System Architect – SDLC

Your role

• As System Architect for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), you are responsible for designing and evolving an end-to-end, seamless ecosystem of tools and processes that supports everyone involved in software delivery. A chance to make a lot of IT people’s lives easier.
• From functional and technical analysis, over data modelling and development, to testing, deployment and release, you ensure that all steps in the lifecycle are integrated, automated, and user-centric.
• You remove friction, simplify complexity, and enable engineers and analysts to focus on value creation instead of administrative overhead.

Your key responsibilities

• Design and own the target architecture for SDLC tooling (e.g. Confluence, data modeling and architecture tools, CI/CD, ...), together with the owners of the tools.
• Bridge the gap between SDLC process managers and tooling owners (software factories etc.)
• Ensure end-to-end integration across lifecycle stages.
• Drive standardization and reuse of patterns.
• Eliminate manual evidence logging through automation.
• Enable traceability and compliance by design.
• Introduce AI for automation of steps, fast user feedback, documentation, etc.
• Improve developer experience and user adoption.

Your profile

• Strong experience in system/solution architecture.
• Deep understanding of SDLC and DevOps practices.
• Experience with development tooling and CI/CD
• Interest in AI-driven automation.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

What makes this role unique

• You shape the future SDLC landscape in a large-scale IT organization. You directly impact efficiency, developer experience, and compliance, at the intersection of technology, process excellence, risk governance, and AI innovation.