Solution Architect

At Axians, we deliver the best combination of technology and services to enable our clients to fulfil the diverse needs of their customers. Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to ICT and Digital Transformation. We’re present across 38 countries, with more than 16 600 employees and an annual revenue of more than 3.7 billion euros, in 2024.

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Why Join Axians European Institutions' Team?

Multicultural Environment 🌍: You will work alongside professionals from all over the world, fostering a diverse and enriching workplace.

Diverse Projects 📝: Engage in impactful projects with cutting-edge technological advancements facilitated by European Institutions.

Skill Development 🚀: Work in a knowledge-driven environment where you'll continually develop both technical and professional skills through exposure to complex projects.

Long-term Opportunities 🏆: Our partnerships with European Institutions offer stable, long-term roles where you can make a real difference on a European scale.

Contributing to European Initiatives 🏛️: Make a meaningful impact on regional and global challenges.

We are seeking a Solution Architect to join our team in Brussels.

Introduction:

The Applications and Middleware (A&MW) sector of the Infrastructure and Operations (RUN) unit of the Digital Platforms Directorate of the General Secretariat of the Council (GSC) is in charge of managing and ensuring the proper and good functioning of the more than 100 GSC internal and external applications, (more than 100 applications) including communication solutions with the Member States. To this end, the sector is in charge of the deployment, support, operation and maintenance of IT Applications.

More specifically the Sector is responsible for the following activities:

• Deployment of new IT Applications solutions as well as updates/releases of existing ones into the staging and production environments.

• Operating and maintaining the GSC IT Solutions in compliance with the specified service and security levels.

• Technical Coordination within RUN for horizontal projects and complicated activities.

The Sector is composed of three teams:

• The Service Delivery Office coordinates and executes operations, deployments and configuration activities.

• The Service Engineering Team initiates new activities/projects and oversees the evolution and improvements of the Sector services.

• The Database Team is responsible for configuring, operating and supporting the Database services

Responsibilities:

The task scope covers:

Strategic studies:

• Specification and implementation of architecture and technology studies, taking into account all aspects related to architecture and technology decisions, such as, but not limited to, user requirements, evolution of technology and standards as well as and aspects related to ergonomics, ecological footprint, availability, scalability, maintainability, evolution, installation, migration, operations, finance

• Evaluation of quality and efficiency of operations by definition and implementation of metrics; periodical follow-up of metrics; proposal of measures to improve quality and/or efficiency of operations

• Definition, preparation and execution of tests or proofs of concept

Engineering tasks:

• System Hardening (Windows, Linux and related databases/applications)

• Implementation of distributed and centralized monitoring and logging (syslog, syslog-ng, rsyslog, log analyzer, elk, nagios, eyesofnetoworks)

• Virtualization and containerisation of applications based on docker, VMware, Xen, KVM, Hyper-V, Linux Container

• Implementation of hybrid Cloud/On-prem architectures based on Software-Defined Network (SDN), Software-Defined Storage (SDS), Kubernetes

• Implementation of authentication solutions based on PKI (Openssl, Open Source PKI, Microsoft CA) and Strong Authentication (Smart Card: RSA Securid, Gemplus, Aladin Token)

• Capacity planning on the basis of usage history and forecasts

• Writing of technical specifications

• Support to the assessment of technical quality of offers

• Migration planning and supervision

• Inspection and quality assurance during deployment

• Assessment of performance of solutions; recommendations for improvement

• In relation to information systems: database implementation, customisation and parameterisation, prototyping and programming, testing and quality control, support, training and documentation

Training:

• Assessment of training requirements

• Elaboration of courses

• Implementation of training sessions

• Assessment of training results

The above list is not exhaustive. Any other task necessary to achieve the unit's objectives in relation to the requested service profile may be required.

Expertise and skills:

• Certified knowledge of technologies defined above. Having one or more of the following certifications would be advantageous:

o ITIL 4 Foundation

o Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

o Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

o Microsoft Certified: Solutions Associate: SQL Server

o Microsoft Certified: Technology Specialist, Web applications

o Microsoft Certified: Technology Specialist, Windows applications

o Microsoft Certificate MCSA Solutions Expert

o Microsoft Certificate MCSE Office 365 Professional

o Microsoft Certificate Microsoft SharePoint Server Core Solutions

o AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

o Cloud Security Alliance: Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge

o Certified Kubernetes Administrator

• International experience in projects related to the tasks above and namely with practical implementations such as architecture and technology selection, installation, configuration, test, operations

• Excellent knowledge of the norms and standards, of industry trends and of state-of-the-art implementation examples

Ready to embark on an exciting journey with us?

Apply now to join a vibrant team contributing to technological advancements in European Institutions. Please send your application to recruitment.axianslux@axians.com with the subject SA.ER