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# Solution Architect (all genders)

- **Company:** Contabo GmbH
- **Location:** München, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Process Model and Notation, Distributed Systems, Microsoft Visio, Ansible, UML, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Microservices
- **Published:** July 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5819679537

## About the Role

* Architectural knowledge for complex, distributed systems
 * Solid understanding of the hosting domain - you know what happens behind a VPS booking
 * Systems modelling with UML, C4, BPMN, ERD, or FMC (e.g. Drawio, Visio, Mermaid)
 * 5+ years of experience, with 2+ years focused on architecture
 * Fluent in German and English

Should have:

 * Experience with Kubernetes, Ansible, or comparable IaC tools
 * Some or deep experience migrating monolithic systems to microservices
 * Mentoring background

Nice to have:

 * AI tools in everyday development (e.g. Claude Code)

We're filling this role at two levels. See where you recognise yourself:

Senior - You own the full architecture responsibility and set the standard for all teams.

 * 7+ years of experience, 2+ in the industry
 * Full ownership of architecture & governance
 * You define processes and drive them with the team
 * Deepexpertisein scaling, resilience, and redundancy
 * Proactive mentoring of all engineers

Mid-Level - You grow into architectural responsibility - with real scope and clear support.

 * 5+ years of experience, 2+ years with architecture focus
 * Co-design solution architecture with senior support
 * Gradually take on governance responsibilities
 * Interest in mentoring and knowledge sharing
 * Openness to learningnew technologies

We know that you may not currently meet all the requirements. But if you come to us with the right amount of commitment and enthusiasm, we can take off together and make a big difference. Awesome Prospects



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