Principal Tech Arch Enterprise Architect

Lancesoft Europe

Job Location:

Lyon - France

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Principal Tech Arch / Enterprise Architect

Location: Lyon France

Duration: 6 months contract

Rates: 674 Euros/Day on B2B contract (OR) 8976 Euros/Month Gross on Employment contract

Job Description

Role Purpose

The Principal Tech Arch / Enterprise Architect will act as the architectural authority from Infosys for the Client New Web & Commerce Platform programme ensuring that all technology solutions align with Clients enterprise vision House-of-Brands (HoB) strategy global rollout model and long-term modernisation roadmap.
This role spans all layers of the headless composable commerce architecture - Adobe Commerce SaaS BFF/APIM middleware ReactJS/ storefront CMS integration identity data and cloud infrastructure - and serves as the single technical authority bridging Clients enterprise architecture standards with Infosys delivery execution.

Architecture Domain Scope

The Principal Tech Arch owns architectural decisions and governance across all of the following platform layers:

Architecture Domain	Platform / Layer	Key Scope
Commerce Engine	Adobe Commerce SaaS	App Builder API Mesh I/O Events Commerce SaaS Services
API Middleware	BFF / APIM Layer	API orchestration aggregation transformation GraphQL federation
Digital Experience	ReactJS / Storefront	SSR SSG ISR component architecture CMS integration
Content	CMS - Contentful / Storyblok	Headless CMS integration content modelling multi-brand content strategy
Integration	OMS ERP PIM Payment Tax Search	Event-driven integrations API-led connectivity Adobe I/O Events
Identity	Salesforce / Identity Provider	OAuth2 OIDC SSO customer identity management
Infrastructure	Cloud - Azure (preferred) / AWS	Cloud-native hosting CDN IaC observability disaster recovery

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Vision

Define and evolve Clients enterprise architecture across digital experience commerce content integration identity and data layers
Own current-state transition-state and target-state architectures for the New Web & Commerce Platform and related initiatives
Ensure architectural consistency across multi-brand multi-market (House-of-Brands) deployments and global rollout waves
Define and maintain reference architectures for headless composable and API-first patterns applicable across all Client brands
Drive reuse and standardisation across brands to accelerate time-to-market reduce duplication and optimise total cost of ownership (TCO)

Architecture Governance & Assurance

Serve as the decision authority (alongside Client architects) on architecture patterns technology choices integration models and non-functional requirements
Review and validate solution designs proposed by internal Infosys teams and Client technology teams
Ensure all solutions comply with Client security regulatory and compliance requirements
Define and enforce architectural guardrails - coding standards API design standards security policies and NFR baselines
Maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for all significant technology decisions across the programme
Conduct architecture governance reviews across all workstreams (Commerce SaaS BFF/APIM ReactJS CMS Integration)

Programme & Delivery Enablement

Provide architectural direction to Solution Architects Tech Leads and delivery squads across Discovery Design & Build and Rollout waves
Work closely with Programme Sponsors Product Owners Solution Architects and Tech Leads across MVP Core Build and global rollout phases
Proactively identify architectural risks and guide mitigation strategies before they impact delivery
Support PI Planning by providing architectural context dependency mapping and NFR guidance to all ART squads
Evaluate third-party platform and SaaS vendor selections - Adobe Commerce CMS (Contentful / Storyblok) OMS PIM payment tax services
Partner with the Release Train Engineer (RTE) and Principal Consultant to govern technical health of the programme

Headless & Composable Architecture Leadership

Lead API-first architecture design - GraphQL schema governance REST API standards API Mesh federation and BFF/APIM design patterns
Define Adobe Commerce SaaS extensibility architecture - App Builder API Mesh I/O Events and Commerce SaaS service composition
Architect the BFF/APIM middleware layer - API orchestration aggregation security policies and transformation patterns
Define ReactJS / storefront architecture - SSR SSG ISR strategy component design system state management and CMS integration
Define CMS architecture - headless CMS integration patterns (Contentful / Storyblok) content modelling multi-brand content strategy
Own cloud infrastructure architecture - Azure-based hosting CDN caching IaC observability disaster recovery and SLA design

