Position: Infrastructure Architect
Company: Unicorn Systems
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

Unicorn Systems is a renowned European company providing the largest information systems and solutions in the area of information and communication technologies. We have been focused on high added value and competitive advantage for our customers.

Now we are looking for Infrastructure Architect to join the team of our client – comprehensive IT service provider. Their services include the recruitment and placement of IT specialists, both on a freelance and permanent basis. 

As an Infrastructure Architect, you will be responsible for analysing complex technical requirements within the IT operations environment. You will collaborate with various IT areas, considering security and compliance requirements. Your primary responsibilities will include identifying architectural challenges, developing solution proposals, conducting technical architecture reviews, and designing technical architecture solutions.

Responsibilities:
•	Conduct detailed analysis and consulting for complex technical requirements in the IT operations environment, involving multiple IT areas and considering security and compliance requirements;
•	Independently identify architectural challenges and propose solutions, involving other architecture disciplines as necessary;
•	Perform technical architecture and process reviews;
•	Analyse customer-specific operating processes, infrastructure, platform technologies, IT services, and security and compliance requirements to assess conformity with existing architecture requirements and design technical architecture solutions;
•	Identify and define technical, security, and compliance requirements in coordination with affected IT areas, particularly IT Operations;
•	Document requirements and technical architecture solutions based on customer specifications and in coordination with affected IT areas, ensuring adherence to requirements;
•	Conduct workshops for analysing technical requirements or developing technical architecture solutions, including preparation and follow-up;
•	Prepare effort and cost estimates for conceiving and implementing technical architecture solutions, along with scheduling with the client;
•	Regularly coordinate implementation progress with the client;
•	Prepare necessary documentation in accordance with customer quality standards;
•	Analyse and assess purchased software's operability based on available technologies, IT services, and architectural specifications in IT Operations;
•	Evaluate IT components and services for correct location in security zones based on existing security and compliance specifications and document their placement;
•	Analyse and evaluate optimal operating platforms for applications and IT components based on existing technologies, IT services, and architectural specifications of IT Operations;
•	Provide consultation and support for the further architectural development of the company's IT platforms and infrastructures;
•	Analyse and evaluate compliance measures from various checks and audits, propose technical architecture solutions for resolution;
•	Analyse, evaluate, develop, and document proposals for optimizing existing processes of technical architecture in IT Operations.

Requirements:
•	Several years of project experience in the IT architecture/operations area;
•	English – Advanced level, knowledge of German is a plus;
•	Industry knowledge in Banking, Insurance, Financial Services;
•	Experience in conceptualizing and designing technical architecture solutions in IT Operations;
•	Ability to define and enhance overarching architecture principles and specifications;
•	Analysis and evaluation of technical architecture problems;
•	Ensure conformity with existing architecture and compliance requirements;
•	Strong documentation skills;
•	Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, MCSE, MS Azure, AWS, SCRUM, ITIL.

Technologies:
•	Cloud technologies and architectures;
•	Azure in the variants Azure Public and Azure Stack Hub/HCI;
•	AWS;
•	Pivotal Kubernetes (PKS);
•	Platform as a Service;
•	Infrastructure as a Service;
•	Central Stacks: SAP, Azure stack, Pivotal Kubernetes Service (PKS), databases (Oracle ExaCC, Oracle, MSSQL), IaaS (VMWare vSphere);
•	Virtualization;
•	Firewall (PaloAlto / Checkpoint);
•	Network security;
•	High availability system architectures;
•	Storage;
•	Computers;
•	LAN/WAN connections;
•	Load balancing (F5);
•	Network zone concept;
•	IT standards;
•	Structured approach according to internationally recognized project management methods (e.g., SCRUM) expected.

We offer:
— Full-time remote job.