Director of IT Architecture and Quality Engineering

Orange Polska is a leading provider of telecommunications and IT services for businesses in Poland, supported by the country's largest infrastructure and advanced technologies including 5G. The company is recognized as one of the world's top ten employers and emphasizes equal opportunities and inclusivity in its recruitment process.

• Proven track record of leadership and management at director level in enterprise architecture or a related discipline.
• Experience managing organisational change and driving digital transformation initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies (e.g. TOGAF).
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid/multi-cloud strategies.
• Strong understanding of microservices architectures, API management, and modern integration patterns.
• Expertise in cybersecurity architecture, data architecture, and infrastructure design.
• Knowledge of both legacy system modernisation and modern application development approaches.
• Familiarity with AI/ML, containerisation, DevOps practices, and emerging technology trends.
• Ability to think strategically, manage cross-functional initiatives, and communicate effectively at executive level.
• English: Proficient

Nice to have:

• TOGAF certification or equivalent enterprise architecture qualification.
• Experience establishing or leading a Design Authority function in a large, complex organisation.
• Familiarity with telecommunications-specific architecture patterns and OSS/BSS landscapes.

• Takes responsibility for the holistic IT architecture of Orange Polska, including shadow IT, ensuring a coherent and consistent architectural landscape across all domains.
• Embodies the Design Authority for the organisation, ensuring all significant architectural decisions are reviewed, challenged, and aligned before implementation.
• Coordinates and aligns all cluster-specific architecture schemas, ensuring consistency and interoperability across all business and platform domains.
• Leads the ‘One IT’ Quality Engineering practices and standards for both internal and external resources, establishing a unified approach to software quality across the IT organisation.
• Plans and implements the architectural strategy, including the vision, objectives, and technology development directions for the company.
• Creates and maintains the IT solution architecture, aligning it with long-term business and technology visions.
• Identifies business potential and collaborates with business partners to create innovative architectural solutions.
• Manages IT area architecture and provides substantive oversight of architectural consistency across projects and technology changes.
• Analyses and optimises technology solutions, including technical debt reduction and efficiency improvements.
• Enforces architecture management processes, including project reviews, technology assessments, and compliance evaluations.
• Collaborates with IT units in infrastructure, security, and data areas to ensure integrated and consistent solutions.
• Sets and enforces architecture standards that support the progressive handover of reusable building blocks from clusters to platform domains.
• Manages the architecture community and collaborates with internal and external partners on architectural solutions.

Orange Polska ensures equal opportunities and inclusivity in its recruitment process, complying fully with applicable law regarding non-discrimination based on gender, age, race, origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.