100% remote - IT Infrastructure and Security Architect

We are looking for an experienced IT Infrastructure & Security Architect to support an enterprise customer in the defense sector. The role has a strong infrastructure architecture focus, complemented by security-related responsibilities. The architect will support the design and evolution of secure, scalable and resilient enterprise infrastructure environments and act as a senior technical expert across infrastructure and security topics.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and further develop enterprise IT infrastructure architectures.
• Define technical architecture concepts, standards and solution designs for infrastructure environments.
• Assess existing infrastructure landscapes and identify technical improvement and modernization opportunities.
• Design secure and resilient infrastructure solutions taking security requirements into consideration.
• Provide architecture guidance across infrastructure, platform and security-related topics.
• Evaluate technical solutions and provide recommendations regarding architecture, integration, scalability, security and operational feasibility.
• Support technical decision-making and translate business or technical requirements into appropriate infrastructure solutions.
• Collaborate with customer stakeholders, technical specialists, engineering teams and other architects.
• Ensure architectural consistency across relevant infrastructure domains.
• Review technical concepts and identify architecture, infrastructure and security risks.
• Support the implementation and evolution of infrastructure solutions as a senior architecture SME.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, technical concepts and recommendations.

• More than 10 years of overall professional IT experience.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in infrastructure architecture or closely related infrastructure roles.
• Senior-level experience working with complex enterprise IT environments.
• Strong background in IT infrastructure architecture rather than a primarily application or pure cybersecurity profile.

Technical Requirements

• Strong knowledge of enterprise IT infrastructure architecture.
• Experience designing complex infrastructure solutions and technical architectures.
• Good understanding of infrastructure security principles and security-by-design concepts.

• Experience with enterprise infrastructure covering several of the following areas: o Compute / server infrastructure o Virtualization o Cloud and/or hybrid infrastructure o Storage o Networking o Identity and access concepts o Backup and disaster recovery o High availability and resilience o Infrastructure monitoring and operations

• Ability to assess existing IT landscapes and develop target architecture concepts.
• Ability to produce architecture documentation and communicate technical designs clearly.
• Experience working across multiple infrastructure domains and coordinating technical dependencies.

Language Requirements

• German: required
• English: required

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Previous experience with customers from defense, public sector, critical infrastructure or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience working with demanding enterprise security and compliance requirements.
• Relevant architecture, infrastructure, cloud or security certifications.
• Experience working in large and complex enterprise organizations.
• Existing security clearance / Sicherheitsüberprüfung (SÜ) is an advantage but not mandatory.