Platform Architect (MS Azure)

100% remote

Tasks and Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Provide technical leadership and set architectural direction for overall service design, aligning technical vision with business objectives.

• Govern and define platform-level rules and strategic direction, including ownership of governance processes.

• Shape and influence the product vision, including areas such as AI and Edge Applications.

• Develop conceptual and detailed architecture design for the overall platform to provide guidance to the developer community.

• Evaluate, investigate, and compare new technologies and disciplines that are of significance to DMP.

2. Collaboration & Alignment

• Align with internal IT stakeholders to ensure platform compatibility and integration.

• Coordinate with external application teams to ensure seamless integration with the platform.

• Coordinate with cloud vendors (e.g., Microsoft), participate in platform discussions, and relate cloud vendor initiatives to the platform strategy.

• Lead, manage, and integrate the Architecture Runway into the Agile lifecycle by fostering close collaboration between development teams and Solution/System Architects.

• Align the platform architecture with the Enterprise Architecture team of ZF.

3. Platform Design & Standardization

• Ensure integration, reuse, and creation of shared components across the platform.

• Initiate common platform services.

• Ensure strategic positioning of technology and applications within ZF.

4. Support & Consulting

• Serve as a direct technical consultant for Tech Leads, Operations, IT, and divisional champions (stakeholders).

• Consult and support development teams during all phases of the application lifecycle: design, development, maintenance, and phase-out.

• Consult and train program management, IT managers, Tech Leads, and Product Owners in IT architecture and architecture management based on corporate standards, ZF IT standards, and the latest architectural approaches.

• Support improvements of processes and methods affecting the architecture domain and overall platform team.

5. Feature Team Enablement

• Support creation of initial architecture design (ADR) for new apps or major features, adapting involvement based on team maturity.

• Ensure compatibility of design decisions with other teams’ and platform decisions.

• Maintain continuous interaction with development teams to ensure performance, scalability, and integrity.

• Help teams identify and address alignment within the ZF organization.

• Address operational risks with development teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years in either Software Engineering design, or Solution Design/Architecture.

• Practical experience (5+ years) in software for production/manufacturing domain or similar.

• Practical experience (5+ years) with PaaS, SaaS and application integration.

• Up-to-date knowledge about cloud technology, Kubernetes, and architecture design.

• Ability to explain complex technical scenarios according to the target audience requirements using PowerPoint, or other tools.

• Experience in facilitating technical discussions by decomposing problem statements into possible technical solution.

• Advanced English (for everyday discussions and meetings with developers, program management and leadership teams).

• Development, Design and practical implementation experience in the area of cloud.

• Experienced in agile software development practices.

• End-to-end thinking during architecture design and concepts.

• Team spirit.

• Problem-solving mindset.

• Influencing and mentoring others.

• Strategic and analytical thinking.

Offer

• Multisport Card

• Life insurance

• Private healthcare

• PowerYou platform