About this role
- Secure the definition, preparations and updates of the IT strategy, IT architecture, and implement solution designs in accordance with the corporate IT strategy.- Develop architectonic concepts/structures; to this end, design the corresponding functional concepts, considering the holistic business requirements and implications.- Analyse functional and technical requirements for software, platforms or infrastructure and take part in functional architectonic concepts.- Contribute to and be engaged in the architecture optimisation and harmonisation and design and implementation of solutions.- Provide technical assistance for projects, from designing solutions to marketing, also considering architectonic concepts.- Optimise and harmonise the solution architecture and design.- Provide assistance in product/service development, considering specific products' requirements and impacts on the entire development process (lifecycle).- Prepare and maintain architecture documentation.- Keep up with the latest technological trends and provide corresponding consulting.- Implement technical and functional feasibility studies.- Get engaged in projects or administration of sub-projects.- Identify innovations in technological fields and be actively engaged in the implementation within the Group and industry (standardisation, open-source communities, suppliers, interest groups, patents, etc.)."