Cloud Computing Solution Architect

Company Description

As the IT of the REWE Group Austria, we work together with our more than 600 employees to develop innovative IT products and services for all our corporate divisions in Austria and abroad, setting the tone for modern trade. In the role of Profession Lead Security Architecture, you will be responsible for establishing the security architecture and secure software development guidelines for our products. A dynamic environment with the ability to find creative solutions independently motivates you? You have a high affinity to security and secure software development? You like build innovative solutions with a team of professionals? Then you are exactly right with us.

**Job Description**:

- Design reliable, scalable and responsive high-load solutions for cloud and on-prem and lead the definition, implementation and evolution of architecture
- Define the architecture of your products to match our customers’ requirements
- Lead the definition, implementation and evolution of architecture
- Ensure that your products meet requirements regarding quality, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
- Make decisions on architecture and technology related topics for your products
- Coordinate technical details with lead software engineers
- Provide technical guidance and coaching for developers, engineers and other team members
- Collaborate on overarching topics with the central architecture team
- Contribute to our overall architecture and technology stack a part of our communities of practice
- Define and implement processes and management systems suitable for the cloud
- Continuously drive the move to cloud and optimize cloud usage to reduce spend and improve service quality and optimize service delivery.
- Partners with business leaders to act as an advisor to IT strategic planning efforts
- Facilitates cloud strategy decisions through consulting and support in execution
- Introduces new technologies and methodologies to support cloud transformation
- Analyzes industry, technology, and market trends to determine their potential impacts on the enterprise
- Analyzes the current business and IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommends solutions for improvement
- Leads and facilitates the creation of governing principles to guide solution decision making for the enterprise
- Consults with program/project teams to fit solutions to architecture across all viewpoints
- Engages with Vendors to stay informed about innovation and changes in services
- Ensure stakeholder needs are known and translated into understandable service and support offerings and transformation projects.
- Leading role in stakeholder alignments across all IT segment functions

**Qualifications**:

- Completed technical education with focus on IT (HTL, FH, TU) or comparable qualification
- Several years of experience as solution or infrastructure architect
- Excellent knowledge of infrastructure and solution design and architecture
- Knowledge of server and storage technologies is beneficial
- Knowledge of container technologies (Docker and Kubernetes) is beneficial
- Cloud knowledge (GCP and Azure) is beneficial
- Technical mindset with great attention to detail
- High quality organizational and communication skills
- Independent and goal-oriented way of working

Additional Information
- Long-term, interesting and varied work for a reliable employer in a supportive team
- A family-friendly company culture with flexible working hours and remote working options according to your individual needs
- Staff shopping and travel discounts
- Numerous training and further development opportunities within the Group (5% of working time for self-organized training and education)
- A neutral company car for private use
- Your own company mobile phone and laptop for maximum working flexibility
- A lunch allowance
- An industry-standard, attractive and performance based annual gross salary starting at 67.000 Euro (on a full-time basis) with the possibility of higher pay according to experience and qualifications