IT Cloud Solution Architect

Job Description

• Develop, roll out and maintain Cloud solutions to allow our Engineering applications (EA) to be operated in the most effective and performant way
• Develop, roll out and maintain Cloud architectures following the A O IT EA and Continental standards for Service and Application Architecture
• Validate latest available technologies, components and tools on the market to operate our current and future Engineering Applications
• Design of proof of concepts using components from AWS, Azure and other Cloud suppliers
• Technical leadership of a development and expert team using SAFe and SCRUM methods
• Coordinate the IT and Business Requests with the relevant Stakeholders via SAFe@EA and DevOps processes
• Support in rollout and version upgrades for our Agile/CI Applications hosted in AWS Conti VPCs
• Understand and follow the Continental R&D and IT processes
• Work together with a worldwide team from different time zones and from different cultures
• Provide prompt response to technical issues in a professional manner

Job Requirements

Knowledge: (what have to be known)

• Candidate to possess a Degree in Engineering
• Advanced knowledge on at least 2 Cloud computing vendors
• Deep understanding of cloud technology and services
• Execution & contribution to Continental Cloud Governance Framework
• Basic understanding of Cloud based service models and deployment models
• Knowledge on ITSM approach in A O IT EA, Continental or basic knowledge on ITIL framework
• Knowledge in SAFe and SCRUM, especially the used SAFe@EA approach for A O IT EA

Capability: (how the knowledge can be used)

• Ability to explain cloud technology and services and service models
• Ability to contribute and execute the Continental Cloud Governance Framework
• Understand the terminology used by IT processes and the meaning of related statements / documentation /
• references. (eg: IT Service, SLA, Service Incident, Service Change, Service Request, User, etc.)
• Align, organize and plan activities and tasks in an Agile way for and with the worldwide team

Experience: (what is the usual experience required)

• At least 5 years hands-on work experience in an IT organization / or an organization working with cloud
• At least 2 years hands-on experience with Cloud Governance Framework