KONE
Elevators, Escalators, Building Doors, Digital Systems, IT Services
PrincipalPlatformArchitect,Digitalworkplace
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“Principal Platform Architect, Digital workplace at KONE. Skills: Digital Workplace Platform, Microsoft 365, Endpoint Management, Identity and Access Management. Own end-to-end architecture of Digital Workplace platform. Translate needs into architectural decisions”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve the flow of urban life; Make cities better places to live; Create the Best People Flow experience; Increase the value created for customers; Increase the speed of bringing new services to market; Expand and develop new digital solutions; Enable new business opportunities; Support productivity; Support business growth; Support technological disruption; Ensure platform is secure; Ensure platform is scalable; Ensure platform is cost-effective; Ensure platform is future-ready; Evolve with business growth; Evolve with emerging technologies; Raise the bar on engineering excellence; Raise the bar on operational maturity
Industry & Context.
Guide teams through complex technical trade-offs; Guide teams through security trade-offs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10 + years of experience in enterprise platform architecture with a focus on Digital Workplace ecosystem, Deep expertise in Identity and Access platforms, including Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and hybrid Active Directory, with grounding in Zero Trust principles, Proven experience architecting Microsoft 365 and Modern Workplace platforms, including governance and license strategy, leadership in modern endpoint management across Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android using Intune and MDM/MAM approaches, Ability to design end‑to‑end identity and endpoint security, integrating access controls, device compliance, and endpoint protection, Experience operating and evolving large, global enterprise environments with high security and compliance expectations, Capability to define reference architectures, standards, and guardrails that enable scale and consistency, collaborator across Security, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, and application teams, Confident communicator, able to engage and influence senior leadership, Deep understanding of cloud‑first and hybrid architectures and their operational impact
Nice to Have
Experience with Zero Trust Architecture implementation at scale, Familiarity with automation and scripting (PowerShell, Graph API), Exposure to agent-based / AI-driven operations within the Digital Workplace or endpoint management space
What You'll Do.
Own end-to-end architecture of Digital Workplace platform
Translate needs into architectural decisions
Guide adoption of new capabilities
Define endpoint and identity security architecture
Own architectural patterns for device trust
Architect modern endpoint management
Define future-proof approaches for devices
Provide architectural guidance on licensing
Manage Enterprise Agreements
Lead architectural design reviews
Mentor senior engineers and architects
Define and evolve platform's technical roadmap
Produce architectural artifacts
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with Platform Owners; Collaborate with IT Area Heads; Collaborate with Cybersecurity; Collaborate with senior stakeholders; Align teams around shared standards; Collaborate with security teams; Collaborate with compliance teams; Collaborate with data teams; Collaborate with Enterprise Architect teams
Communication Scope
Confident communicator; Engage senior leadership; Influence senior leadership
Full Job Description
_Founded in 1910,_[_KONE_](https://www.kone.com/en/) _is a global leader that provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization that add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Our mission is to improve the flow of urban life and make our world’s cities better places to live by providing innovative solutions that help make people’s journeys safe, convenient and reliable. Our operations in over 60 countries around the world has helped us achieve our position as an_ [_innovation and sustainability_](https://www.kone.com/en/sustainability/) _leader with repeated_ _recognitions by_ [_Forbes_](https://www.forbes.com/companies/kone/?sh=3dd0aa0b7d27) _, Corporate Knights for clean capitalism and others._ _KONE’s vision is to create the Best People Flow experience by providing ease, effectiveness and experience to our customers and users. In line with our strategy, Sustainable Success with Customers, we will focus on increasing the value we create for customers with new intelligent solutions and embed sustainability even deeper across all of our operations. By closer collaboration with customers and partners, KONE will increase the speed of bringing new services and solutions to the market._ KONE Technology and Innovation Unit (KTI) is where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to expand and develop new digital solutions that are based on emerging technologies. KONE IT is a global team of expert professionals working along with business functions and area teams to develop new capabilities and enable new business opportunities. We are trusted partners of KONE business lines and functions to develop, transform, manage and run their information technology solutions. We support KONE in its digital transformation journey by introducing
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