Lead Architect (m/f/d) DevOps / Cloud / Kubernetes / IAM - Berlin

For our costumer, we are looking for a Lead Architect (m/f/d) in fulltime. The location is up to 50% on site in Berlin.

Tasks:
• Develop a strategy and its implementation for on-prem, private, and public cloud solutions.
• Design scalable, cloud-native solutions to streamline developer workflows
• Design and manage lifecycle of platform services.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product Leads and architecture teams to align strategies
• Tenant-Centric: ability to reflect and prioritize customer feedback
• Process Optimization: Guide engineering teams, integrate learnings from proofs of concept, and maintain clear service documentation.
• Continuous Improvement: Regularly assess and update architecture to meet business and security standards.


Must-have competencies / Must-have skills
• At least five years of experience architecting DevOps solutions within AWS, GCP, MS Azure, and other cloud providers, as well as on-premise providing a hybrid cloud user experience
• Experience in modular, distributed, highly availalbe software architecture
• Advanced understanding of Service Oriented Architecture and Microservices
• Advanced understanding of Kubernetes (Yaml and HelmCharts) and Docker concepts
• Advanced understanding of Infrastucture-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi or Ansible) and GitOps concepts
• Advanced understanding of IAM, OAuth and OIDC
• Advanced understanding of DevSecOps (like AquaSec or Sonar)
• Advanced understanding of Continous Integration (Source Code Management, Application Lifecycle Management and Pipelines) concepts
• Advanced understanding of Continous Delivery and GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux or Flamingo) concepts
• Advanced understanding of Image Registries (like Gitlab Registry and Harbor) and Artifact Repository Management (like Artifactory)
• Advanced understanding of Collaboration Tools like Atlassian Jira und Confluence
• Advanced understanding of DevOps Portal (like Backstage.io)
• Advanced understanding of agile Software Development (Scrum and Kanban)
• Advanced understanding of Programming (Java, Go, C#, JavaScript, GO, Typescript, etc.) and Scripting Languages (Python, Shell scripting, etc.)
• Advanced understanding of Observability practices incl. Logging and Monitoring (Prometheus, Loki or Grafana)
• Quick understanding of complex requirements and high abstraction abilities
• Adequate understanding of secure enterprise architecture
• Experience in writing documentation of complex environments
• Developer Experience: Optimize the development lifecycle by that maximize developer efficiency and satisfaction.
• Customer-Centric: ability to reflect and prioritize customer feedback and enhance user experience
• Ownership: Taking ownership for end-to-end solutions
• Strong Analytical Skills: ability to analyze data and make informed decisions
• Team player skills: cross team collaboration