Senior Infrastructure

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About The Role
Our client is an international organization operating complex, business-critical infrastructure across multiple regions. The company is undertaking a strategic assessment of its datacenter technology and operating model. We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Architect to lead the technical evaluation of the existing environment and recommend a future-ready architecture. The role combines datacenter architecture, Microsoft Azure, virtualization, hybrid cloud, infrastructure modernization, and technology selection. You will assess alternative solutions, compare vendors objectively, and develop a recommendation covering architecture, resilience, operational requirements, lifecycle considerations, and migration feasibility. CONTRACT: Full-time engagement; long-term COMMITMENT: 40 hours per week LOCATIONS: Belgium / Europe; specific work arrangement to be confirmed PROCESS: Initial qualification followed by technical and client interviews NOTES: Fluent English required. The role supports infrastructure operations across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.

Key Responsibilities
• Assess the existing datacenter infrastructure, technology landscape, and dependencies
• Consolidate business, security, operational, and resilience requirements into architecture principles
• Design target architectures covering compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, and automation
• Evaluate on-premises, hybrid cloud, and externally managed infrastructure models
• Compare technology platforms and vendors using objective technical criteria
• Develop architecture scenarios and assess feasibility, compatibility, risks, and long-term suitability
• Evaluate infrastructure reuse, hardware lifecycle, and modernization requirements
• Define a high-level migration roadmap, including dependencies and risks
• Provide technical inputs for licensing, sizing, support, migration effort, and total cost of ownership
• Present architecture recommendations and decision materials to senior stakeholders Requirements
• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, systems, or enterprise architecture, including complex transformation projects
• Strong end-to-end knowledge of datacenter architecture, including compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring
• Advanced Microsoft Azure architecture experience, including landing zones, networking, security, storage, monitoring, and cost optimization
• Experience designing and evaluating on-premises, hybrid cloud, and public-cloud environments
• Strong knowledge of enterprise virtualization and VDI, including VMware, Hyper-V, and Citrix
• Experience leading large-scale datacenter or cloud migrations, including architecture assessments, technology comparisons, and migration roadmaps
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, FinOps, DevSecOps, and operational governance
• Ability to evaluate infrastructure lifecycle, resilience, vendor dependencies, and operating models
• Experience advising senior stakeholders and delivering executive-level architecture recommendations
• Excellent written and spoken English