IT Infrastructure Architect (w/m/d) - Cloud & Enterprise Infrastructure

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise infrastructure concepts that translate IT strategy into on-premises and cloud solutions.
• Create architecture plans, roadmaps, and technical standards, and coordinate their implementation across national and international teams.
• Guide implementation and service providers; contribute hands-on from solution development and testing through production rollout.
• Prototype and assess new technologies and solutions for their potential business value.
• Improve infrastructure operations and support analysis and resolution of complex technical issues.
• Contribute to cross-functional IT projects, aligning architecture, implementation, and operations.
• Address security, availability, performance, scalability, backup, and disaster recovery in architecture concepts.
• Develop infrastructure and architecture management processes and structures.

Qualifications and experience

• Completed vocational training as an IT specialist for system integration or comparable qualification; additional IT training or a related degree is ideal.
• Several years of experience in IT infrastructure, IT architecture, or IT consulting, including complex IT project implementation.
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure; AWS specialization is ideal.
• Familiarity with network architectures, Identity and Access Management, and platforms such as EC2, ECS, and RDS.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience, particularly Terraform, and backup and disaster recovery knowledge are ideal.

Professional capabilities

• Translate technical requirements into scalable, future-ready architecture concepts and understand complex IT environments holistically.
• Apply strategic, structured, analytical, and solution-oriented thinking; understand information security and security-by-design.
• Learn new technologies quickly, take on technical responsibilities, and communicate complex topics clearly to diverse stakeholders.
• Very good German (C1) and good English (B2).

Workplace and schedule

• The description identifies the position as based at SAMSON's headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.
• Up to 60% of weekly working time may be performed remotely within Germany.
• The stated schedule is a 35-hour workweek with flexible working hours.

Benefits

• Collective-agreement compensation, occupational pension, 30 vacation days, and up to 14 additional days off through flex-time reduction.
• Childcare subsidy up to €150 net per month per child; company cafeteria, employer-funded premium job ticket, company doctor, and free parking.
• Additional benefits include bike leasing, corporate benefits, professional development through the Edith Sandvoss Academy, and structured onboarding.

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