System Architect

We are looking for a System Architect to help take approximately 100 commercial applications into operational management. You will assess deployment approaches and help establish the infrastructure and procedures needed to maintain the services over the long term.

Your role

• Define installation processes and deployment standards for commercial software, including virtual machines and containers.
• Assess proposed implementations and their technical impact, and document deployment architectures and application information.
• Ensure deployment approaches follow enterprise standards or provide the documentation needed for operational follow-up.
• Coordinate and validate administrators' deployment work with the team leader.
• Review maintenance procedures and propose improvements to service quality.

You have

• At least ten years of experience as an IT system architect.
• At least five years of experience with Ansible.
• At least ten years of experience with complex IT environments, including architecture, integration and data.
• At least five years of experience in operational excellence and process improvement.
• At least one year of experience with Linux.
• At least one year of experience with Terraform.
• At least one year of experience with Kubernetes.
• At least one year of Python scripting experience.
• At least one year of PowerShell scripting experience.
• At least five years of experience in vulnerability management.
• French at C2 level.
• English at C1 level.
• Dutch at A2 level.

A plus

• Definition and documentation of deployment architectures.
• Knowledge of UML.
• Knowledge of network diagrams.
• Knowledge of ArchiMate.
• Advanced Linux system administration.
• Advanced Windows system administration.
• Knowledge of system security best practices.
• In-depth knowledge of authentication systems and user communities.
• Knowledge of Active Directory.
• Knowledge of LDAP.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.
• Knowledge of OpenID.
• Knowledge of FAS.
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration.
• Knowledge of OpenShift.
• Knowledge of virtualisation systems.
• Knowledge of ESX.
• Knowledge of VMware.
• Knowledge of CloudForms.
• Knowledge of vCenter.
• In-depth knowledge of networking principles and mechanisms.
• In-depth knowledge of network security principles and mechanisms.
• Development and documentation of technical maintenance procedures.
• Broad knowledge of application hosting stacks.
• Broad knowledge of database systems.
• Coordination of technicians during deployments.
• Evaluation and presentation of service implementation alternatives.
• Identification of innovation opportunities while keeping priorities in view.
• An overall view of a project's technical aspects.