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Solution Designer

Due to all the new environments necessary for key projects of the company, we are looking for an infrastructure technical architect/analyst.

* The infrastructure technical architect/analyst will design, coordinate, setup and support project infrastructure activities as well as provide technology direction in support of the project.

* The infrastructure technical architect/analyst is responsible for the technical design and implementation of modern and flexible solutions according to agreed timelines and budgets in order to support the core business processes of in line with the business needs and quality requirements.

* He/she is responsible for building cost optimized solutions to support the business processes and in line with functional and technical evolutions.

* He/she provides estimates about the time and efforts related to the design and the development of the solution. In cooperation with the Architecture team and under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Infrastructure designer / technical architect will:

Sizing

* Establish capacity requirements, sizing of future platform, infrastructure cost estimates and delivery timeframes. * Design & documentation * Translate high-level design into low-level technical design * Assess the technical feasibility of proposed solutions with regard to quality, cost and delivered strategic vision of the applications. * Deliver design documents in order to build solution according to the existing standards * In collaboration with the Datacenter service partners and Architecture team, design and document the infrastructure foundations for database services, web services, networking services, storage and backup services, communication services,… Setup * Coordinate the setup of the technical installation with the Datacenter service partners… * Introduce infrastructure Change Request and follow-up with the Change Board Testing * Write test scenarios and follow the execution with IT Operations team and Datacenter service partners Aftercare / Support * Support in project aftercare mode the IT operations team after delivering Applications on platforms * Enhance and resolve issues with performance associated with the enterprise infrastructure. Others * Mentor others in technology evaluations, technical designs, and technical implementations Profile * Bachelors or Master’s Degree in a technology related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Software, etc.) required * 10+ years of experience in multiple IT areas that include analysis, design, evaluation, and development * Must be able to prove an active experience in the following areas : * Networks & security (Firewalling, Switching, Routing, Software Defined Networking, load balancing, webproxy) * Protocols (IP, OSPF, BGP, VRF, HSRP,FTP,…) * WIFI * Skype, Voice & video * PKI & certificates, NAC, 802 .1x authentication * ADFS * Office 365 * AD with integrated Radius and CA * Can also prove a knowledge about : * Knowledge of SAN Storage (EMC VMAX/VPLEX), NAS and Dedicated Storage Platforms * Fundamental understanding of IT processes and operational procedures. * Familiar with native and third party OS tools for performance, monitoring and capacity analysis. * Web services (IIS, Tomcat, Apache, Web application server…) * 3 tier application infrastructure design * Licensing * ITIL v3 Service management and IT Provider services, * Excellent understanding of IT market trends and innovations * Experience in working in Agile/Scrum methodology can be a plus * You have a strong ability to deliver an efficient and optimized technical design. * You are able to work under pressure and in a stressful environment with changing priorities. * You can work an autonomous way but are a good team player. * You must possess exceptional interpersonal skills and strong communication skills (verbal and written), with the ability to communicate in both technical and non-technical terms. * You are business proficient in English and at least in Dutch or French