Lead Architect Workforce Management (m/w/d)

About Us

The energy world is on its way to a new future: digital, renewable, decentralized, and innovative. Intelligent grids and customer solutions are the business of the future for a sustainable energy world of tomorrow. As E.ON Grid Solutions within the E.ON Group, we are driving this change as a driver of digitalization in grid economics, grid technology, and grid services. Quickly can be quiet. And change what lasts. Especially with us. Together with you, we want to develop digital products and services for our customers to actively shape the future. Are you also eager for new things and enjoy speed? Then apply as Lead Architect Workforce Management (m/f/d).

This is how we make the energy transition happen.

The position is limited to 2 years.

Your Role

An assignment that challenges: Become a designer of the energy transition as Lead Architect Workforce Management (m/f/d): Within an E.ON-wide project, together with our internal IT service provider EDT, 11 grid operators, and other service providers, we are defining a new standard and an IT business platform for the detailed planning and control of activities in the dynamic environment of electricity and gas network construction. The Workforce Management Platform will be used in the future by several thousand international users (internal) in the energy network sector to uniformly process and manage tasks, schedule, execute, and document construction and maintenance orders.

Our mission: Concretization, implementation, and operation of the future Workforce Management Platform.

Do you want to take responsibility at a crucial point and set the technological course to make the new Workforce Management a successful component of our IT landscape? Then you are exactly right with us as a Lead Architect:

Architecture

You keep an overview of the complex Workforce Management architecture, identify risks and dependencies, and make well-founded decisions to ensure a stable and future-proof system landscape.

Design

You define clear framework conditions for architecture and design and ensure that they serve as a guide for development and implementation. You act as a central link between business and IT.

Innovation & Standardization

You actively promote innovations by using new developments from Azure, SAP BTP, and mobile clients to create technical and business added value.

Teamwork & Communication

In mixed BizDevOps teams, you work closely with subject matter experts and developers from the very beginning. As Lead Architect, you take on the technical leadership of the architecture team. You always keep the goal in mind of finding optimal solutions together and promoting the application of agile methods.

Security & Compliance

You ensure that all solutions comply with the highest security, data protection, and compliance standards and that our platform and customer data are protected.

Your Background

A background that convinces:

Qualification

A completed degree in computer science (business or technical) or a comparable qualification in the IT field.

Architecture and Technology Expertise

Proven several years of experience in planning, developing, and scaling complex IT landscapes with different application depths and overall architectural responsibility. Broad technological and conceptual know-how in the cloud environment (Azure, SAP BTP, SaaS integration) and in application integration (interfaces, contracts). Knowledge in mobile development (Android, iOS) is desirable.

Leadership and Management Skills

Several years of experience in the technical leadership of internal architecture teams, as well as in managing external service providers and integrating externally provided components.

Communication

You have fluent German and very good English skills (at least B2 level) and enjoy working with international teams. You find it easy to prepare and present content in a target-group-oriented manner, both for management and development teams.

Analytical Thinking

Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve complex problems. You are able to see the big picture as well as delve into the details to develop innovative solutions.

Inclusion

We believe in providing people with disabilities a fair application process where they can show their best. Therefore, our severely disabled representative is involved in the process at an early stage. Please let us know via the application form if you require technical or organizational adjustments for the application process. We are happy to provide them. If you are unable to apply online and would like to speak to someone instead, please contact de