Solution Architect - Oude Meer, Nederland - General Logistics Systems

Beschrijving

We are looking for a

(Senior) Solution Architect (f/m/d) #Cloud #Container #CraftingTechSolutions

to work within our IT architecture team in Neuenstein (Hesse), Eschborn, Bad Hersfeld, Kassel or fully remote You will be part of the GLS Group IT Solutions & Architecture unit taking care of our microservice architecture, our API products and our web portals for international parcel logistics around the world. We create modern "Cloud first" and "API first" logistics solutions for our internal organization, partners and customers.

What can you expect with us?

You work closely withour agile product development teams, which create core applications driving our global logistics network, like international parcel routing APIs or Parcel Shop search

Partner with product owners and stakeholders to design IT solutions that bring their ideas and visions to life

Guide development teams in crafting state-of-the-art cloud (AWS, Azure) and Kubernetes-based applications that fulfill reliability and scalability objectives

Design and guide the automation of our DevOps workflows which ensure streamlined software delivery

Enhance the shared infrastructure stack (Kafka, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Apigee API Gateway) together with our platform engineering team so that our product teams can concentrate on developing their products

Create prototypes and experiment with new technologies to improve our solutions

Support IT architects from our country's subsidiaries around the globe in finding solutions to various IT problems

What do you bring to the table?

You have a computer sciences or information sciences degree or comparable training/professional experience

You have a deep understanding of cloud architectures and strategies and have already gained project experience as a Cloud Architect (AWS or Azure)

You have experience implementing scalable microservices architectures (Docker, Kubernetes) as well as developing security and identity concepts

You have a passion for problem analysis and are able to communicate complex ideas in a clear and approachable manner

Very good English language skills – German is a plus