Enterprise Architect – Application Architecture

Nordex Group

Enterprise Architect focusing on Application Architecture at Nordex Group, shaping scalable IT landscapes in renewable energy market.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeHamburg • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Steer and continuously evolve the application portfolio, including integrations, interfaces, and as‑is / target IT landscapes.
Develop and maintain enterprise and application architecture, including vision, principles, standards, and roadmaps aligned with business strategy.
Define and enforce architecture governance, conduct architecture reviews, and ensure consistency and sustainability across the architecture lifecycle.
Maintain and develop the Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) system and related architecture documentation.
Provide architectural leadership for transformation and modernization initiatives, including integrated and AI‑enabled end‑to‑end solutions.
Collaborate closely with business and IT stakeholders, including solution, data, and process architects, to support digitalization initiatives.
Evaluate application, integration, and data architecture solutions from an enterprise perspective and ensure alignment with the data strategy.
Communicate architecture concepts and decisions clearly to operational teams, management, and external partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree in (Business) Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Several years of experience in Enterprise Architecture and/or Application Architecture within complex IT environments.
Strong expertise in application portfolio management, system landscapes, and integration architectures.
Proven experience in defining, assessing, and evolving as‑is, target, and transition architectures.
Solid understanding of architecture governance, principles, standards, and enterprise‑wide best practices.
Good knowledge of data architecture and data management, with the ability to align application architecture to an enterprise data strategy.
Hands‑on experience with EAM tools (e.g. BlueDolphin) and structured documentation of architecture artifacts.
Fluent in English with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into clear, decision‑ready end‑to‑end architecture concepts (German and or Spanish in addition is a plus).

Benefits

Comp & perks

#GreenerFuture : Shape a sustainable future with us – your work makes a real contribution to the environment.
#Flexibility: Work-life balance is important to us – we offer flexible working hours, various working time models, and up to 8 days of mobile work per month.
#Mobility: We promote sustainable mobility – we support you with an 80% subsidy for the public transportation ticket (Deutschlandticket) and a €15 employer contribution for bike leasing.
#CareForTomorrow: With our company pension scheme, you secure a financial advantage for the future – complemented by the option of occupational disability insurance.
#Health : Your health matters to us – benefit from health days, company sports activities, office yoga, and free support from the pme Family Service.
#Holiday: We offer you 30 days of vacation per year based on a full-time position, plus December 24th and 31st off.
#OneCompany : Stronger together – with over 10,000 employees from 95 nations, we promote an international and collegial corporate culture.
#CorporateBenefits: Saving made easy – enjoy attractive discounts on travel, tech, and much more.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Enterprise ArchitectureApplication ArchitectureApplication Portfolio ManagementIntegration ArchitecturesArchitecture GovernanceData ArchitectureData ManagementArchitecture DocumentationEAM ToolsAI-enabled Solutions

Soft Skills

CommunicationStakeholder ManagementLeadershipCollaborationDecision-makingTranslation of Business Requirements