Deploy Domain Architecture Consultancy (m/f/d)

Westhouse is one of the leading international recruitment agencies for the procurement of highly qualified experts in fields such as IT lifecycle management, SAP, engineering, commerce and specialist consultancy.

Deploy Domain Architecture Consultancy (m/f/d) – Frankfurt (50%) and Remote

General information

• Reference:
• Start: (ASAP)
• Duration: + Option
• Location: Frankfurt (50%) and Remote
• Scope of work: full-time (100%)
• Languages: English

Your qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of hands‑on project experience either as an architect or developer/engineer at a transmission system operator in the context of critical systems (System Operations, on‑premise IT Infrastructure for Operations).
• Profound understanding of the concepts behind the resource hierarchy of public cloud providers as well as the lifecycle of managed services offerings.
• Proven experience in building cloud‑native platforms, including CI/CD pipelines, observability frameworks, and release processes for cloud native applications.
• Demonstrated development and architecture experience with Cloud‑Native technologies, Kubernetes‑related tooling and frameworks (including architecture patterns around microservices, brokering (pub‑sub), event sourcing, sharding/partitioning, load throttling/gateway patterns, performance management).
• Proven ability to decompose architecture designs and proof‑of‑concepts (POCs) into structured, actionable work items, enabling and guiding engineering and DevOps teams through implementation and backlog refinement.
• Demonstrated ability to proactively drive architectural decisions, align with cross‑functional stakeholders, and iteratively refine platform and product requirements in complex environments.
• Hands‑on experience in software and distributed system development and engineering to be able to quickly design and build POCs.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD workflow and experience with IaC, GitOps tools.
• Experience with Controller Runtime library.

Your tasks

• Designing and overseeing IT systems that meet business needs.
• Coordinate stakeholders like product owners as well as lead and domain architects to define and refine functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Translate the requirements and high‑level service architecture into modular, scalable and maintainable technical designs aligned with service‑oriented and cloud‑native principles.
• Provide documentation, maintain and evolve (including versioning) architecture artifacts over the lifecycle of the product.
• Recommend and maintain security best practices within the Kubernetes environment, working closely with security teams to address vulnerabilities.
• Consult on the design and continuously evolving of a well‑defined service architecture that promotes consistency and interoperability.
• Assess and recommend technologies and tools that best meet organizational needs.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies and existing tools for potential adoption.
• Conceptualize feasible and functional designs by engineering proof‑of‑concepts (POCs) which integrate relevant components/modules of the system with newly developed or mocked functionality.
• Provide actionable recommendations on technology adoption, optimization, and deprecation; provide architectural support and collaborate across ESL to ensure successful implementation.
• Consult engineering stakeholders by guiding them on questions related to architecture and design patterns during implementation.
• Structure the refinement of engineering stakeholders based on the developed designs, incorporating learnings from the POCs.
• Mentor and coach communication and exchange between stakeholders of the Service Product Line and other EDP stakeholders, maintaining clear and comprehensive documentation for any developed services.