Daikin Europe is a fully owned subsidiary of Daikin Industries Limited, and the leading provider of heating, cooling, ventilation, air purification and refrigeration technology. The company designs, manufactures and brings to market a broad portfolio of equipment, as well as tailor made solutions for residential, commercial and industrial purposes in Europe, Middle East and Africa. The Daikin Europe Group boasts a powerful sales network of 17 affiliate companies, 4 sales offices and an entire network of independent distributors and sales contacts in more than 50 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In 2024, fiscal year 2023 (April 1, 2023 March 31, 2024), the company realized a turnover of 4.9 billion euros. In the EMEA region, Daikin Europe N.V. has more than 13,800 employees across more than 59 subsidiaries. The factory in Ostend, with a total area of around 140,000 m, is one of the most advanced of its kind, a factory of the future. The plant fulfils a pioneering role in terms of product and process development and innovation projects. The organization has invested heavily in new technologies, digitization and smart processes and products in recent years. Job Summary You are responsible for designing and implementing the plan that makes Daikins Cloud solutions future proof. You work together with external partners to further expand on an innovative, stable, scalable, and client oriented cloud platform for the complete range of Daikin products. Your role will be key in developing a lean architecture, balancing cost and performance, for Daikins Cloud solutions. These will be your key tasks: Translating the needs around cloud capabilities, IoT link, and data gathering into a functional and effective technical architecture Designing, documenting, and visualising the architecture of Cloud services and the related supporting tools Working closely together with the product development team and dedicated technology suppliers to make sure that this design is supported and correctly implemented, following the principles and agreements posed by the architecture board Analyse risks and possible impact of changes to the architecture Closely following the latest technological trends and acting as a technology evangelist within the organisation The ideal candidate With a Master''s degree in ICT and over five years of experience, including at least three as a technical or solutions architect, you possess a strong software development background and deep familiarity with best practices in software development and data modeling. Your expertise extends to microservice based architectures using containerized applications, API design, data model creation, and cloud platforms, preferably AWS, with a keen focus on cloud security. A genuine interest and understanding of IoT concepts is a significant advantage. Complementing these technical skills, you demonstrate a documentation oriented approach, process definition abilities, and st