Solutions Architect Digital Platforms

Giesecke+Devrient
El Prat de Llobregat, Spain
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English, Spanish

Job location

El Prat de Llobregat, Spain

Tech stack

Cloud Computing
Information Systems
Scrum
Zero Trust Network Access
Pulumi
Load Balancing
Kubernetes
Information Technology

Requirements

As Solutions Architect - Digital Platforms, you will be responsible for designing, evolving, and standardizing datacenter and hybrid platform architectures that meet corporate security and regulatory requirements while enabling modern, automated operations. Your main duties include:

  • Design and evolve datacenter architectures based on Zero Trust principles, including identity-centric access, least privilege enforcement, east-west controls, and micro-segmentation
  • Architect and implement scalable, resilient datacenter solutions across on-premises and hybrid environments
  • Define intermediate architecture steps to transition from traditional IT infrastructure to modern Zero Trust-oriented platforms
  • Drive automation of provisioning, configuration, and security controls using infrastructure-as-code and orchestration frameworks
  • Evaluate, integrate, and operationalize open-source technologies to improve flexibility, interoperability, and cost efficiency
  • Collaborate across Corporate Security, Connectivity, Cloud, and Application teams to define:
  • Architectural standards
  • Reference architectures
  • Implementation patterns and best practices
  • Ensure solutions comply with corporate security requirements and regulatory compliance frameworks
  • Act as an architectural authority, guiding design decisions and trade-offs across complex, mixed workloads
  • Support transformation initiatives by promoting automation, platform thinking, and Zero Trust adoption, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience in infrastructure or solution architecture roles
  • Strong expertise in Zero Trust datacenter architecture, including:
  • Identity-based access
  • Least privilege enforcement
  • East-west traffic controls
  • Micro-segmentation across mixed workloads
  • Proven experience designing resilient on-premises and hybrid datacenters
  • Solid knowledge of:
  • Networking and routing
  • Load balancing
  • High-availability and fault-tolerant design
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container platforms, including:
  • Cluster architecture
  • Networking and ingress/egress
  • Securing containerized workloads
  • Strong automation and Infrastructure-as-Code skills, using tools such as:
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Pulumi
  • Helm
  • Experience evaluating and integrating open-source technologies in enterprise environments

  • Clear and structured architectural communication skills, able to explain complex designs to diverse stakeholders

  • Strong collaboration and cross-functional leadership skills

  • Analytical problem-solving mindset, translating high-level requirements into secure, efficient architectures

  • Experience driving architectural change and transformation

  • Strong ownership and accountability for delivering secure, reliable, and scalable solutions

  • Excellent communication skills in English (Spanish is a plus)

  • Culture and Diversity: Join a people oriented environment with different nationalities and a great team spirit, flat hierarchies (everyone speaks to everyone). Equal Opportunity Employer and LGBT+ friendly.

  • Global Collaboration: Enjoy collaborative work in Agile/SCRUM teams and with stakeholders around the globe.

  • Open working space with Best-in-class equipment: High-performance PC with huge monitors.

  • Innovative Products: Design and develop business processes and IT solutions for innovative products and digital solutions.

  • Career Development: Continuous training and coaching, talent program.

  • Social Benefits: flexible compensation (transport tickets, childcare vouchers, training, private insurance) and in-house parking.

  • Flexible work time and remote work: M-Th 8.30 - 17.30 and Fri 8.30 - 15.30, hybrid model.

  • Own Canteen: Take a break with our breakfast and lunch service: Choose between a big range of menus, salad desk and sandwich service. Fruit packages.

About the company

G+D hace más segura la vida de miles de millones de personas en todo el mundo. Creamos confianza en la era digital con tecnologías de seguridad integradas en tres áreas de negocio: Seguridad Digital, Plataformas Financieras y Tecnología Monetaria. Hemos sido un socio confiable para nuestros clientes durante más de 170 años con nuestras soluciones innovadoras para SecurityTech! Somos un grupo tecnológico internacional y una empresa familiar tradicional con más de 14,000 empleados en 40 países. Crear Confianza es nuestro camino hacia el éxito. La confianza es la base de nuestra cooperación en G+D. En Tecnología de Pago, nuestra misión es estar al inicio de cada transacción y hacerla segura y sencilla. También creamos soluciones de pago y banca contemporáneas en nuestra era digital. Como único punto de contacto, producimos y personalizamos cientos de millones de tarjetas de pago cada año y almacenamos sus "gemelos digitales" - móviles y digitales. ¿Te gustaría dar forma activamente a la transformación digital con nosotros? Giesecke+Devrient is a global company that offers security technologies, both in the physical and digital world. Every day, billions of people benefit from G+D innovations in their personal and business lives. With around 14,000 employees across 41 countries, we develop, manufacture, and distribute products and solutions for the safeguarding of payment processes, identities, connectivity, and data. At G+D, we are looking for a Solutions Architect - Digital Platforms to lead the design and implementation of modern datacenter solutions, guiding the transformation from traditional IT architectures towards a Zero Trust-based digital platform model.This role requires a strong security mindset and close collaboration with colleagues across Spain, Germany, India, and Canada, working at the intersection of infrastructure, security, and platform architecture., Somos una empresa comprometida con la igualdad de oportunidades. Fomentamos la diversidad en todas sus formas y cultivamos un entorno de trabajo inclusivo, libre de prejuicios, discriminación y acoso, donde todas las personas empleadas se sientan valoradas y parte de la comunidad. Damos la bienvenida a todas las candidaturas, independientemente de su sexo, edad, raza, origen étnico, procedencia social y cultural, religión, discapacidad u orientación sexual.

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