Job Description
Step out of your comfort zone, excel and redefine the limits of what is possible. That's just what our employees are doing every single day – in order to set the pace through our innovations and enable outstanding achievements. After all, behind every successful company are many great fascinating people.In a spacious modern setting full of opportunities for further development, ZEISS employees work in a place where expert knowledge and team spirit reign supreme. All of this is supported by a special ownership structure and the long-term goal of the Carl Zeiss Foundation: to bring science and society into the future together.
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Diversity is a part of ZEISS. We look forward to receiving your application regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, philosophy of life, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity.
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We are currently transforming our existing IT landscape from a traditional service structure to a modern microservice based approach in the cloud. The goal is to offer our customers a state-of-the-art platform that supports and optimizes their collaboration with us. As a Cloud Architect for Digital Platforms and Order Services in the Sales & Marketing IT Team, your primary role is to provide strategic direction and technical leadership to our young and agile engineering teams. Activities within the role:
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Solution Design and Architecture for scalable high-performance applications
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Develop architectural blueprints to guide the development and integration with core enterprise systems
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Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, security policies, and governance frameworks
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Evaluate emerging technologies and provide recommendations for new tools and frameworks to enhance marketing capabilities
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Collaborate with marketing stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into a technical solution design
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Drive innovation through the adoption of cloud-native services and modern development practices such as DevOps, CI/CD, and microservices architecture
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Lead cross-functional teams to deliver cloud solutions
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Collaborate with IT, security, and other departments to ensure cloud solutions are aligned with enterprise standards and best practices
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Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior architects and developers
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Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of cloud-based marketing applications
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Develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical marketing systems
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Optimize cloud infrastructure for cost efficiency and performance
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Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field
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5+ years of experience in cloud solution engineering or architecture, ideally with a focus on Microsoft Azure
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Strong understanding of cloud security principles, identity and access management, and compliance requirements
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Experience with APIs, microservices, containerization technologies, Infrastructure as Code, and object-oriented programming (C#, ASP.NET Core)
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Knowledge of e-commerce components and architectures
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Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
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Strong communication and interpersonal skill, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to less-technical stakeholders
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Strong self-motivation for achieving results & personal development
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Open to business trips if required & appropriate
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Fluent in English & German