Software Architect — Remote

Project overview

For a client in Remote, we are currently looking for two Software Architects.

Responsibilities

– Conception and design of software architectures and software design for complex government and enterprise IT

– Design and further develop architectures based on modern cloud, container, and microservice technologies

– Keep an eye on architectural layers and their interrelationships and evaluate architectures

– Create and maintain architectural documentation according to arc42

– Conduct security analyses of software (e.g., vulnerability tools, OWASP)

– Work in classic and agile methodologies (V-Modell XT and Scrum)

– Coordination with involved parties, including at the EU level

Requirements

– MANDATORY: Willingness to undergo security screening Ü2 according to SÜG

– Willingness to commit according to VerpflG and to commit to data secrecy according to § 53 BDSG

– Completed IT-related degree (at least FH/Bachelor, e.g., Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical or Communications Engineering), alternatively training as an application developer or at least 5 years of proven equivalent skills and experience

– At least 5 years of professional and project experience in software architecture and software design

– Very good knowledge of V-Modell XT and Scrum

– Sound ArchiMate knowledge

– Container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes

– Standards and architectures for IT operations including Cloud / IaaS / PaaS / SaaS

– Microservices or SOA

– Network infrastructures and protocols, e.g., TCP/IP, SSL, SFTP, HTTPS

– Security analysis of software, especially vulnerability tools / OWASP

– Databases, e.g., relational DB, NoSQL, Graph-DB, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB

– CI/CD

– Particularly strongly weighted: Architectural layers and their interrelationships, architecture evaluation, architectural documentation according to arc42, Java / Java EE / Jakarta EE, Spring Framework, REST/SOAP and API design, JavaScript/JSF/PrimeFaces/jQuery/HTML/CSS, IDEs like Eclipse/IntelliJ, Maven/Git or similar, software structure analysis including corresponding tools, high availability architectures, IT security, XML/XSD/XSLT, JIRA

– Desirable: Domain Driven Design, UML, OOA/OOD, UX, Usability and Accessibility, software tests and load tests, database modeling / JPA / JPQL, EAI, Kafka/RabbitMQ/JMS, Enterprise Service Bus, API Gateways, Identity & Access Management (OAuth, OpenID Connect, JWT, SAML 2.0), web servers and application/servlet servers, interface standards in the government environment such as XöV, FIM or AS4

– German at least C1, good English skills

Reference: 26-1444

Project details

Utilization: Part-time, also full-time depending on order situation

02.11.2026

52.5 PT (until 31.03.2027) + option

Contract type: freelance

Could this position be of interest to you? Then please send me your current CV by email to [contact removed]

I am of course also available at any time for questions or background information.

Thank you and best regards

Anne-Katrin Loth Senior Recruitment Consultant | Team Lead SECUSTAFF GmbH Phone [contact removed] [contact removed]

SECUSTAFF Secure Staffing.

• Start: 02.11.2026
• Duration: 52,5 PT (bis 31.03.2027) + Option
• Remote: remote
• Location: Remote, DE
• Languages: German