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JTL

Principal IT Architect (w/m/d)

RemoteGermany only
Published
Role
DevOps
Experience
Principal
Employment
Full-time
Company size
Mid-size
Salary not disclosed
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No BS summary

Principal IT Architect with 5+ years of experience in enterprise IT infrastructure (not product development). Must have deep expertise in Microsoft environments (M365, Intune, Entra ID/AD) and modern architecture patterns (cloud-native, Zero Trust, API-first). Requires strong technical leadership and communication skills, cost awareness, and high reliability. English proficiency is essential.

Core skills

M365IntuneEntra ID

Required skills

Active DirectoryCloud-nativeZero TrustAPI-firstAutomation

Optional skills

ERPE-commerceSaaS platformsSecurity architectureIAMCompliance requirementsAI tools

Required languages

EnglishGerman

What you'll do

  • Define target architecture, architecture principles, and technical guardrails for systems, platforms, and integrations.
  • Translate strategic goals into concrete technical initiatives and prioritize them based on business value and risk.
  • Evaluate new technologies, platforms, and tools: benefits, risks, costs, strategic fit.
  • Design solutions according to modern architecture principles: cloud-native, Zero Trust, automation.
  • Oversee integration and platform strategies: consistent interfaces, API usage, system integration.
  • Structure complex requirements into technical work packages and document solution designs.
  • Provide technical guidance to teams during critical implementation phases and make technical decisions.
  • Review architectures, designs, and implementations: consistency, quality, strategy compliance.
  • Identify technical risks and develop countermeasures.
  • Ensure complete, understandable, and up-to-date documentation of systems and solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership during severe incidents and structural problems.
  • Provide technical guidance and individual development to senior and mid-level engineers.
  • Structurally share best practices and experience.
  • Identify skill gaps in the team and initiate appropriate measures.
  • Actively introduce and exemplify modern technologies and working methods.
  • Identify automation potentials and implement them through scripting, workflows, or platform solutions.
  • Evaluate and strategically deploy AI-supported tools for efficiency gains.
  • Build and foster AI competence within the team.
  • Evaluate technical solutions from an economic perspective: TCO, ROI, scaling costs, vendor lock-in.
  • Develop option comparisons and decision bases for management.
  • Identify savings potentials: tool consolidation, decommissioning of unused services, cloud optimization.

What they require

  • 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role as Architect, Tech Lead, or Principal Engineer in corporate IT / IT infrastructure (not software product development).
  • Proven architectural competence in Microsoft environments: M365, Intune, Hybrid infrastructures, and Active Directory / Entra ID – responsible at tenant/organization level, not as application integration.
  • Deep understanding of modern architecture patterns: Cloud-native, Zero Trust, API-first, automation.
  • Experience in the technical leadership of teams without disciplinary authority.
  • Distinct ability to communicate technical topics clearly and appropriately for the audience.
  • Cost awareness in technical decisions.
  • High reliability and judgment in critical and confidential tasks – a person who acts with high personal responsibility for sensitive systems, complex escalations, and strategic decisions.
  • Very good English skills.

Benefits

  • Remote-first within Germany, with the possibility to work remotely from eligible countries up to 180 days per year.
  • Meal allowance of up to €115 net per month.
  • Ergonomic workstation allowance for home office equipment.
  • Regular team events, company-wide offsites, and summer and winter parties to foster exchange in a remote-first company.
  • Subsidy for EGYM Wellpass and JobRad.
  • Financial benefits, including capital-forming benefits (vermögenswirksame Leistungen) and a company pension plan.

JTL

JTL is one of the leading providers of e-commerce software in the German-speaking region – with around 450 employees across the group and 50,000 customers from a wide range of industries. We develop scalable, flexible solutions for the online retail of the future – from ERP systems to shop and marketplace integrations.

E CommerceMid-size
Salary not disclosed