Informatiker als Lead System Architect Datacenter / Planung und Design (m/w/d)

About the Role

In the Datacenter & Cloud Solutions (DCS) department, we provide DATEV with current IT infrastructure components and platforms, as well as efficient ITSM processes, to continuously, dynamically, and stably create value for the customer. DCS ensures secure, stable, and performant operation for a positive customer experience. The DCS portfolio is continuously adapted based on requirements.

As a System Architect, you will focus on the conception, planning, and design of complex IT systems and infrastructures. You will translate DATEV's long-term visions and goals into efficient and scalable technical system architectures. You will act as a bridge builder between technical implementation and business requirements, ensuring that the system architecture supports both current and future needs of DATEV.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for analyzing company-wide requirements and deriving viable, future-oriented system architectures that optimally support business-critical processes and user needs.
• You will design the overarching system structure, including hardware, software, and network infrastructures, and manage the use of suitable modeling tools for transparent visualization of complex relationships.
• You will bear overall responsibility for the integration of all system components and design robust interfaces and communication architectures that ensure stable operation across system boundaries.
• You will lead cross-functional teams through technical implementation and play a central role in steering the architecture roadmap and prioritizing technical decisions.
• You will establish binding quality standards through the strategic use of test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development practices -- and ensure compliance with relevant standards, security requirements, and best practices.
• You will be responsible for maintaining and further developing comprehensive technical documentation and advise management and business departments on technological potentials, especially in the context of cloud platforms and innovation strategies.

What We Are Looking For:

Required Skills:

• Completed degree in Computer Science or a comparable qualification with an IT focus, as well as profound, multi-year experience as a System Architect in complex and established system landscapes.
• In-depth technical expertise in network architectures, software development, database systems, and modern cloud technologies, which you can effectively apply in conception and implementation.
• Extensive experience in the development and implementation of scalable IT architectures, as well as in managing interdisciplinary projects and teams.
• You can analyze complex requirements in a structured manner and develop viable, innovative system solutions with high strategic added value.
• You communicate convincingly, appropriately, and confidently at all levels -- including with management and non-technical stakeholders.
• You embrace continuous development, ideally possess relevant architecture certifications, and actively drive technical and personal development through curiosity and teamwork.

What We Offer:

• Possibility of working from home ("Homeoffice") in a mobile, location-independent manner within Germany, including the associated technical equipment.
• Flexible working hours, including the option for time off in lieu for a good work-life balance.
• Wide range of professional and personal development opportunities, both during and outside working hours, as well as numerous internal communities for networking and mutual learning, and much more...

About Us:

DATEV is more than a green rectangle. We are one of the largest software and IT service providers in Europe, headquartered in Nuremberg. More than 9,000 employees give their all to drive the digitalization of our customers' business processes. Over 800,000 customers rely on our PC and cloud solutions as well as mobile apps, using them to process around 14 million payroll accounting tasks monthly, for example. We are a strong and open community where people not only arrive quickly but also like to stay. Our culture of security and openness, combined with a technologically advanced working environment, ensures this. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are essential for us to ensure that everyone can participate equally in working life. DATEV stands for this every day. The best future is created in strong communities. #WirsindDATEV!

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Contact: Raphael Hirschmann Phone: +49 (911) 31942090 Email: karriere@datev.de