Your future plans
Cloud and Data Centre are part of IT Infra – who provide infrastructure services to the RWE Group of companies. RWE has a Cloud First and Multi Cloud strategy – C&DC support both AWS and Azure Landing zones as well as traditional “on-premise” data centres, providing 24x7 platform services and cross functional services (Compute, Storage, DBMS, etc.) along with its Managed Service Provider partners.
- Applying cloud-based architectures to cooperatively build a modern IT landscape in line with our cloud strategy
- Responsible for development and evolution of a multi-year cloud roadmap for the RWE Group, with appropriate milestones aligned with RWE business operating companies, and technology priorities
- Implementation of requirements analysis, conception, migration and further development of the cloud-based system infrastructure and services and applications based on it
- Supporting the development of policies and common standards to meet specific business needs and technology goals while reducing and managing complexity in the business and IT environment
- Actively promote the use of new technologies and tools and serve as a role model for technological innovation, including new cloud services and capabilities
- Understand current industry trends and new technologies, working with our infrastructure and application teams to develop required business cases, and supporting proof of value initiatives
- Establishing and maintaining effective business relationships with IT, suppliers and customers for a common IT business architecture and technical architecture environment
Your powerful skills
- 5+ years of professional experience architecting or designing solutions based on cloud technologies
- Extensive knowledge of various cloud services / architecture models: "Infrastructure as a Service" (IaaS); “Platform as a Service” (PaaS); "Software as a Service" (SaaS) coupled with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) certifications
- Experience with various cloud computing platforms / systems, migration projects and in supporting application owners in classifying / evaluating the appropriate cloud mode (IAAS, PAAS, FAAS, SAAS)
- Strong consulting skills such as targeted communications, engagement management, stakeholder management and business development
- Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills fostered by project and financial planning experience
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in English
- Knowledge of application development, service-oriented architecture (SOA), APIs, open data, microservices, event-driven IT and predictive analytics
Advantageous, but not a must
- German communication skills are a significant advantage
- Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, agile and lean methodologies, infrastructure and operations, and EA and ITIL frameworks
- Experience working in agile teams in a cross-functional and international environment
Benefits you can rely on
- Opportunity to work with new, emerging & continually improving Cloud technologies
- RWE’s multi-cloud strategy provides opportunities in both Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services
- Providing a variety of dynamic services across the globe to all RWE Operating Companies