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This is the job

In The Netherlands, within the Law enforcement industry, we are actively seeking a professional to strengthen our team dedicated to ICT Architecture, working at one of the most influential European institutions.

This is you

• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in an ICT Infrastructure Architecture role
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in any three of: Data Centre Infrastructure Design, Network Design, Enterprise Storage Design, Backup or Archiving Design, Disaster Recovery Design
• Participation in a minimum of 5 projects involving in topics mentioned above 
• Good knowledge of: Datacentre, Campus and Metro Networking, both Software defined and traditional, with declarative or imperative approach. 
• Good knowledge of Data network architectures, protocols and standards, covering LAN, WAN, wireless, VPN and public networks, and remote access solutions. 
• Good knowledge of Datacentre architecture, Server virtualisation, Containerisation, Server operating systems, Enterprise class block storage, Backup and restore. 
• Good knowledge of Enterprise Class Storage solutions; Block, File & Object. FCP, SMB, NFS.
• Good knowledge of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity solutions. 

• Good knowledge of Archimate or other enterprise architecture modelling and conceptualisation methods. 
• Good knowledge of Cloud Computing (Azure/AWS) 
• Good knowledge of Information security, Cryptography and cryptographic technologies, Forensic IT processes and technologies, TEMPEST concepts and techniques. 
• Good knowledge of Firewalling, Data diodes, Observability, SIEM/SOC. 
• Good knowledge of DevOps, Infrastructure as Code

This is your role

• Devise, evolve and maintain the architecture of the core ICT infrastructure services, including the ICT storage infrastructure, virtualisation solutions, including client and server virtualisation, and operating systems;
• Devise, evolve and maintain the baseline network and communications architecture, including telephony, WAN, connectivity services, network management, physical facilities hosting the infrastructure, hardware, networking systems software;
• Devise, evolve and maintain the architecture of mobility solutions;
• Identify and specify ICT infrastructure components, providing guidance and review for their implementation and configuration, at an appropriate level of detail agreed with engineering teams;
• Drive the evaluation and selection of the technical products that are required to implement the ICT infrastructure architecture;
• Write and maintain ICT infrastructure technical standards & guidelines for the organisation;
• Assess business cases, project proposals, and project deliverables, to determine the impact on, and compliance with, the ICT infrastructure architecture, including sizing and capacity planning considerations;
• Produce, maintain, update, disseminate and expand the set of baseline architecture documentation, including the landscape of ICT infrastructure solutions and their respective roadmaps aligned with the business strategy on one side and with the IT evolution on the other side
• Be responsible for product management of core ICT infrastructure solutions (e.g. ICT networks, ICT virtualisation/mobility solutions and the ICT storage platform);
• Work in project teams in Prince II or SCRUM led projects;
• Assist engineering teams during complex incidents;
• Provide strategic advice to management on demand or unsolicited.

 

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