Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Security
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Nuremberg
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will significantly shape the IT operations architecture, define processes, implement cloud solutions, and automate workflows to optimally meet business requirements.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- As an IT Operations Architect, you will take on a key technical leadership role, shaping and evolving our enterprise IT operations landscape. You will bridge strategic vision with hands-on technical execution, ensuring that our infrastructure, platforms, and operational processes are scalable, resilient, secure, and closely aligned with business needs.
- Define and own the IT Operations architecture roadmap across infrastructure, cloud, networking, monitoring, and service management platforms; evaluate IT processes and develop reference architectures, standards, and guardrails.
- Assist in assembling and approving the IT budget; generate and maintain KPIs for the IT team.
- Define and lead IT project management from formulation and initiation through execution and reporting to senior leadership.
- Manage AI platforms and implement AI solutions into IT workflows; evaluate emerging technologies and provide build-vs-buy recommendations.
- Design and implement hybrid/multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) as well as container platforms (Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, GKE) and workload orchestration.
- Design and enforce network segmentation, VPN, SD-WAN, and zero-trust network access (ZTNA) models.
- Drive automation of patching, provisioning, compliance checks, and incident response runbooks; lead capacity planning, performance tuning, and bottleneck analysis.
- Conduct hands-on root cause analysis (RCA) for major incidents and drive permanent fixes.
- Implement security controls aligned with NIST, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001, and SOC 2; ensure operational compliance through policy-as-code tools (e.g., Open Policy Agent, AWS Config, Azure Policy).
- Leiten Sie Architektur-Review-Boards und steuern Sie Infrastruktur-Design-Entscheidungen; beraten und coachen Sie Senior Engineers und Architekten und führen Sie technische Design-Reviews durch.
- Partner with application development, security, and business teams to align operational capabilities with product delivery; serve as a technical escalation point for complex infrastructure and operational issues.
- Translate business requirements into technical architecture and operational models, and produce and maintain high-quality architecture documentation and runbooks.
- Lead AI adoption and integration of AI into IT processes.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Proven expertise in IT server administration across Windows and Linux environments.
- Strong networking knowledge, including DNS, BGP, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls, and VPNs.
- Vertrautheit mit ITIL-basierten IT-Service-Management-Prozessen (Vorfall-, Änderungs-, Problem- und Kapazitätsmanagement).
- Working knowledge of security concepts such as zero-trust, IAM, and relevant compliance frameworks.
- Fluent English skills, both written and spoken; German is a plus.
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or ITIL 4 Managing Professional.
- Vertrautheit mit der Administration von KI-Plattformen und ML-gesteuerten Operationen.
Experience
- 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and operations, including at least 3 years in an architecture or principal engineer role.
- Deep hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including administration, hardening, and cost management.
- Experience with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization.
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What we offer
- Many possibilities to further develop your individual skillset.
- Innovative and creative work environment with plenty of room for new ideas.
- A structured onboarding phase with experienced colleagues.
- Flexible working hours and a family-friendly environment.
- Permanent employment contract.
- A great working atmosphere in an enthusiastic international team with flat hierarchies.
- Paessler is a fast-growing midsized company that has been in the market for 20 years. The company is focused on long-term goals and is currently comprised of 400+ employees.
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Paessler Ag
Paessler AG is a world-leading provider of network monitoring software, offering IT and network administrators comprehensive tools that are easy to use, easy to purchase, and easy to install and maintain.
Description
- Company Size
- 50-249 Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Full Remote, Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Architect IT Operations
- Location
- Nuremberg
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
