Principal Digital Architect

About Us

Orange Business is reinventing itself — evolving from a connectivity leader to a full‑featured digital services integrator. The Digital Technology organization is at the heart of this transformation, delivering technological building blocks that accelerate value creation for our clients, sales teams and production units.

Within the Digital Technology department, the Technology & Architecture / Domain and Resident Architecture team is dedicated to designing innovative systems that effectively meet business needs. We ensure that the solutions we implement comply with established architectural principles, standards, and best practices, promoting robust and scalable solutions.

You will work as an architect within the “Digital Architecture” team which operates on the entire Orange Business Digital experience layer landscape, covering portals, eShop, eCare, APIs, AI channels.

In a growing market, Orange Business is reinventing itself and has been developing its offers portfolio for years, shifting its center of gravity towards IT, the cloud, data and service integration, to transform itself into a services integrator.

The Information System and Technology entity (called CTIO), transversal entity within Orange Business, provides the best reusable components to meet customers and Marketing & business teams requirements.

You will work as an architect within the “Design Authority” entity of CTIO. You will manage a team of 5 solution and system architects who support you in managing architecture for the digital domain. You will join a team which was created in June 2019 to guide and support Orange Business B2B Information System (IS) modernization.

You will take part to a huge program supporting Orange Business digital transformation relying on new Vendors solutions as well as existing IT.

The Principal Digital Architect is the architect in charge of Orange Business digital architecture which covers the digital layer of Orange Business including portals, APIs, IT systems in this domain like the eCommerce system along with all required data integration.

• Lead the “Digital Resident Architecture” team composed of around 5 architects
• Lead the architecture design for Orange Business Digital layer which includes portals (public portal, eCommerce)
• Decide of architecture choices (capabilities, commercial products, technologies) in the Digital domain
• Design and support the implementation of the architecture of the new Orange Business digital layer to serve eCommerce purpose as part of the “New Co” transformation program

• Design system architectures that are in line with the overall solution and portfolio architecture. Provide & maintain architecture documentation
• Design and oversee the implementation of technical solutions that align with business requirements and portfolio strategies. Collaborate with System Architects to ensure detailed system design is executed according to architectural principles.
• Work with Portfolio Architects to ensure that solutions are aligned with broader portfolio goals and enterprise architecture. Guide development teams in understanding and following architectural best practices and standards
• Perform solution evaluations and recommend improvements for scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Ensure that solutions leverage appropriate technologies while remaining compliant with security and governance requirements.

• Experience of management of architect profiles
• Proven experience in designing scalable, resilient, and secure solutions. TOGAF certification would be appreciated
• Deep understanding of software development life cycles and modern architectural patterns (microservices, SOA, event driven architecture, etc.)
• Ability to balance technical requirements with business needs and strategic goals
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong experience in system architecture design and implementation. TOGAF certification would be appreciated
• Proficient in a wide range of technologies and frameworks, with the ability to adapt to evolving technical…