AI-Assisted Development Governance

Design and govern the enterprise AI-assisted development architecture across all programme workstreams
Define BMAD agentic workflow standards - story decomposition task specification and AI execution patterns for all squads
Govern Adobe Commerce MCP server design - tool exposure schema permissions and security model for Claude Code integration
Establish prompt engineering standards AI output validation gates and code review requirements for AI-generated artefacts
Integrate AI code review checkpoints into CI/CD pipelines to validate Claude Code-generated output before merge
Evaluate emerging AI tooling and advise programme leadership on adoption roadmap and governance frameworks

Skill Set

Primary Skills	Secondary Skills	AI Tools & Skills
Enterprise-scale architecture design (current / transition / target state)	Vendor evaluation & RFP / RFI support (Commerce CMS cloud)	BMAD - enterprise agentic workflow architecture & programme-wide AI governance
Headless & composable commerce architecture (API-first composable)	Identity & access management - SSO customer identity B2B IAM	Claude Code - AI-assisted development standards review gates & guardrails
Adobe Commerce SaaS - App Builder API Mesh I/O Events SaaS services	Data architecture & master data management patterns	Adobe Commerce MCP - server design tool governance & permissions model
BFF / APIM architecture - API orchestration aggregation & transformation	Microservices & event-driven architecture ( serverless)	Prompt engineering standards & AI output validation patterns for all squads
ReactJS / architecture - SSR SSG ISR component & state design	DevSecOps & CI/CD pipeline design across all workstreams	AI integration into CI/CD pipelines - automated code review checkpoints
CMS architecture - Contentful / Storyblok content modelling multi-brand	Accessibility (WCAG 2.1) & Core Web Vitals architectural considerations	Evaluating emerging AI tooling for programme adoption roadmap
GraphQL schema governance REST API standards OpenAPI specification	SAFe / Agile at scale - PI Planning ART architecture engagement
Cloud-native architecture - Azure (preferred) CDN IaC observability	TCO optimisation & platform reuse strategy across brands
Integration architecture - OMS ERP PIM payment tax search connectors
Security architecture - OAuth2 OIDC JWT API gateway Adobe IMS
NFR governance - performance scalability resilience compliance
Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) & technology guardrails
Multi-brand / multi-market (HoB) architecture standardisation

Experience & Qualifications

Area	Requirements
Experience	15 years in enterprise and solution architecture Proven delivery on large global multi-brand programmes Strong exposure to Agile / SAFe scaled delivery models Client-facing architecture leadership in a France-based or international context
Commerce	Adobe Commerce SaaS (App Builder API Mesh I/O Events SaaS services) Headless & composable commerce architecture Multi-brand / multi-market platform strategy
CMS & Content	Contentful or Storyblok - headless CMS architecture and content modelling Multi-brand content strategy and localisation architecture
API & Integration	API-first design - GraphQL REST OpenAPI BFF / APIM layer design (Azure API Management AWS API Gateway) Event-driven integration architecture (Adobe I/O Events Kafka Azure Service Bus)
Cloud	Azure (strongly preferred) - App Service AKS Azure CDN Key Vault Monitor Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Bicep) Cloud-native observability and SLA design
Security & NFRs	OAuth2 OIDC SSO Adobe IMS API security policies rate limiting WAF NFR definition baseline setting and governance across all programme layers
AI Tooling	Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (BMAD Claude Code MCP servers) AI governance framework design and responsible AI architecture patterns
Certifications	Adobe Architect certification (preferred) Azure Solutions Architect Expert (preferred) SAFe Architect (preferred) TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture framework (advantageous)

Self-Evaluation Check List:

Skill Set	Criticality (Mandatory / Optional)	Self-Evaluation by Candidate (0-Low to 5-Expert) 0-No Knowledge 1-Started Learning 2-Theory Knowledge 3-Beginning with limited handson knowledge 4-Advanced with Good handson knowledge 5-Expert with Good handson knowledge	Have any Project experience on this Skillset
Enterprise-scale architecture design (current / transition / target state)	Mandatory
Adobe Commerce SaaS - App Builder API Mesh I/O Events SaaS service	Mandatory
BFF / APIM architecture - API orchestration aggregation & transformation	Mandatory
ReactJS / architecture - SSR SSG ISR component & state design	Mandatory

Job Title: Principal Tech Arch / Enterprise Architect Location: Lyon France Duration: 6 months contract Rates: 674 Euros/Day on B2B contract (OR) 8976 Euros/Month Gross on Employment contract Job Description Role Purpose The Principal Tech Arch / Enterprise Architect will act as the architectural a...