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# Senior Architect Azure Platform & Integration

- **Company:** Neumann Gruppe GmbH
- **Location:** Hamburg, Germany (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, Information Technology Operations, Message Broker, Message Oriented Middleware, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Openapi, Azure Service Bus, Bicep, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Terraform, Api Management, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5898596812

## About the Role

* Azure expertise: Strong hands-on experience designing, building and operating production systems on Microsoft Azure.
 * Technical leadership: Experience leading technical design and architecture decisions while remaining close to implementation.
 * API expertise: Strong experience with REST APIs, OpenAPI and API lifecycle management.
 * Event-driven integration: Experience with asynchronous messaging and message brokers such as Apache Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
 * Platform engineering: Experience with Azure infrastructure as code using Bicep or Terraform, CI/CD, observability and cloud security.
 * Software craftsmanship: Strong software engineering skills in at least one modern programming language.
 * Collaboration: Clear communication, pragmatic judgement and experience coaching engineers without relying on formal authority.
 * Language proficiency: Fluency in both English and German is required; Spanish language skills are an advantage.

## Description

* Technical direction: Lead the technical design, delivery and evolution of shared Azure platform and integration capabilities.
 * Integration standards: Set practical standards for REST APIs, OpenAPI contracts, Azure API Management and message-driven integrations using Apache Kafka or Azure Service Bus.
 * Platform foundations: Establish reusable patterns for Azure infrastructure as code, CI/CD, application hosting, security, observability and operational readiness.
 * Hands-on delivery: Contribute hands-on to complex implementation work, design reviews, troubleshooting and incident learning.
 * Integration reliability: Ensure integrations address contracts, versioning, authentication, retries, dead-letter handling, ordering and idempotency.
 * Engineering enablement: Coach engineers, enable decisions at the lowest appropriate level and reduce knowledge silos.
 * Cross-functional delivery: Work with the Technical Product Manager, IT Operations and Security, Data & Reporting and other teams to resolve dependencies and make technical risks visible.


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