Solution Architect - Logistics Services

How you make a difference

• On our professional and technological transformation journey, numerous exciting initiatives await your contribution.
• You actively shape the modernization of core consignment data functionalities and design technical enhancements for existing systems.
• In an environment using state-of-the-art cloud technologies such as Kubernetes, containers and Kafka, you apply your technical expertise in a targeted manner.
• With your creativity, strong communication skills and team spirit, you collaborate with Dev Ops teams to implement exciting enhancements and modernizations for logistics services.
• You integrate applications, partner systems and platforms into our IT landscape in a sustainable, high-performance and reliable manner.
• You play a central role in planning and designing solution architectures, driving implementation ideas while considering quality, security, economic aspects and future technology trends.
• As part of a dedicated team of architects, you actively shape the strategic direction, reference architecture, guidelines and toolchain.

• In order to quickly familiarize yourself with this varied area of responsibility, you hold a degree in computer science (BSc, MSc or equivalent) and have experience in design and implementation.
• You have extensive knowledge of software development and understand the concepts of service- and event-oriented architectures, ideally in the Java and/ environment.
• You are able to conduct source code analyses to support peer code reviews and reverse engineering activities.
• Designing cloud-native microservices, APIs, messaging solutions and CI/CD pipelines is part of your daily work.
• You have knowledge of integration patterns, including messaging, event-driven and API-based approaches.
• You enjoy working in an agile manner (Scrum, SAFe, Dev Ops). You are characterized by empathy, a thirst for knowledge and a critical eye.
• You promote collaboration across teams and specialist units and communicate architecture clearly and comprehensibly to both technical and non-technical target groups.
• You are fluent in spoken and written English and German.

• 6 weeks' holiday
• Parental Leave
• Mobile and flexible working
• Fair employment conditions
• Half Fare Travelcard or contribution towards GA
• Support with basic and advanced training
• Staff vouchers

Thomas Hofmann
Lead Architect Logistik-Services Operations

As the driving force behind digitization, the Informatics/Technology function unit has an influence on the whole of Swiss Post and is an important partner in its success. We go beyond core IT tasks and empower the company in its digital transformation. We use the latest technologies and work to advance agile, bimodal and embedded IT innovations. We develop new, secure business models and ensure that Swiss Post has a modern, high-performing ICT infrastructure.

In addition, we are committed to the issue of sustainability: our headquarters in Bern have been awarded two certificates for sustainability. All newly built logistics centers meet the Gold sustainability standard at a minimum.