Germany
Solaris
EY
Manager Cloud & Data Center Transformation & Sovereignty (Financial Services) (w/m/d)
Germany
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · Munich, Bavaria, Germany · Eschborn, Hesse, Germany · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Berlin, Germany · Hamburg, Germany
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About the opportunity
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence?
Making the world a little better every day. At EY, we set everything in motion for this claim and go "all in" as a team. After all, we have a clear goal in mind: to create sustainable value and growth – for our clients, employees, and society as a whole. Our global network of around 400.000 employees worldwide offers you every opportunity to grow, develop, specialize, and pursue your strengths and interests professionally. We believe that the right career path is as individual as you are.
Our Financial Services division focuses on financial services and supports banks, insurance companies, and asset managers in being successful in an ever-changing and fast-paced world.
Your Responsibilities
As part of our Digital Engineering & Emerging Technologies team, you will take on leadership responsibility in advising leading financial institutions in three closely related fields: Cloud and Data Center Transformation, Sovereign Cloud & Digital Sovereignty, and IT Infrastructure Strategy. You will manage complex transformation projects and develop our growing service portfolio – together with partners such as Nvidia and Microsoft. In doing so, you will take on diverse tasks:
- Leading end-to-end cloud and data center transformation projects: Development of hybrid/multi-cloud strategies, migration roadmaps, and target operating models on hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Responsibility for migration planning and control: Dependency remediation, data relocation, post-migration compliance validation, and quality assurance using EY migration accelerators & playbooks
- Responsibility for sovereign cloud engagements across all phases: Plan/Strategy (sovereignty requirements, workload assessments, vendor evaluation), Design & Build (sovereign landing zones, encryption architectures, IAM, SOC integration), and Migrate (dependency remediation, post-migration validation), as well as ensuring regulatory compliance: (DORA, BAIT, EBA guidelines, and BaFin requirements)
- Leadership in the development of holistic IT infrastructure and data center strategies: Definition of target architectures, resilience requirements, AI infrastructure planning, as well as anchoring in regulatory and supervisory frameworks
- Further development of the EY asset portfolio: Sovereign Landing Zone Blueprints, Cloud Provider Archetype Assessor, Sovereign Readiness Assessment Matrix, External Key Management & Encryption Architecture, and Migration Accelerators & Playbooks
Minimum requirements
Your Skillset
- Completed degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a comparable degree program, plus more than 5 years of relevant professional experience in cloud transformation, IT infrastructure, or data center management
- Profound knowledge of cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP), sovereign cloud concepts (OVHcloud, StackIT), and IT infrastructure strategy, as well as proven project experience in managing complex transformations for financial service providers, deep understanding of regulatory requirements in the financial sector, and experience in team and project leadership
- Very good communication skills in German (at least C1 level) and English
Your Mindset
- Agile: You believe that a flexible mindset is just as important for success as knowledge and skills.
- Curious: You are ambitious and dedicated. We are looking for people who see opportunities rather than challenges and find better solutions through targeted questions.
- Team-oriented: You value diverse perspectives and enjoy working in a team. We are looking for people who want to achieve something together with us and create a trusting work environment.
Your Benefits
At EY, you work in high-performing, interdisciplinary teams with innovative technologies. In a flexible and inclusive work environment, we support you in your various life situations. Inspiring colleagues as well as training and development opportunities on and off the job help you to grow beyond yourself and further develop the skills you will need in the future. A steep learning curve is guaranteed.
More about our benefits ey.com/de_de/careers/corporate-benefits.
Apply today!
You can find more information about the application process at EY on our career page ey.com/de_de/careers/how-we-hire.
You can find more information about Financial Services here ey.com/en_gl/careers/financial-services.
See what others say about us on kununu kununu.com/de/ernst-young and Glassdoor glassdoor.de/Bewertungen/EY-Bewertungen-E2784.htm.
At EY, we live diversity and welcome all applications. Please let us know in advance if we can support you with a barrier-free application process.
Still have questions? Our Recruitment Center will be happy to answer them at +49 6196 996 10005.
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