Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Application, Project
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Frankfurt
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you design sustainable system architectures for core cross-sectional systems, lead technical implementations, and develop integration strategies in an agile environment.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- We are looking for a full-time Solution Architect Software Platform (m/f/d) at the Frankfurt am Main location, starting as soon as possible (40 hours/week).
- The IT & Digital Business Unit is responsible for the technical implementation and ongoing operation of all software products within the DFB.
- As a Solution Architect in the Enterprise Architecture team, you are responsible for core cross-sectional systems and their technical design along defined Business Capabilities.
- You ensure sustainable, maintainable system architectures without redundancies and coordinate the interaction between applications in accordance with enterprise-wide architecture principles.
- In this role, you will lead development teams technically, define implementation approaches, and coordinate the technical execution of new requirements.
- As a central knowledge holder for your systems, you work closely with the Enterprise Architect to ensure integration and interoperability.
- Design and development of scalable, maintainable, and secure architectures for key topics such as Identity and Access Management (IAM), Content Management Systems (CMS), and Digital Asset Management (DAM).
- Development and implementation of Proof of Concepts (PoCs) to validate innovative technologies and architectural approaches.
- Conducting regular code and architecture reviews to ensure that development work complies with the defined architecture principles and quality standards.
- Identification and implementation of refactorings to maximize the long-term maintainability and efficiency of the software.
- Monitoring and ensuring compliance with architecture standards, security policies, and quality metrics.
- Technical consulting for Product Owners and other stakeholders to ensure that the system architecture aligns optimally with business goals and requirements.
- Ensure clear and comprehensible documentation that serves as a basis for further development and maintenance.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Solid IT background through a degree in computer science or a comparable qualification with further training and certifications in the architecture field (e.g., iSAQB, TOGAF, ...).
Qualifications
- Technical excellence as a Senior Developer, ideally in agile development environments (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe), combined with a deep understanding of cross-team software architectures.
- Comprehensive expertise in modern software engineering practices as well as solid knowledge in the field of software modernization.
- Technological focus areas: Java, Jakarta EE, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, Keycloak, Typo3.
- Strong communication skills in both German and English.
Experience
- Several years of experience as a Software Architect, with responsibility for designing and further developing complex, distributed system landscapes.
- Experience in designing, developing, and scaling complex web applications.
- Practical DevOps experience, especially in implementing CI/CD pipelines.
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What we offer
- The most comprehensive football organization in Germany in terms of content and personnel.
- Topics of social relevance and attention.
- Varied tasks with individual challenges that contribute to the development of personal skills across different dimensions.
- A work culture characterized by respect, openness, passion, and team spirit.
- With the DFB Campus, a state-of-the-art working environment with flexible workspaces and various sports facilities (football hall, beach volleyball, fitness studio, running track).
- Flexible working hours as well as the possibility of remote work, which can be up to 50% based on individual agreement with your supervisor.
- Free drinks and subsidized lunch.
- Free parking facilities.
- Many offers and discounts for employees.
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Benefits
Work-Life-Integration
Topics that you deal with on the job
Job Locations
This is your employer
DFB GmbH
Der DFB ist als mitgliederstärkster deutscher Sportfachverband eine gesellschaftliche Institution und eines der größten sozialen Netzwerke Deutschlands.
Description
- Company Size
- 50-249 Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Public Service, Unions