Lead Technical Architect(m/w/d)| Germany - #2142707

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  Lead Technical Architect(m/w/d)| Germany
  
  Principal Technology Architect
  

Location – Germany

Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Principal Architect to join our dynamic team at Infosys. The ideal candidate will play a role of technology partner providing strategic technology recommendations to internal and senior client (CxO) stakeholders. Will be front ending the customer for all strategic technical discussions involving Infosys deliverables. Will drive architecture and design governance across the IT landscape ensuring alignment with industry best practices, client requirements and following secure by design and Privacy by design principles . The candidate will play a crucial role in establishing Infosys thought leadership with customer and support in new business opportunities

Responsibilities:

• As part of Manufacturing technology consulting practice, you will work on defining and delivering next generation consulting services in one or more of the areas like Enterprise Architecture, Digital, Cloud, AI, IT Resiliency and IT Security for leading global organizations worldwide.
• You will provide high end consulting services to large enterprises in defining their future state enterprise architecture and provide technology leadership, governance for the delivery of these programs.
• You will be focusing on our strategic clients who are embarking on their transformation initiatives and will work closely with the sales and delivery teams to drive solutions.
• You will identify technology big bets, develop solution propositions around them, do solution prototypes and proactively take it to the market.
• You will also network and collaborate with IT and Business Leaders such as, CIO, CTO, CDOs of client organizations.
• You will develop point of views, papers on technology trends influencing enterprises, publish and speak in reputed industry and partner forums.
• To carry these responsibilities, the role requires a seasoned mix of business acumen, deep technology experience, and an entrepreneur’s spirit.

Required Experience

• At least 15 years of IT experience, with at least 5 years of experience in defining technology architecture and/or technology consulting in one or more of the areas like Enterprise Architecture, Digital, Cloud, AI, IT Resiliency and IT Security.
• Should have personally lead and delivered one or more technology transformation programs successfully with tangible business outcomes
• Should have played the role of a Chief Architect or Architecture Lead equivalent in the past and should have personally led a team of architects as part of large programs and provided guidance, coaching and mentoring to ensure tech quality of the program is met.
• Prior Experience in software development, Architecture and Design of large enterprise systems. In technical areas like Java, J2EE, .NET, Microservices, Cloud native development, AI, ML, Infrastructure as code, scripting, hyperscalers like AWS, Azure, GCP, private cloud, NFRs like performance, resiliency, scalability, IT security, DevSecops etc.
• Should have a good technology knowledge breadth across SDLC including but not limited to User Experience, Non-Functional Requirements, Architecture, Design, Data, Analytics, Multi-Cloud, Poly-Cloud scenarios, IT Infrastructure, Info. Security, Responsible AI, APIs & microservices, Apps integration, Open-source technologies.
• Should have a depth in at least two of the above areas to drive end to end transformation solutions.
• Should have good understanding of business domain, business capabilities and business processes in two or more domains. Should have a good knowledge of industry domain business capabilities specific tech platforms, products and solutions space in two or more domains.
• Should be able to do high level estimation of effort, cost, TCO analysis for large programs and identified opportunities, recommendations as part of deliverables.
• Should have very good communication and articulation skills (verbal and written) and should be able to communicate with right level of abstraction and details, when interacting with CxO, Middle management and developers, Non-IT stakeholders. Should be able to drive workshop discussions with IT and Business communities.
• Should be able to work as part of a cross-cultural global teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Industry standard certifications in cloud, data, analytics and AI (AWS, GCP, Azure), Enterprise Architecture certifications like TOGAF etc.
• Manufacturing domain experience
• Fluent German Language skills

Personal
Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:

• High analytical skills
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility
• High customer orientation
• High quality awareness
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

About Us
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Infosys is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.