also in a multinational context with focus on architecture alignment, ideally in a chief architect role.
• Profound knowledge of modern methods, processes, procedures and techniques of IT service development.
• Deep expertise in interface technologies such as REST, gRPC and Event-driven, their formal specification with OpenAPI and Proto, as well as practical experience in Java programming language.
• Detailed knowledge of Identity Management, especially in the context of REST APIs and Microservices using OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
• Proven expertise in the application of Docker, Kubernetes and Cloud (AWS, Azure).
• Expertise to design effective CI/CD pipeline.
• Business goals oriented mindset.
• Persuasiveness and communication/argumentation skills at senior management level.
• Very good English skills verbal and in writing (B2).

Company offers

• Business trips to Europe.
• Flexible working hours.
• Annual bonus.
• Training and development activities.
• Voluntary health insurance with dental care included, family therapist at the office.

Hiring process

You will have 2-3 stages:

• Communication with technical experts and HR.
• Communication with German managers.

Useful links

• Article on Habr "Документирование микросервисов в LeanIX (EAM)": link.
• Article on Habr "Многозадачный и любопытный. Java Champion Митя Александров о создании IT-комьюнити, «удаленке» и жизни": link.