Principal Enterprise Platform Modernization Specialist (m/f/d)
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Principal Enterprise Platform Modernization Specialist (m/f/d)
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The Service Specialist for Enterprise Modernization in Europe is a senior subject matter expert responsible for technical excellence, solution integrity, and asset development within the service line. This hands-on role supports high-impact client engagements, contributes to pre-sales and solution design, and ensures the regional adoption and evolution of service-specific delivery frameworks, tools, and best practices. The Service Specialist brings deep expertise in modernization strategies and execution in large legacy systems modernization programs, serving as a trusted technical advisor to both clients and internal teams. This role is key to ensuring delivery quality, enabling service adoption, and evolving the technical maturity of the offering.
Job responsibilities
* Provides technical guidance on Enterprise Legacy Systems Modernization.
* Supports delivery teams in solving complex client problems.
* Contributes to solution design, proposals, and pre-sales activities.
* Develops and refines service accelerators and reference architectures.
* Mentors engineers and architects within the service domain.
* Acts as a bridge between delivery teams and global service development.
* Measures success by technical quality, asset adoption, and talent uplift.
* Requires 10+ years of experience in software engineering or technical consulting.
* Requires 3+ years in Enterprise Legacy Systems Modernization advisory.
* Focuses on technical depth in modernization strategies and cloud architecture.
Job Qualifications
Technical Skills
* Experience supporting solution design and technical delivery in complex enterprise environments.
* Proven ability to build, extend, and support delivery tools, frameworks, and reusable assets.
* Deep technical expertise in modernization strategies, cloud architecture, and platform thinking.
* Strong engineering skills, architecture patterns knowledge, and toolchain understanding.
* Excellent communication to translate technical insights into actionable business decisions.
* Collaborative with mentorship abilities and solution-oriented with asset contribution commitment.
Professional Skills
* 10+ years in software engineering, platform delivery, or technical consulting roles.
* 3+ years in a subject matter expert or senior technical advisory role within Enterprise Legacy Systems Modernization.
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
* Certifications in relevant platforms, tools, or frameworks for the Enterprise Legacy Systems Modernization domain.
* Experience contributing to internal accelerators, open-source projects, or client-aligned IP development.
* Familiarity with enterprise transformation programs and the consulting delivery lifecycle.
* Fluent in German.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Education and Training
* Industries
Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting
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