Solution Architect

We shape trust in the digital age! At G+D, we are creating confidence, with built-in security tech in three segments: Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology. To our customers, we have been a reliable partner for more than 170 years. With our offering, we are well positioned to support them on their future journey. Discover our innovative SecurityTech solutions! Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) is seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Solution Architect to support the further development of our software solutions portfolio-ranging from high-performance banknote processing systems to SaaS offerings for cash-in-transit (CIT) operations. Our solutions support the world's leading central and commercial banks in optimizing cash management processes, increasing transparency, and improving operational efficiency. As a Solution Architect, you will shape the architecture and evolution of our existing and future product portfolio across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The portfolio spans physical hardware solutions for banknote processing, on-premises software products, cloud-native applications, and data platforms. You will define end-to-end customer solutions based on our current and future product portfolio, with a strong focus on integrating physical products - such as banknote processing systems - into complex customer IT infrastructures. This includes aligning hardware, on-premises software, cloud services, and data platforms into coherent, scalable, and customer-specific solutions. Your responsibilities: * Develop hybrid cloud and on-prem integration patterns, ensuring interoperability across environments, digital as well as physical products * Design modern, scalable cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure * Define and maintain integration architectures across multiple products * Establish and evolve modern architectural styles (e.g. modular monoliths, microservices, DDD, API-first), maintain architecture blueprints and standards, and ensure the systematic identification and reduction of technical debt * Act as a hands-on architect with the ability to prototype, validate concepts, and support teams with complex design * Act as Product Owner for cross-functional architectural topics (e.g., integration patterns, cloud governance, shared libraries, platform services) * Facilitate alignment across multiple development teams, QA, DevOps, Product Owners, and security stakeholders * Work hands-on with development teams in Munich and India across all phases of the product development lifecycle, supporting architecture-driven decisions from ideation through deployment and operations * Work closely with Product Management, Service, Security, and Legal to turn business and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable, and secure architectural designs Your qualifications: * Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field * 8+

years of professional experience in software architecture and design, ideally in industrial or financial domains * Expertise in cloud architecture (preferred Azure) * Deep understanding of on-prem, hybrid cloud, and cloud integration scenarios * Proven experience in designing interfaces and integrations between complex enterprise systems * Broad technology know how and solid hands-on developer experience with Java, Spring Boot and modern web architectures (e.g. RESTful APIs, OAuth2, OpenAPI, Event-Driven) * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to non-technical audiences * Ability to collaborate with globally distributed and cross-functional teams * Very good written and spoken German and Englisch Skills Your qualifications: * Bachelor or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field * 8+ years of professional experience in software architecture and design, ideally in industrial or financial domains * Expertise in cloud architecture (preferred Azure) * Deep understanding of on-prem, hybrid cloud, and cloud integration scenarios * Proven experience in designing interfaces and integrations between complex enterprise systems * Broad technology know how and solid hands-on developer experience with Java, Spring Boot and modern web architectures (e.g. RESTful APIs, OAuth2, OpenAPI, Event-Driven) * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex architectural concepts to non-technical audiences * Ability to collaborate with globally distributed and cross-functional teams * Very good written and spoken German and Englisch Skills

Giesecke+Devrient ist ein weltweit tätiges Unternehmen für Sicherheitstechnologien, sowohl in der physischen als auch in der digitalen Welt. Milliarden von Menschen profitieren in ihrem privaten und geschäftlichem Alltag von G+D. Mit rund 11.600 Beschäftigten in 32 Ländern entwickeln, produzieren und vertreiben wir Produkte und Lösungen rund um die Absicherung von Bezahlvorgängen, Identitäten, Konnektivität und Daten.

Alles begann 1852 in Leipzig mit dem Druck von Wertpapieren. Heute ist unser Portfolio so vielseitig wie das moderne, mobile Leben. Wer mit Bargeld, Karte oder dem Smartphone bezahlt, nutzt mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit unsere Technologien.

Hinter all diesen Facetten steht ein gemeinsames Ziel: Creating Confidence – Vertrauen schaffen. Damit dies in allen Bereichen noch besser gelingt, untergliedert sich die Unternehmensgruppe seit 2017 in vier Unternehmensbereiche: in G+D Currency Technology, G+D Mobile Security, Veridos – ein Joint Venture mit der Bundesdruckerei – und in die börsennotierte secunet Security Networks AG.