Domain Architect

Application hosting is looking for a Domain Architect to join our governance and operation of the application hosting services, working in the area of modern platforms including microservices, containers, public-cloud, hyperconverged infrastructure and DevSecOps practices. This role ensures end-to-end architectural integrity, compliance with corporate standards, and delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-effective hosting solutions. This role will also collaborate with stakeholders, vendors, and other architecture domains to drive innovation and enable business agility.

Key Responsibilities:

· Define and maintain architecture vision and roadmap aligned with business requirements.

· Propose policies, directives and strategic directions for application hosting services.

· Secure and manage infrastructure Portfolio technical standards and contribute to related processes and forums.

· Securing infrastructure architecture compliance with corporate standards and directives.

· Contribute to service development or enhancement projects to ensure architecture support, requirement gathering and breakdown, compliance, consistency and certification.

· Contribute to the development of application infrastructure architecture and development guidelines, methods and frameworks.

· Define and enforce Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards and automation best practices.

· Ensure documentation of the architecture landscape for the area of responsibility.

· Be part of and contribute to the Architecture Office.

· Collaborate with product vendors for solution evaluation, PoCs, and roadmap alignment.

· Work closely with architects from other streams to make sure that the underlying architecture, infrastructure services and technical decisions support the application infrastructure services needs and SLAs.

· Serve as the subject matter expert in interactions with customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.

· Drive innovation and lead the development of services based on prioritized business requirements.

· Continuously promote service offerings to optimize usage and deliver maximum value to the business.

· Track market trends, emerging technologies, and industry best practices to proactively update architecture standards and recommend innovative solutions.

Required Skills:

· Strong competence and experience of modern application and cloud solution architecture incl. microservices, container technologies and DevSecOps.

· Strong competence and experience in designing and managing enterprise-level infrastructure solutions

· Strong Knowledge of cloud platforms and hybrid hosting strategies.

· Strong knowledge of core container technologies (container runtimes, OCI standards)

· Experience from using frameworks like TOGAF, ITIL and modelling architecture using UML and ArchiMate standards.

· Knowledge in IaC tools and security frameworks.

· Strong English written and oral communication skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences

· Ability to quickly comprehend the capabilities of new technologies and assess their business impact.

· Self-driven, able to meet targets and deadlines with minimal supervision

· Ability to work in an international team with colleagues that have diverse cultural backgrounds