Join our dynamic team at Uni Systems as a Software Architect and take the lead in crafting innovative software solutions that drive our business forward. We believe in leveraging cutting-edge technology and best practices to develop scalable systems that enhance our service offerings.
In this role, you will:
- Define and drive enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives and organizational priorities.
- Architect and oversee complex, enterprise-scale IT solutions, ensuring scalability, security, interoperability, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
- Translate business needs and strategic objectives into comprehensive architectures covering application, data, integration, infrastructure, and security domains.
- Lead the architectural design of large-scale digital transformation initiatives, including cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, and on-premises solutions.
- Define and maintain enterprise architecture blueprints, reference architectures, architectural patterns, and technology standards to ensure consistency across projects and platforms.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, solution architects, development teams, infrastructure specialists, and security experts to ensure architectural alignment and successful solution delivery.
- Provide architectural leadership and technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle, from requirements analysis and solution design to implementation and operational transition.
- Establish and promote architecture governance practices, ensuring compliance with technical standards, security requirements, and industry best practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies, architectural alternatives, and enterprise platforms, recommending solutions that balance business value, cost, performance, maintainability, and technological innovation.
- Lead architectural reviews, identify technical risks and dependencies, and guide teams in making informed architectural decisions.
- Mentor solution architects and technical teams, promoting architectural excellence, standardization, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to technical proposals, solution assessments, and architecture designs for complex enterprise and public-sector projects.
Requirements
To excel in this role, you should possess:
- A Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field, with at least 13 years of industry experience, or a Bachelor's degree with at least 17 years of experience.
- Extensive experience in enterprise and solution architecture, including the design and delivery of large-scale, complex, and mission-critical IT systems.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies, such as TOGAF, and familiarity with architectural modeling approaches such as ArchiMate, UML, BPMN, and C4.
- Proven ability to define target-state architectures, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and architectural standards.
- Advanced knowledge of architectural approaches, including service-oriented architecture (SOA), microservices, event-driven architecture, and API-driven integration.
- Understanding of cloud computing and hybrid IT architectures, including platforms such as Microsoft Azure.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise integration technologies and patterns, including RESTful and SOAP services, API management, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), messaging, and event streaming.
- Broad technical knowledge of enterprise application technologies and platforms, such as Java, .NET, containerization, Kubernetes, and modern web application architectures.
- Good understanding of enterprise data architecture, relational and NoSQL databases, data integration, and data management principles.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity architecture, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Zero Trust principles, and secure-by-design approaches.
- Knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD practices, and modern software delivery methodologies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs and make informed technology decisions.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and the ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
Preferred qualifications:
- Enterprise Architecture certification, such as TOGAF, or equivalent professional qualifications.
- Professional certifications in cloud architecture, particularly Microsoft Azure.
- Experience in designing architectures for large-scale digital transformation initiatives, particularly in public-sector or complex enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture management tools and architecture repositories.
- Experience with container orchestration and enterprise application platforms such as Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.
- Knowledge of modern data platforms, analytics architectures, artificial intelligence, and emerging enterprise technologies.
- Experience with architecture governance, architectural review boards, technical risk assessments, and technology standardization.
- Experience contributing to technical proposals, RFP responses, and solution architecture for complex IT projects.
Benefits
What are we offering to our UniQue IT people?
- People-first approach and open environment to express your ideas
- Ticket restaurant – meal vouchers
- Corporate laptop and equipment
- Corporate mobile phone subscription
- Work-life balance and a hybrid #li-hybrid work model
- Health and insurance plan for you and your family members
- Employee consulting and guidance support by Ergonomia
- Continuous training and certifications
- Discounts on the services and products of our Group’s companies
- Gift vouchers for major life milestones
- Special work schedule on summer Fridays and your birthday
Our UniQue IT people are the most valuable part of Uni Systems; their knowledge and experience has made us the leading and reliable systems integrator of today and has contributed to our steady financial growth. We have created and are maintaining a stable working environment for our employees, with countless opportunities to innovate and thrive. Our work culture recognizes our UniQue IT people, supports the free sharing of ideas and the flow of information via open communication, while appreciating and effectively utilizing the talents, skills and perspectives of each employee.
At Uni Systems, we are providing equal employment opportunities and banning any form of discrimination on grounds of gender, religion, race, color, nationality, disability, social class, political beliefs, age, marital status, sexual orientation or any other characteristics. Take a look at our Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Policy for more information.
Skills Required
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus at least 13 years of industry experience; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree plus at least 17 years of experience.
- Extensive experience in enterprise and solution architecture for large-scale, complex, and mission-critical IT systems.
- Strong understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies, including TOGAF, and modeling approaches such as ArchiMate, UML, BPMN, and C4.
- Experience defining target-state architectures, reference architectures, technology roadmaps, and architectural standards.
- Advanced knowledge of SOA, microservices, event-driven architecture, and API-driven integration.
- Understanding of cloud computing and hybrid IT architectures, including Microsoft Azure.
- Knowledge of RESTful and SOAP services, API management, ESB, messaging, and event streaming.
- Broad technical knowledge of Java, .NET, containerization, Kubernetes, and modern web application architectures.
- Understanding of enterprise data architecture, relational and NoSQL databases, data integration, and data management.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity architecture, IAM, Zero Trust, and secure-by-design approaches.
- Knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and modern software delivery methodologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration abilities.
- Enterprise Architecture certification such as TOGAF or equivalent professional qualification.
- Professional cloud architecture certifications, particularly Microsoft Azure.
- Experience designing architectures for large-scale digital transformation initiatives in public-sector or complex enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture management tools and architecture repositories.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and enterprise application platforms.
- Knowledge of modern data platforms, analytics architectures, artificial intelligence, and emerging enterprise technologies.
- Experience with architecture governance, review boards, technical risk assessments, and technology standardization.
- Experience contributing to technical proposals, RFP responses, and solution architecture for complex IT projects.
What We Do
Uni Systems, a member of Quest Group, has been a reliable ICT partner to companies and organizations in the European market for over 60 years. We are the first IT company founded in Greece, in 1964, and we have been supporting our clients ever since. Trusting customers, extensive solutions offering, strong partnerships and experienced people, those are the main grounds for Uni Systems’ rapid expansion of operations across geographies and industries. With more than 1450 specialized ICT professionals, established presence in more than 20 countries, and branches and subsidiaries in the heart of the European Union (Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Bucharest, Luxembourg and Milan), we are effectively addressing the needs of European and International organizations and institutions and delivering value-added integrated solutions to our customers. Through our strong industrial vertical expertise, supported by the range of our horizontal solutions, we hold a substantial and successful track record in the delivery and implementation of large-scale, mission-critical projects in the sectors of Banking & Finance, Enterprise & Utilities, Government, and Telecommunications, as well as in EU Institutions and Agencies. Participations in real commercial implementations of best practices (i.e. ITIL, RUP, PRINCE2, PMI), has provided our people with significant experience, unique know-how and proven capability in designing, implementing and successfully supporting complex ICT projects, through a range of solutions and business areas. At Uni Systems, we support innovation, and we have been investing in the European and National research ecosystem. Our Research and Innovation (RDI) department has been successfully bidding and winning a series of research programs in promising technological areas, such as 5G, AI in Health, and Blockchain in Governance. Enabling our clients' digital transformation journey is our passion and we remain strongly committed to it.
