IT Solution & Integration Architect Purchasing, Finance, Integrity & Law

We are looking for you, an IT Solution & Integration Architect Purchasing, Finance, Integrity & Law (m/f/diverse), to join our Information Technology team in the area of Business Applications for Purchasing, Finance and Integrity & Law. Hybrid Work is possible.

The main objective of this position is to design and implement IT solutions that meet business requirements while ensuring seamless integration across systems. Align technology architecture with organizational goals, focusing on scalability, security, and efficiency.

Core Responsibilities:

• Architecture Design, Development & Planning: You design end-to-end IT solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements. Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective. Define architecture blueprints, patterns, and reference models.
• Requirements Analysis: You collaborate with Business and IT stakeholders to gather and analyze functional and non-functional requirements. Translate business needs into technical specifications and architectural components.
• Technology Evaluation & Selection: You assess and recommend appropriate technologies, platforms, and tools. Ensure compatibility with existing systems and future scalability.
• Security & Compliance: You enforce architectural standards, policies, and best practices. Ensure solutions comply with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, ISO standards). Integrate security principles into architecture (e.g., identity, access control, data protection). Identify and mitigate technical risks early in the design phase.
• Integration & Interoperability: You identify interfaces of integration points and data flows between systems, applications, and services. Ensure seamless integration across heterogeneous environments (on-prem, cloud, hybrid). Assess and recommend suitable middleware tools.
• Documentation & Communication: You produce architecture documentation, diagrams, and decision records. Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Project Support & Delivery: You support development and operations teams during implementation. Validate architecture through proof-of-concepts, pilots, and close collaboration with Enterprise Architect and Domain Architects

Basic Qualifications:

• Academic degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Informatics, Business Administration or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in a similar architecture role (cloud architecture, solution architecture or enterprise architecture).
• Strong understanding of middleware technologies and IT architectures.
• TOGAF certification
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Hands-on experience in interface design, mapping data flows and architecture documentation
• Proficiency in English.
• Capable of working in a multicultural, distributed team environment
• Several years of experience in business processes in the area of Purchasing, Finance and/or Integrity & Law

Preferred Qualifications:

• Several years of professional experience in IT service management or a project environment;
• Knowledge in agile project methodologies
• Deep knowledge in requirements gathering and analysis
• Strong communication and presentation skills

What we offer:

• The 13th salary – Paid once a year, in December;
• Meal tickets - With a value of 40 Ron;
• Hybrid schedule – Work-life balance is important, so we offer a flexible schedule. Please agree on this with your superior;
• Private Health Insurance – Health is the most important, so we offer you a medical subscription through Signal Iduna;
• Referral bonuses - We encourage colleagues to refer new candidates to us and, at the same time, to get the chance to receive a bonus;
• Bookster – Feed your body and your mind. You can borrow books and you’ll receive them at the office;
• Sports benefits- It’s important to stay active, so we offer you the 7Card;
• Discounts at our partners – We collaborate with different vendors, and we receive discounts for various products/ services like rubbers, restaurants, kindergartens, etc;
• System for Rewarding Improvement Ideas – We have an internal improvement program (Continental Idea Management) that allows you to come up with ideas and to be honored with an attractive bonus (this is established by the CIM team according to your improvement idea);
• Happy days – If you or your child is getting married, or you become a parent, you receive some extra free days;
• Life events celebration - If your family is growing, we praise your newborn with a bonus;
• Unfortunate events - In case of unhappy events in your life, we support you by offering you free days and financial support (handled on a case-by-case basis);
• Extra vacation days – You begin with 22 vacation days/year, and starting with the 3rd year with us, we offer you 1 more day of vacation and, afterward from 2 to 2 years you’ll get one more extra day (the maximum you can achieve is 27);
• Professional development - Many opportunities to develop yourself within the company;
• Diversity and multicultural mindset - We encourage you to join us no matter who, where, or what you are. We have colleagues from different nations and a variety of languages are spoken in our company.

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