Purpose
ALSO wants to strengthen its Competence in the Area of IT Architecture with a Senior Enterprise Architect within Group IT. The aim is to decrease implementation risks and avoidance of costly design mistake, and to both gain efficiency and improve time to market by re-use of design principles.
Main Tasks
Topic Ownership Enterprise Architecture: Definition of Solution Intents considering ALSO’s strategy, Technologies and Governance
Definition and Maintenance of Design Principles
Group Wide Enterprise Architecture Governance Principles
Consulting Senior Level Management on Enterprise Architecture
Contribution to IT Strategy
Lead for Application Portfolio Management
Lead of Enterprise Architecture Board
Evaluation of Technological and Solution Options
Business IT
Enterprise Architecture Methodology and Documentation of Architecture Principles and Overviews
Support CIO/CTO and B-Level Head-Of Group Functions in Decision Making
Ensure Cybersecurity Requirements meet Enterprise Architecture Design Principles
Additional Tasks
Supporting Establishing Cross-Domain Architecture Boards
Participation in Change Advisory Boards where necessary
Participation in Technological Roadmap Definition together with CIO/CTO and Head of IT
Support Business and Technical Capability Management
Contribution to CMDB
Applicant Profile
Education and Experience
Business and IT MA/BA Studies
Min 10 y of experience as IT Enterprise Architect, ideally with min 5y of experience in an international company on group level
Minimumf of 5 years experience in B2B IT, TelCo or closely related branch
Experience in Cloud architecture and Security field with Preference on Azure
Experience Onlineshop / Multi-Channel (B2B)
B2B Integration (API, Messaging/Event Streaming, File Transfer)
SAP S4/ECC ERP
Hyperscaler Cloud Platform (Azure prefered, AWS, GCP)
We are looking for hands-on experience and tangible results from the candidate
Competences
MUST: Enterprise Architect Certification
(TOGAF EA Practitioner or alike)
Excellent Communicator
MS Certified Cybersecurity Architect
or CISSP or alike that proof strong cloud security understanding
Excellent Business process knowhow
Ability to interact with C-Level and Group Level functions
Strong Customer Orientation
Strong Group Orientation
MS Azure Solutions Architecture or similar experience/certification
Excellent English in speaking and writing
Familiar with EA-Tools
Highly motivated personality
Additional Competences
Professional competence (Advantageous)
Cybersecurity Certifications
DP Certifications
Agile Project Management, SAFE
SM (ITIL or alike)
Information at a Glance
Remote | Soest, Germany
Mid-Career
Information Technology
less then 50%
About ALSO
ALSO is one of the leading technology providers for the ICT industry currently active in 30 countries in Europe and in a total of 144 countries worldwide. In 2024, net sales of the Swiss-based company, which employs about 4 200 people, amounted to 11 billion euros. The ALSO ecosystem offers around 135 000 resellers hardware, software and IT services from more than 800 vendors in over 1 570 product categories. In the spirit of the circular economy, the company provides all services from provision to refurbishment from a single source.
ALSO has three business models: The Supply division comprises the transactional range of hardware and software. The Solutions division supports customers in the development of customized IT solutions and ready-to-use IoT applications. Subscription-based cloud offerings for soft- and hardware as well as platforms for cybersecurity, IoT, virtualization and AI are the focus of the Service area.
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ALSO Values
It is one of our fundamental values to respect human rights and to ensure that they are respected. This includes, in particular, respecting the personal dignity and privacy of each individual. Ethical behaviour is also expected of all our employees in business dealings with our partners. We are committed to fair, unrestricted competition and do not allow our decisions to be influenced by gifts or invitations, let alone financial benefits. Improving the lives of all people through technology - that is ALSO's goal. This also includes protecting our environment and making careful use of the limited resources we have. For further reference, please refer to our Code of Conduct.
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