For our client major Oil & Gaz player in Belgium we are looking for an Infrastructure Architect ( FR or NL / EN ) to join the IT team based in Brussels.

As a member of the ICT Infrastructure Architect team you will collaborate with the business, the application architects, with the development teams, and with the ICT Operations teams, to translate business functional requirements into technical designs in line with the company architecture and security guidelines. You will also participate to the long term coherent infrastructure architecture design of the company.
 

• Design the technical architecture for business applications and supporting ICT systems integrated in the existing infrastructure (Hosting, DB, Network, VM);
• Collaborate with the other ICT architects, analysts, developers and application owners to align the application architecture with the company ICT infrastructure;
• Collaborate with the ICT Operations teams (Systems, Networks, DBs) to assess the feasibility of the technical architecture;
• Collaborate with Security Office to ensure the cybersecurity of the company ICT environment;
• Overview the global enterprise architecture consistency within the group (Central ICT, Affiliates, Industrial Sites)
• Provide advice and expertise to, and elaborate proposals and designs for the central and remote sites on the matter of industrial ICT and cybersecurity;
• Manage the technical standards and the configuration repository;
• 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;
• Recommend alternative technologies or improvements to enhance information systems to support organizational goals.
• Contribute to the correct and efficient functioning of the ICT infrastructure respecting SLA agreements and aligned to ICT management processes.

To succeed in this role, you will need:

• A Master or Engineering degree in information technology or Master degree in another field with enough relevant experience
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience with enterprise-scale ICT systems as architect for ICT infrastructure systems, or a similar function;
• An affinity and or knowledge with server technology (Linux and Windows servers), networks and firewalls, SAN and NAS storage, virtualisation (VMWare), cloud solutions (Azure), container technology (Kubernetes), software-defined infrastructure, automation (Ansible);
• Knowledge of cybersecurity (Enterprise, cloud and industrial environments)
• Knowledge of lifecycle management and deployment of applications in an enterprise-scale ICT environment
• Independence: able to take ownership
• Leadership: able to pull a project towards good realization
• Communication:, able to adapt communication level to the audience (business, affiliates, development teams, management…)
• Good negotiation skills: able to bring the different parties involved to the best possible solution
• An analytical mindset and a methodical approach
• Be a team player;
• Fluent in English with a good knowledge of Dutch and/or French with the willingness to learn the other language.

On top of an attractive salary our client offers a nice environment to boost and develop your long term career