The Digital Integration Platforms department is one of six strategic units within the Corporate IT division Digital Experience Platforms. In this department, we connect partners and consumers to the digital ecosystem of ZEISS in an intelligent and operationally sustainable way, so that hundreds of applications can exchange data internally and across ZEISS boundaries. As Head of Cloud Integration Platforms, you and your DevOps developer team are responsible for both "Development" and "Operations" on the Microsoft Azure platform, which we use for cloud integration. Your responsibilities include:
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Disciplinary and technical management of 6 to 13 employees - in accordance with our management principles, we understand this to mean that you lead, motivate, manage and develop employees. You will also act as Hiring Manager within the recruiting process at Zeiss, in which you will accompany all recruiting steps from the job advertisement to the possible hiring of a candidate
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You manage the distribution of your internal and external employees according to the requirements that arise and their priorities
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You ensure the operation of the applications in your area. You achieve this by ensuring system stability through measures such as monitoring or performance analyses. This also includes ensuring the quality of support and compliance with service level agreements
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When it comes to security, you ensure that all new requirements comply with the currently applicable security standards. If there are changes to the security standards, you take care of the review of existing implementations
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In the Digital Experience and Digital Integration Platforms area, you will be involved in the further development of the strategy and will subsequently be responsible for implementing it in your area
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You are responsible for stakeholder management for your area by acting as an interface between CIT, the internal specialist departments, and the business groups
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In a continuous process, you will further develop the solution portfolio of your area of responsibility. This includes topics such as operational excellence of the applications for which the organization is responsible, product compliance management and health & safety management, considering changing IT trends. This area of responsibility also includes the continuous further development of the service and the sustainable solution of problems beyond team boundaries
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You will also work on selected topics as a Cloud DevOps Engineer around development and operations.
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Successfully completed studies in computer science, business informatics or industrial engineering or comparable qualification • High level of leadership skills
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Social and communication skills
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Servant-Leader mentality with the aim of developing and supporting teams
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Extensive professional experience in a comparable position as well as previous experience in software engineering in an agile environment
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Comprehensive knowledge of the Azure cloud
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You are familiar with topics such as C#, CI-CD, GIT and cloud computing. • Comprehensive understanding of IT architecture and processes
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Knowledge and experience in international project management
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Good intercultural competence
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Business fluent in English and good knowledge of German
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We require the following methodological skills:
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Analytical and structural thinking
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High customer, quality, and results orientation
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Moderation, organizational and negotiation skills as well as assertiveness
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Creative way of thinking when solving problems
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Solution-Oriented thinking and working
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You can create new solution patterns or combine known solution patterns
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Benefits:
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An attractive salary, employee benefits and an excellent company pension scheme
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An optimal work-life balance and work-life balance
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At least seven days of further training per year
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A challenging job in a highly motivated and collegial team
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Flexible working, also part-time, with a corresponding home office arrangement of up to 60%