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# Senior Enterprise Architect (Engineering)

- **Company:** Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- **Location:** Düsseldorf, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Computer Engineering, Technical Debt, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5891932819

## About the Role

* Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field
 * At least 8 years of experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or technology leadership, ideally with responsibility for systems in production at global scale
 * Proven track record in technology standardization and platform consolidation within a federated organization
 * Broad expertise across cloud, networking, databases, base applications, engineering platforms and artificial intelligence infrastructure, with depth in at least two areas
 * Excellent facilitation and communication skills up to executive level; fluent in English

## Description

* Develop the enterprise technology strategy and translate business ambition into technology roadmaps
 * Define target technology architectures and reference architectures across cloud, runtime, and engineering platforms
 * Moderate cross-domain technology decisions and align engineering, network, security, data, and artificial intelligence in one direction
 * Set technology standards and golden paths for engineering teams, and decide on justified exceptions
 * Consolidate platforms, retire legacy technologies, and reduce technical debt across the landscape
 * Moderate the development of our technology principles and strategies
 * Ensure the technology foundation supports artificial intelligence, resilience, sovereignty, and cloud economics
 * Evaluate emerging technologies and balance innovation with operational stability


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