Infrastructure Architect

The Company

Imerys is the world’s leading supplier of mineral-based specialty solutions for the industry with €3.8 billion in revenue and 13,700 employees in 54 countries in 2023. The Group offers high value-added and functional solutions to a wide range of industries and fast-growing markets such as solutions for the energy transition and sustainable construction, as well as natural solutions for consumer goods. Imerys draws on its understanding of applications, technological knowledge, and expertise in material science to deliver solutions which contribute essential properties to customers’ products and their performance. As part of its commitment to responsible development, Imerys promotes environmentally friendly products and processes in addition to supporting its customers in their decarbonization efforts.

The Position

Job Summary

Job Purpose

Develop and drive the infrastructure architecture in their SME domain (Backup and Storage)
Act as a subject matter expert and escalation point into backup and storage solutions
Drive or get involved with infrastructure projects (other than SME domain) as and when needed
Design global solutions that can be delivered at a regional level
Manage transition from conception to design to initial implementation phase of a technical solution

Responsibilities

Technical Design and Operational Tasks

Design infrastructure solutions that are secure, scalable, and highly available for both on-prem and cloud solutions
Work collaboratively with the different IT teams to define infrastructure and deployment requirements
Act as a subject matter expert and escalation point to other Infrastructure teams
Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of infrastructure and systems
Assist in the infrastructure cost analysis and optimization
Analyzes the current infra architecture setup to identify weaknesses and develop opportunities for improvements

Standards, Policies and Procedures

Develops, communicates and supports technical policies, standards, guidelines and procedures related to infrastructure technical domain.
Designs standard configurations and patterns.

Project Delivery

Organize and manage technical solutions from conception to initial implementation to production
Works closely with project management team to ensure alignment of plans with what is being delivered
Assures on application or infrastructure projects to fit infrastructure to the technical architecture requirements
Identifies when it is necessary to modify the technical/solution architecture to accommodate project needs.
Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits, system impacts, and technology priorities

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Fluent or native English speaker
At least 3 years of deploying and managing Veeam Enterprise Backup and Recovery software
At least 3 years knowledge of and experience with infrastructure architecture and design
Experience with the deployment of large infrastructure projects across multiple geographies

Desirable

At least 3 years of deploying and managing Rubrik Backup and Recovery software
Experience of working within a culturally diverse global company
Conversant in French or another European language would be advantageous

Position Type

Full time

and

Permanent

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