Enterprise Architect (m/f/d)

Job Description

Role Overview

As a Senior Architecture Manager within the Enterprise Architecture Tribe – Cloud Managed Services, you will be responsible for the architectural governance and strategic direction of cloud portfolio solutions across T-Systems platforms, including FCI, Open Telekom Cloud, Hyperscalers, and Enterprise Application offerings. You will lead a team of Enterprise Architects with specialized cloud expertise, ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure, and standardized architectures aligned with business and customer requirements. You will play a key role in defining architecture vision, standards, and roadmaps, driving innovation, and enabling business value through modern technologies. Additionally, you will serve as a senior member of the Enterprise Architecture Council, contributing to enterprise-wide architectural decisions and governance.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Leadership & Strategy

• Define and govern architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices across Cloud Managed Services

• Develop and maintain architecture vision and roadmaps aligned with business goals

• Ensure lifecycle alignment of architectures with customer and portfolio requirements

• Drive standardization and adoption of emerging technologies

Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Collaborate with Portfolio, Sales, and Vertical Business teams to translate market needs into scalable architectures

• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, partners, and internal committees

• Represent enterprise architecture capabilities in client discussions and governance forums

• Provide C-level consulting on platform architecture in customer engagements

Delivery & Solution Enablement

• Support pre-sales activities and solution design for cloud engagements

• Map customer requirements to existing and future cloud solutions

• Guide delivery teams in implementing innovative cloud architectures

• Work closely with Delivery Excellence, Solution Design, and Customer Delivery Managers

Team Leadership

• Provide technical leadership to global architecture teams

• Mentor and guide architects across different domains and geographies

• Identify and onboard skilled architects to strengthen capabilities

Architecture Governance & Optimization

• Create and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and frameworks

• Analyze existing cloud landscapes and identify optimization opportunities

• Ensure alignment with compliance, IT security, and regulatory requirements

• Evaluate and adopt new technologies and architectural patterns

Innovation & Market Insight

• Research and evaluate emerging cloud technologies and trends

• Drive innovation in cloud portfolio architecture

• Support continuous improvement of services and solutions

Training & Knowledge Sharing

• Design and deliver training sessions and workshops for internal teams and customers

• Develop knowledge assets, best practices, and reusable frameworks

Core Competencies

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (FCI, OTC, Hyperscalers)

• Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and governance

• Strong knowledge of cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud architectures

• Experience in security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills

Key Interfaces

• Portfolio Management

• Sales & Business Units

• Delivery & Operations Teams

• Enterprise Architecture Council

• Customers, Partners, and Vendors

Qualifications

Additional Information

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Your Task

As a Senior Architecture Manager within the Enterprise Architecture Tribe – Cloud Managed Services, you will be responsible for the architectural governance and strategic direction of cloud portfolio solutions across T-Systems platforms, including FCI, Open Telekom Cloud, Hyperscalers, and Enterprise Application offerings.

You will lead a team of Enterprise Architects with specialized cloud expertise, ensuring the delivery of scalable, secure, and standardized architectures aligned with business and customer requirements. You will play a key role in defining architecture vision, standards, and roadmaps, driving innovation, and enabling business value through modern technologies.

Additionally, you will serve as a senior member of the Enterprise Architecture Council, contributing to enterprise-wide architectural decisions and governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and govern architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices across Cloud Managed Services

• Develop and maintain architecture vision and roadmaps aligned with business goals

• Ensure lifecycle alignment of architectures with customer and portfolio requirements

• Drive standardization and adoption of emerging technologies

• Collaborate with Portfolio, Sales, and Vertical Business teams to translate market needs into scalable architectures

• Act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, partners, and internal committees

• Represent enterprise architecture capabilities in client discussions and governance forums

• Provide C-level consulting on platform architecture in customer engagements

• Support pre-sales activities and solution design for cloud engagements

• Map customer requirements to existing and future cloud solutions

• Guide delivery teams in implementing innovative cloud architectures

• Work closely with Delivery Excellence, Solution Design, and Customer Delivery Managers

• Provide technical leadership to global architecture teams

• Mentor and guide architects across different domains and geographies

• Identify and onboard skilled architects to strengthen capabilities

• Create and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and frameworks

• Analyze existing cloud landscapes and identify optimization opportunities

• Ensure alignment with compliance, IT security, and regulatory requirements

• Evaluate and adopt new technologies and architectural patterns

• Research and evaluate emerging cloud technologies and trends

• Drive innovation in cloud portfolio architecture

• Support continuous improvement of services and solutions

• Design and deliver training sessions and workshops for internal teams and customers

• Develop knowledge assets, best practices, and reusable frameworks

Your Profile

We are seeking a Senior Architecture Manager with deep expertise in cloud platforms, enterprise architecture frameworks, and strong leadership capabilities to govern and drive strategic architectural direction across cloud managed services.

Must Have Skills

• Deep understanding of cloud platforms including FCI, Open Telekom Cloud, and Hyperscalers

• Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks and governance

• Strong knowledge of cloud-native, hybrid, and multi-cloud architectures

• Experience in security, compliance, and regulatory frameworks

• Strong leadership skills

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Strong communication skills

• Experience in defining and governing architecture standards, frameworks, and best practices

• Experience developing and maintaining architecture vision and roadmaps

• Experience with standardization and adoption of emerging technologies

• Experience collaborating with Portfolio, Sales, and Vertical Business teams

• Ability to act as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, partners, and internal committees

• Experience providing C-level consulting on platform architecture

• Experience supporting pre-sales activities and solution design for cloud engagements

• Experience mapping customer requirements to cloud solutions

• Experience guiding delivery teams in implementing innovative cloud architectures

• Ability to provide technical leadership to global architecture teams

• Experience mentoring and guiding architects across different domains and geographies

• Experience creating and maintaining architecture documentation, standards, and frameworks

• Experience analyzing cloud landscapes and identifying optimization opportunities

• Experience evaluating and adopting new technologies and architectural patterns

• Experience researching and evaluating emerging cloud technologies and trends

• Ability to design and deliver training sessions and workshops

• Experience developing knowledge assets, best practices, and reusable frameworks