Platform Architecture and DevOps Manager

HAVI is a global, privately owned company focused on innovating, optimizing and managing the supply chains of leading brands. Offering services in marketing analytics, packaging, supply chain management and logistics, HAVI partners with companies to address challenges big and small across the supply chain, from commodity to customer. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. HAVI’s supply chain services are complemented by the customer engagement services offered by our affiliated company The Marketing Store. For more information, please visit HAVI.com. 

Our Global Business Services (GBS) center was launched in 2019. We handle top-notch financial, planning, and supply chain services, actively supporting core business activities including master data management, end-to-end procurement, and supply chain business intelligence analysis for clients in over 30 countries across Europe and beyond. Our teams in Kraków and Katowice focus on efficiency, innovation, and digital transformation, always aiming to exceed our clients’ expectations.

Join us in our mission to promote sustainable development and reduce our environmental footprint. Work in a diverse and inclusive environment where every voice matters. Discover endless career opportunities with exciting projects, hands-on learning, and professional growth.

Come aboard and help us shape the future of supply chain management!

Platform Architecture and DevOps Manager

Responsibilities

• Designs technical solutions, develops technical projects, and assures maintainability of our existing technical platform.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams: including frontend and backend engineers, web and app mobile teams, transversal COE’s product managers, and tech leadership to define and implement new technical features and enhancements.
• Ensures best practices throughout our platform by conducting continuous solution reviews.
• Continuously identifies technical debt and cost efficiencies in our web and Azure ecosystem.
• Stays up to date with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in software development.
• Provides technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship to business development teams.
• Designs, develops, and implements continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Creates detailed technical documentation, including system architecture, technical requirements specifications, run books, technical user guides and training materials.  
• Participates in technical project planning and execution, including task estimation, resource allocation, progress tracking and risk management.     

Desired Skills & Experience
 

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in Science and Technology.
• Strong EQ (emotional intelligence) - highly collaborative with both tech and business stakeholders.
• Proven experience as Software Architecture and DevOps Engineering in Azure.
• Proven experience (5+ years) as a Platform, Solution, or Application Architect or in a similar role.
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing Azure services, including but not limited to infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, identity/authentication/authorization, monitoring, alerting, and reporting services.
• Proficient in security best practices and frameworks.
• Proficiency in security architecture topics like single sign on, federation, identity, disaster recover architectures, etc.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with development tools like VS Code, and version control systems like Azure DevOps or Git.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and integrating them into applications.
• Preference to work in an agile development environment and participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Fluent in English
• Nice to Haves:
  • Architect certifications from Microsoft
  • Experience with React, C#, and .NET framework will be a plus.
  • Experience working with global teams in multiple time zones will be a plus.
  • Certifications in relevant technologies or domains.
  • Preferred version control system is Azure DevOps.

Benefits

• Possibility of turning your own ideas into success
• Diverse development opportunities
• Varied and interesting field of work
• Responsible task with plenty of leeway
• Collegial working atmosphere
• Open corporate culture
• Cooperation with a dynamic team
• Exciting projects within the corporate group
• Attractive remuneration models with performance-related pay
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Successful and rapidly growing employer
• Comprehensive, individual familiarization with the work
• Modern work equipment
• Diverse development opportunities in an international environment
• Interesting and varied training in a future-oriented profession

At HAVI GBS, we believe in an inclusive and sustainable workplace where our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we are committed to promoting diversity within the organization, as well as an inclusive environment where everyone can feel valued and respected, regardless of their background.