Overview
Solution Architect (w/m/d) role at Uniper within the COO IT Team. The position covers architecture work for the Renewables, New Green Power and Gas, Energy Asset, and Asset Transformation business areas, with a focus on IT/OT convergence in critical infrastructures.
Responsibilities
* Design secure solutions: develop architectures, services and solutions tailored to IT and IT/OT environments, ensuring protection of operations and information systems.
* Analyze risks and threats: proactively identify vulnerabilities and implement mitigations in industrial environments.
* Collaborate cross-functionally: work closely with IT and OT teams to integrate requirements into operational systems and provide architecture guidance and support.
* Evaluate and integrate tools: assess and recommend tools and technologies that meet IT/OT convergence needs.
* Align business requirements with IT strategy: determine how IT can best support business goals through software, hardware, and infrastructure.
* Ensure regulatory and policy compliance: ensure solutions and processes comply with standards such as NIS2, particularly in the energy and utilities sector.
Qualifications
* Multiple years of hands-on experience in IT solution architecture, infrastructure engineering and deployment, with a focus on OT environments.
* In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles in IT and OT domains.
* Strong expertise in network and security technologies, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, VLANs and encryption.
* Experience with industrial control system protocols.
* Deep understanding of cloud architecture, especially within the Azure ecosystem.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Strong communication and relationship-building abilities to work effectively across teams and convey complex technical information to all stakeholders.
* Written and spoken fluency in German and English.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience in the energy or utilities infrastructure sector.
* Familiarity with the latest security frameworks and standards (NIST, ISO/IEC 27001).
* Experience with application hosting and architecture in Azure, including IaC (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Utilities
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