Infrastructure Architect

We are currently recruiting for an Infrastructure Architect in the Energy Industry.

Duration: 12 month contract

Location: Brussels (with opportunity of remote work)

Languages: Dutch and English

Rate: € open

Key skills:

Experience with designing applications

Knowing what Virtual Machine to use

Will be using Windows, Ansible, Kubernetes…

Will collaborate with all departments like Security and senior managers


Mission
My client is looking for an experienced Solution Architect to reinforce the current Infrastructure Architecture team, taking up following tasks:
* to design, the technical architecture for business applications and supporting ICT systems integrated in the existing infrastructure (Hosting, DB, Network, VM);
* to collaborate with the other ICT architects, analysts, developers and application owners to align the application architecture with the clients ICT infrastructure;
* to collaborate with the ICT Operations teams (Systems, Networks, DBs) to assess the feasibility of the technical architecture;
* to collaborate with Security Office to ensure the cybersecurity of the Fluxys ICT environment;
* to overview the global enterprise architecture consistency within the group (Central ICT, Affiliates, Industrial Sites)
* to provide advice and expertise to, and elaborate proposals and designs for the central and remote sites on the matter of industrial ICT and cybersecurity;
to elaborate technical projects for ICT Operations to improve the management and follow-up of infrastructure systems;
* to manage the technical standards and the configuration repository;
* to follow up technology evolutions and provide the required knowledge for ICT Operations to manage the current infrastructure, prepare for future developments and carry out technical projects;
* to contribute to the correct and efficient functioning of the ICT infrastructure respecting SLA agreements and aligned to ICT management processes.
Experience and Expertise
* an engineering degree or master degree in information technology, or relevant experience;
* experience with enterprise-scale ICT systems as architect for ICT infrastructure systems, or a similar function;
* with wide array of knowledge and interests including: o server technology (Linux en Windows servers) o networks and firewalls o SAN and NAS storage o virtualisation (VMWare) o cloud solutions (Azure) o container technology (Kubernetes) o software-defined infrastructure o automation (Ansible);
* knowledge of cybersecurity (Enterprise, cloud and industrial environments);
* knowledge of lifecycle management and deployment of applications in an enterprise-scale ICT environment.