Solution Architect

We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our team in Frankfurt.

Quipu is the dedicated IT company of the ProCredit group and provides comprehensive end-to-end solutions for all ProCredit institutions, as well as for other banks and financial institutions This includes everything from electronic payment services to software systems, hybrid cloud hosting, and a host of other operations.

A 100% subsidiary of ProCredit Holding, Quipu was established in March 2004 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Quipu plays a central role within the ProCredit group, providing a comprehensive range of support services that enable the banks to become competitive and efficient.

What your key responsibilities will be :

• Design business solutions, system integrations, identify design patterns with emphasis on reuse, scalability, performance, availability, and security.
• Propose application modernization solutions, application lifecycle management efficiencies and continuous improvements by identifying gaps in existing deployment and L3 production issues.
• Understand overall Business and IT priorities to identify low code tooling opportunities and improving DevOps processes.
• Collaborate with development, Infrastructure and Site Reliability Engineering teams to ensure proper implementation of the solutions.
• Assist with Incident Response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis and problem resolution.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect for design reviews methodologies, and best practices.
• Maintain architecture diagram and ensure they accurately reflect the current state of solution.

Skills and experience we expect from you :

• University Degree or equivalent (Computer Science, Engineering or Business IT studies would be a plus)
• Experience in the analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, and maintenance of application systems based on .

NET Framework, IIS, Windows & WCF Services, Microsoft SQL Server and Reporting Services

• Experience with architecting full-stack IT modernization strategies with focus on resilience, reliability, performance, and high availability.
• Experience in application integration (Webservices, APIs, queues, batches, etc)
• Strong experience on Azure cloud services, with an emphasis on following services :
• SQL Databases
• API Management
• Application Gateway / Azure Frontdoor
• General Azure networking and security
• Experience with following services is desired and considered as a plus
• Kubernetes on Azure
• Azure containerization
• Azure data services like : Databricks, Purview, Synapse, etc
• Experience with CI / CD tooling and / or Azure DevOps is desired and considered as a plus
• Open to gain knowledge and work with DevOps methodologies and Public Cloud services, like Microsoft Azure; any previous experience would be an advantage.
• Previous experience in financial sector is a plus
• Azure certifications are a plus
• Fluency in English language (spoken and written)
• Availability to travel

What we offer :

• Excellent team-oriented, dynamic, and international working environment
• Challenging, engaging and varied tasks
• Personal and technical skills development with certified trainings
• Modern workspace with very good public transport connection
• Inhouse German classes
• Travel possibilities
• 30 paid vacation days
• D-ticket, although not fully covered but subsidized.
• Hybrid model of working

If you see yourself in this role, let us know in an e-mail, we would like to get to know you.

Send us your application including CV, motivation letter, salary expectations and Job ID 24047 at [email protected], by 01.11.2024.