Solution Architect (f/​m/​d)

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Full-time, Unlimited

Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen, Hanover, Landshut, Regensburg, Würzburg

Solution Architect (f/m/d)

Locations: Düsseldorf (NRW), Gelsenkirchen (NRW), Hanover (NDS), Landshut (BY), Regensburg (BY), Würzburg (BY)
Our COO IT Team is looking for you!

Your responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced IT Solution Architect to join our Architecture Team under the COO area of Uniper, which includes the Renewables, New Green Power and Gas, Energy Asset and Asset Transformation business functions.

This wide-ranging role involves activities such as working on infrastructure architecture projects, designing bespoke network solutions, reviewing and approving application emergency recovery plans, and creating tailored solution architecture including hosting environment, data integration and resilience for onboarding new applications, to list just some of the possible key solution architecture areas related to the role.

A solid background in embedding security principles, assessing for vulnerabilities and reviewing resiliency considerations for every aspect of your work, is key to the role, as a significant proportion of the architecture work takes place in a hybrid IT/OT environment, involving critical infrastructure.

  • Design secure solutions: Develop architectures, solutions, and services tailored for IT and IT/OT environments, ensuring the protection of both operational and information systems.
  • Risk and threat analysis: Proactively identify vulnerabilities and implement measures to mitigate security risks in industrial settings.
  • Collaboration across teams: Work closely with IT and OT teams to seamlessly integrate requirements into operational systems, ensuring a consistent approach across both domains, and to provide guidance and support in architecture topics.
  • Tool evaluation and integration: Evaluate and recommend tools and technologies that cater to the specific needs of IT/OT convergence.
  • Evaluate business needs and align with IT strategy: Determine how IT can best support our business strategy, leveraging software, hardware and infrastructure.
  • Regulatory and compliance adherence: Ensure that all solutions and processes comply with relevant regulations and standards, such as NIS2, particularly in the energy and utilities sector.

Your profile

Required Qualifications:

  • Several years of proven hands-on experience in IT solution architecture, infrastructure engineering, and implementation, with a strong focus on OT environments.
  • In-depth knowledge of cybersecurity principles across both IT and OT domains.
  • Strong expertise in network and security technologies, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, VLAN and encryption.
  • Experience with industrial control system protocols.
  • A deep understanding of cloud architecture, specifically within the Azure ecosystem.
  • Excellent analysis and problem solving skills.
  • Strong communications and relationship skills to effectively work across teams and the ability to communicate complex technical information to all stakeholders.
  • Written and verbal proficiency in German and English.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience in energy or utilities infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with the latest security frameworks and standards (NIST, ISO/IEC 27001).
  • Experience with application hosting and architecture in an Azure cloud environment, its services, and good awareness of IaC (e.g. Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines.

Job ID:

88311

Do you have any questions?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail and we will get back to you:

career@uniper.energy

Please note: Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications by e-mail for data protection reasons. We would therefore like to ask you to apply exclusively here via our career page. The process is very simple and only takes a few minutes.

As long as our positions are online here on the career page, the application process is not yet complete and the positions are still vacant.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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Get to know your future colleagues

  • Valentina

    EVP Operational Excellence

    At Uniper “treating everyone in a fair way”, and “making everyone feel included” are serious topics. This is why we regularly seek feedback from our employees, we listen to them, and we make changes so that we can get closer and closer to our vision of DEI.asd

  • Thomas

    Head of ETRM department

    I was excited to join Uniper as it a give me the opportunity to be part of a large, complex and dynamic Trading Organization. The company trades a lot of different commodities in many markets with all their uniqueness, which ultimately requires many different IT tools and solutions. I enjoy working with traders and all the supporting functions in such a challenging environment.

  • Navya

    Lead Business Analyst

    My passion is driven by the excitement of learning something new every day and a strong sense of pride supporting our Uniper business growth & Strategy. This is enhanced by the presence of a great team around me, whom I can always rely on for support.

  • Mithun

    Lead - Strategic Endur Solutions

    Each day excites me with new challenges by driving various Strategic IT initiatives for our CCO Trading Business and accelerating the energy transition by decarbonising our portfolio. My motto: Entrepreneurship is trait that you live each moment! At Uniper, I can constantly challenge status quo and shape the environment around me.

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    Uniper is a European energy company with a global reach that makes a decisive contribution to security of supply and energy transformation.  We work in very diverse teams and offer our employees as much flexibility as is possible. Equity, mutual appreciation and respect are the core of our corporate culture. At our company you will have the opportunity to shape new technologies, work on solutions for a modern and future-oriented energy supply and actively design change processes.

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    Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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    Uniper has been based at our headquarters in Düsseldorf's Media Harbour since 2019. Our central office consists of the two buildings Caprocorn and Float, which are connected by a walkway to form a single unit.

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    On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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    Düsseldorf

    On the office floors, the modern furnished meeting areas and lounges are located in the centre of each floor and our colleagues work separately from the passage areas, each with window fronts. All workstations have modern equipment and height-adjustable desks.

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    We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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    Düsseldorf

    We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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    Düsseldorf

    We offer many services at the location that positively support everyday working life. These include an IT walk-in centre, a fitness studio, an underground car park with free parking spaces for cars and an extra garage for bicycles, including showers. For a balanced diet, there is a canteen as well as a café and a deli with fruit and healthy snacks, which are also open to the public.

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    To give you a deeper insight into the flexible working experience at Uniper, we have created a dedicated page where you can learn more about our flexible working models.

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