IT Solution Architect Italy

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high‑tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate. Job: IT Solution Architect Within the Enterprise Architecture department, the IT Solution Architect participates during the design and build phases of projects in order to guarantee the global consistency of the enterprise IT technical architecture. We are looking for an IT Solution Architect to join our Network & Security squad and implement technical architecture designs that will improve our organization’s network & infrastructure, and ultimately support upcoming business & IT transformations. Responsibilities Guarantee consistency of technical architecture Ensure compliance with the enterprise architecture methodology, design process, principles & rules and relevant IT standards & norms Apply a frugal approach by promoting reuse of architecture components & patterns and favoring cost‑efficient & sustainable designs Advocate technical design choices to ensure coherence across all Thales Alenia Space countries Contribute to the capitalization and sharing of knowledge on the Information System (modeling, documentation, communications, trainings) Propose new additions and updates to the architecture principles & rules repository Participate actively in the architecture governance process, from demand to delivery Advise upon technical architectures & solutions Design single‑TAS technical architectures in response to a business project or architecture change requests Analyze and check the technical impacts of proposed solutions and their coherence with existing architecture for all countries (As‑Is & To‑Be analysis) Propose designs that respect contextual constraints: priority, time, resources, organization & data Inform stakeholders about any issues with current technical solutions being designed and implemented Collaborate with IT & Security teams to ensure proposed architecture meets performance, adaptability & interoperability objectives Facilitate architecture design, risk assessment & security validation and document decisions in the decision log Support, provide expertise and perform verifications during implementation and rollout before delivery in production Innovation Research current and emerging technologies in agreed technical areas Identify & propose opportunities/use‑cases for sustainable benefits or to resolve recurrent issues with emerging technologies or designs Participate in proof of concepts Technical Skills Infrastructure domain (Storage, Backup, Data management, Virtualization, security constraints) Storage: DAS, NAS, SAN, HCI, SDS Mass Storage Units: Block & File‑Services Data storage structuration: Gold/Bronze services Block Storage SAN: FC, iSCSI, topology design, FC network design, geoclustering, switching architecture, zoning (back‑end reference) Deduplication & long‑distance replication HCI/SDS infrastructures Object Storage: S3/S3+ (ECS, Scality, Ceph) Vendor skills: Dell/EMC/HPE/Brocade/Nutanix/VMware and others Backup/DRP (Physical/Virtual/End‑user PC) Backup architecture for physical servers, virtual servers & end‑user laptops Data archiving & long‑term retention over media lifecycles Backup knowledge on physical & virtual tapes & robotic libraries; FC SAN topology for Tape‑Drives DRP via backup infrastructure: impact analysis to meet Thales Corp. DLO/RTO, data geo‑locations, local & global catastrophic event identification Vendor skills: Atempo, Veeam, Avamar and others Servers & Platforms: Dell/EMC/HPE, network and SAN interfaces Legacy server architecture & sizing HCI virtualization (Nutanix / VSAN) architecture & sizing Legacy VMware ESXi node sizing Virtualization: VMware full stack Legacy VMware vSphere cluster architecture HCI VMware vSAN architecture HCI Nutanix architecture VMware NSX architecture & security features VMware vREALIZE automation suite BigData Infrastructure Docker/Kubernetes architecture Network overlays: VLAN, VxLAN, Flannel, Calico, GENEVE Stateless / persistent architectures & storage impact (PV, PVC) Rancher / Ansible / Terraform / Packer / GoVC architecture ElasticSearch / InfluxDB architecture Backup & recovery for metadata and data Datacenter Architecture & Servitudes specifications Energy & thermal constraints/specifications Electrical power balancing architecture & rules Equipment location definition to increase service availability Data room architecture documentation Desired Architecture & Technology Certifications TOGAF VMware Certified Professional / Advanced Professional Network Virtualization (VCP‑NV) Datacenter (VCP‑DCV) Cloud Management & Automation (VCP‑CMA) Security (VCP‑Security) Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Cisco CCNP Enterprise Managerial And Behavioral Skills Excellent communication skills Ability to build good relationships with clients, operational managers and colleagues Ability to gather and assimilate information Problem‑solving aptitude Organizational and leadership skills Assist with solving technical problems when they arise Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions Languages Italian English – Ability to write IT documents and attend/manage meetings in Italian and/or English; architecture studies are in English French (Nice to have) Experience Proven experience as a Senior Architect (minimum 5 years) At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With around 8,900 employees in 10 countries and 17 sites in Europe plus a plant in the US, our mobility policy enables employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad. Thales Alenia Space sees space as a new horizon, helping to build a better, more sustainable life on Earth #SpaceForLife. Great journeys start here, apply now #J-18808-Ljbffr