Platform Infrastructure Architect

Platform Infrastructure Architect

Proximus Group

Brussels, Belgium

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Platform Architect to join our IT Infrastructure Architecture and Design team. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our technology landscape, based on both on-premises technologies and Azure public cloud. You will collaborate within a team of experienced architects responsible for networking, databases, virtualization, and other core technologies, bringing a broad cross-technology view and experience on both on-prem and Azure-based technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and architecture of both on-prem and Azure-based platforms, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and business goals.
• Collaborate with other platform architects and teams to integrate Azure services with on-prem technologies.
• Evaluate emerging services and technologies and assess their relevance to our business.
• Develop business cases, technical roadmaps, and implementation plans for new initiatives.
• Define best practices on security, scalability, cost optimization, and governance.
• Support the migration of workloads from on-prem to Azure from an infrastructure point of view by re-architecting from the hardware and software choices that have been made for on premises deployments to Azure-native components and solution.
• Act as a subject matter expert and mentor for Azure within the Infrastructure Architecture and Design team.
• Contribute to the continuing evolution of the on-premises infrastructure or private cloud.
• Own your technology – develop long-team vision for your primary technological responsibilities.
• Propose cost effective alternatives to existing solutions.
• Ownership of infrastructure related software contract related to job content – roadmap follow up, budget forecasting, working with procurement on securing optimal deals.

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Qualifications

• Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field, or equivalent through experience.
• Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert or Azure Administrator Associate.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT with at least 3 years in IT architecture roles.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Required Experience

• Proven multi-year experience in designing and implementation IT infra solutions both on-premise and on Azure.
• Strong understanding of and proven experience with the following IT infrastructure components:
• Virtualization/IaaS: VMware/OpenStack.
• Containerization: Kubernetes, OpenShift.
• Operating Systems: RedHat Linux, Microsoft Windows.
• Networking: Cisco ACI, AVI/F5 load balancing, PaloAlto firewalls.
• Database: Oracle, Oracle Exadata, Couchbase, PostGreSQL.
• Automation: Ansible, Bicep, ARM, Inmanta, Terraform.
• Experience on designing and implementing solutions that span the full infrastructure stack.
• Strong understanding of Azure IaaS, PaaS, networking, identity, and security services.
• Experience with hybrid cloud environments and integration with on-prem infrastructure.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable and secure technical solutions.
• Ability to drive change in an environment with multiple external partners/service providers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with other cloud platforms (Oracle OCI, Amazon AWS, Google GCP) is a definite plus.