
Enterprise Architect
Veeam Software
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesVMware
About the role
- The Enterprise Architect is responsible for designing, documenting, and leading the implementation of technical solutions for customers following the sale of Veeam products.
- This role bridges customer business requirements with Veeam’s technology, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with best practices, while also supporting partner-driven implementations.
- The position involves technical leadership, customer consultation, and collaboration with internal teams to deliver successful outcomes—particularly for large enterprise customers undergoing digital transformation.
- Beyond direct design and delivery, the Enterprise Architect develops reference architectures and design guidelines that standardize deployments across both customer-led and partner-led projects.
- Additionally, they collaborate with pre-sales teams to ensure a smooth transition from initial solution design to implementation.
- Technical Discovery & Analysis
- Conduct technical discovery sessions with customers to assess their existing IT landscape and requirements.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and architecture enhancements based on Veeam solutions.
- Solution Design, Documentation & Reference Architectures
- Design both high-level and detailed solution architectures tailored to customer environments.
- Create low-level design documents and detailed technical specifications to guide implementation teams.
- Develop and maintain reference architectures to standardize solution deployments across both direct customer implementations and partner-led projects.
- Prepare comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design specifications, and implementation plans.
- Ensure solution designs adhere to security, compliance, and scalability best practices.
- Project Definition & Estimation
- Work with Project Managers and stakeholders to define project scope, deliverable, timelines, and resource requirements.
- Provide level-of-effort estimations to support project planning and resource allocation.
- Implementation Support & Technical Leadership
- Provide technical oversight during solution deployment and post-sales implementation.
- Assist in proof-of-concept (PoC) projects and technical workshops to validate solution architectures.
- Support and guide partner-driven deployments, ensuring they follow Veeam’s best practices and technical standards.
- Support troubleshooting efforts and resolve complex implementation challenges.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Work closely with Pre-Sales, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure a smooth handover from pre-sales engagements to deployment.
- Engage with customers, partners, and internal teams to ensure successful solution adoption.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating business objectives into effective technical strategies.
- Communicate technical details effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements
- IT experience, including in a solution architecture or technical leadership role
- Deep expertise in data protection, backup & recovery, disaster recovery (DR), and cybersecurity
- Hands-on experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and container security in enterprise environments
- Strong technical knowledge of virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and storage systems
- A record of leading transformation projects for large enterprise customers, ensuring technical solutions support business-wide digital evolution
- Strong understanding of networking, security, compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, etc.), and IT governance
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills with a strong ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working in a post-sales consulting, professional services, or solution delivery role with direct customer engagement
- Business proficient language skills in German and English.
- Required Certifications
- TOGAF (or equivalent enterprise architecture certification) – Mandatory.
- Veeam VMCE – Mandatory.
- Relevant certifications in cloud, security, or virtualization, such as:
- AWS/Azure Solutions Architect
- VMware VCP
- CISSP (Cybersecurity Certification)
Benefits
- 30 paid vacation days, plus 3 global VeeaMe Days for self-care
- Statutory public health insurance with employer and employee contributions
- Statutory pension scheme with employer and employee contributions
- Statutory accident insurance fully funded by Veeam
- Supplemental pension plan with employer match and salary sacrifice option
- Supplemental accident insurance with 24/7 worldwide coverage
- 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
- Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program
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Hard skills
solution architecturedata protectionbackup and recoverydisaster recoverycybersecuritycontainersvirtualizationcloud platformsnetworkingIT governance
Soft skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunication skillscollaborationstakeholder engagementtechnical leadershipcustomer consultationproject management
Certifications
TOGAFVeeam VMCEAWS Solutions ArchitectAzure Solutions ArchitectVMware VCPCISSP