Director of Architecture & Cloud Development

Permanent employee, Full-time · Garching near Munich

Description

The Head of Cloud Architecture and Operations will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring it is robust, scalable, secure, and efficient. This leadership position involves strategic planning, architecture design, implementation, and continuous optimization of our cloud operations. The successful candidate will lead a talented team of cloud engineers and collaborate closely with development teams to drive innovation and deliver exceptional service to our clients.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a cloud strategy that aligns with the company’s growth objectives, emphasizing scalability, security, and cost-efficiency.
Architecture Design: Architect scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS to support our SaaS solution. Ensure architectural designs are aligned with best practices and business goals.
Operational Excellence: Oversee the operations of our cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and disaster recovery capabilities.
Team Leadership and Development: Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of cloud engineers. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Security and Compliance: Ensure the infrastructure complies with relevant industry standards and security protocols. Proactively address security vulnerabilities and ensure data protection.
Cost Management: Monitor and optimize cloud spending to ensure efficient resource utilization without compromising on performance or security.
Vendor Management: Maintain strong relationships with AWS and other technology vendors. Negotiate contracts and manage service level agreements (SLAs).
Innovation: Stay abreast of emerging cloud technologies and trends. Lead the adoption of innovative technologies that can provide competitive advantages.

We offer

A mission no less than to work at the forefront of technology to transform productivity of mankind
A fast-scaling global deep tech company environment led by industry veterans, where your area of responsibility grows with the company
Hands on building of the next level real-time control systems for Industrial Automation, Robotics and Motion Control
Opportunity to build a fully automated global B2B SaaS application based on latest cloud technologies
Collaboration with engineering teams of our technology partners (e.g. VMware, Bosch Rexroth, AWS) on joint, new offerings
A competitive package, based on a fixed compensation and a virtual stock option program
A permanent full-time position with 28 days of annual paid vacation (in Germany)
Flexibility in working hours and time to work from home
Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
We play the long game, which is why we consider recreation and exercise a priority. We have an in-office weightlifting station, several outdoor trails for running and biking nearby as well as shower and washroom facilities.

Basic Qualifications

B.Sc. in Computer Science or equivalent degree with strong information technology focus
5+ years of experience working on large-scale, distributed applications leveraging cloud native stacks of AWS including:
- AWS cost optimization (FinOps)
- Management of AWS accounts at scale (AWS Organization with SCPs, AWS Control Tower)
- Architecting AWS native applications, including Serverless (Lambda, Fargete) with a strong focus on security
Experience with operating a SaaS solution in production with strong focus on security and reliability
3+ years of experience writing code in modern object-oriented programming languages such as Python/C#
3+ years of experience in DevOps/GitOps practices
Experience in managing DevOps teams for a cloud native SaaS application
Deep knowledge and hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), specifically Terraform and AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model)
Experience with compliance management including successfully passing certifications such as ISO27001, SOC2 or NIS2
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operations
Ability to synthesize requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Shop floor automation ecosystem and the manufacturing vertical in general
Experience in IIoT / Industrial Software / MES / Industrial Control, (Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff, CodeSys) implementations
Security certifications such as CISSP or AWS Certified Security - Specialty
Experience with real-time operating systems and virtualization
Experience with Amazon Partner Network (APN) programs: ACE, Fund Requests, MDF etc.

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About us

Software Defined Automation is an industrial deep-tech software company that enables Manufacturing-as-Code through the creation of completely new degrees of freedom for the automated configuration, operation, maintenance, and continuous change of production plants. We have set ourselves a great mission, targeting the resource efficiency of one-third of the global value creation and energy consumption. Software Defined Automation is the enabler for AI-based self-optimizing production, thereby reaching the next technological innovation step function in productivity for the world.
For this new world of Software Defined Automation, we build a team that masters both Cloud as well as real-time shop floor operations technology. Join our team with your high energy-driven nature, interest in industrial manufacturing, and motivation to push the boundaries from the cloud all the way to all moving things on the shop floor!

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