Your Tasks
- Develop and communicate the architectural vision for data, analytics, and AI solutions within our Agile Release Train (ART)
- Design the target architecture for data products, data platforms, and analytical applications
- Provide technological guidance for the evolution of our cloud data platform
- Define architecture guidelines, standards, and guardrails
- Coach and support teams in architectural decision-making and the implementation of technical solutions in their day-to-day development work
- Identify and prioritize architectural enablers and technical debt
- Support Program Increment planning and strategic initiatives
- Ensure scalability, security, performance, and maintainability of our solutions while continuously advancing security standards together with the teams
- Monitor technology trends and evaluate and experiment with emerging technologies for strategic adoption within the ART
- Collaborate closely with Enterprise Architects and System Architects across other ARTs to harmonize architecture standards and solution approaches
- Work closely with Product Managers, Product Owners, the Release Train Engineer, and development teams while facilitating architecture and engineering communities
- Foster modern engineering practices through the effective use of AI-enabled development tools
Your Profile
- Several years of experience as a Solution Architect, Lead Architect, System Architect, or Enterprise Architect
- Strong expertise in modern cloud architectures on Azure and/or AWS
- Hands-on experience with: Snowflake, dbt, Cloud platforms (preferably AWS and Azure), Data Warehousing, Data Mesh / Data Products, API and integration architectures, AI-assisted software development and engineering practices, Metadata management, data catalogs, and semantic data modeling
- Knowledge of scaled agile frameworks (e.g., SAFe or comparable approaches)
- Experience with architecture frameworks and methodologies such as TOGAF, arc42, or C4
- Proven track record of working with multiple development teams
- Strategic mindset and the ability to analyze complex problems systematically
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to influence without formal authority
- Passion for connecting people and driving technical excellence
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Fluent in German and English skills (C1 level preferred)