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
Mission
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.
The Technical Solution Architect’s role is to design solutions that satisfy the business needs, whilst assessing the impacts upon current systems architecture and working with the IT & Security directorate to ensure compliance with IT standards, norms and rules.
We are looking for a 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
1. Guarantee consistency of technical architectureEnsures compliancy with the enterprise architecture methodology, technical design process, design principles & rules and relevant IT standards & normsApplies a frugal approach to the design process, by promoting reuse of architecture components & patterns and favoring cost efficient & sustainable architecture designsAdvocates technical design choices to ensure the coherence of this evolution for all Thales Alenia Space countriesContributes to the capitalization and sharing of knowledge on the Information System (through modeling, documentation, communications, trainings)Proposes new additions and updates to the architecture principles & rules repositoryParticipates actively to the architecture governance process, from demand to delivery
2. Advise upon technical architectures & solutionsDesigns One-TAS technical architectures in response to a business project or architecture change requestsAnalyzes and checks the technical impacts of the proposed architecture solution and their coherence with the existing architecture elements for all countries (As-Is & To-Be analysis)Proposes technical architecture designs that respect the contextual constraints: priority, time, resources, organization & dataInforms stakeholders about any issues with the current technical solutions being designed and implementedCollaborates with the IT & Security teams to ensure that that proposed technical architecture corresponds to expected performance, adaptability & interoperability objectivesFacilitates the architecture design, risk assessment & security validation process and documents architecture decisions in the decision logSupports, provides expertise and performs verifications during the implementation phase (roll-out), before delivery in production
3. InnovationResearches upon current and emerging technologies in relation to technical areas agreed upon by ManagementIdentifies & proposes opportunities/implementation use-cases for which the enterprise could generate sustainable benefits or resolve recurrent issues with emerging technologies or architecture designsParticipates in proof of concepts
Technical skills
As a member of the Solution Architecture squad, the IT Solution Architect is involved in the following technical domains:
4. Strong skills in Infrastructure domain (Storage, Backup, Data mngt, Virtualization, and security constraints)
Storage : (DAS / NAS / SAN / HCI / SDS) :
5. Mass Storage Units : Block and File-Services oriented units.
6. Data storage structuration : Gold / Bronze data storage services.
7. Block Storage SAN : FC and iSCSI technologies, Topology design, FC network design, FC SAN geoclustering, FC SAN switching architecture, FC SAN Zoning reference architecture for backends, including strategic reservations for roadmaps evolutions.
8. Deduplication mass storage units and long distance data replication.
9. HCI / SDS Storage infrastructures.
10. Object Storage : S3/S3+ data storage ( ECS / Scality / CEPH )
11. Usual vendors technology skills required : Dell/EMC / HPE / Brocade / Nutanix / VMware / …
Backup / DRP : (Physical / Virtual / End users PC) :
12. Backup infrastructure architecture for Physical servers.
13. Backup infrastructure architecture for Virtual servers.
14. Backup infrastructure architecture for End users laptop.
15. Data archiving and long term data retention architecture, including data availability over media generation lifecycles..
16. Backup knowledge on physical and virtual Tapes and Tapes-Drives, physical and virtual Robotic libraries. FC SAN topology for Tape-Drives.
17. DRP via backup infrastructure : infrastructure impact analysis to reach Thales Corp. DLO/RTO requirements, data geo-locations, local and global catastrophic event identification and impacts. “PAG” redaction for IT.
18. Usual vendors technology skills required : Atempo Time Navigator / Atempo Digital Archive / Veeam Backup & Replication / Veeam One / Avamar / …
Servers & Platforms : Dell/EMC / HPE platforms. Network and SAN interfaces.
19. Legacy servers architecture and sizing
20. HCI virtualization (Nutanix / VSAN) architecture and sizing
21. Legacy Virtualization ESXi node sizing
Virtualization : VMware full stack
22. Legacy VMware vSPHERE cluster architecture.
23. HCI VMware vSAN architecture
24. HCI Nutanix architecture
25. VMware NSX architecture & security features.
26. VMware vREALIZE automation suite
BigData Infrastructure :
27. Skills on Docker / Kubernetes architecture requirements.
28. Skills on network overlays : VLAN, VxLAN, Flanel, Calicot, GENEVE
29. Skills on stateless / persistent architectures and storage impact (PV, PVC).
30. Skills on Rancher / Ansible / Terraform / Packer / GoVC requirements and architecture
31. Skills on Elastic Search / Influxdb requirements and architecture
32. Backup and recovery for metadata and data
33. ….
Datacenter Architecture and Servitudes specifications :
34. Energy and Thermal constraints / specifications.
35. Electrical power balancing architecture and rules.
36. Equipment location definition to increase service availability.
37. Data room architecture document redaction.
Desirable architecture & technology certifications
38. TOGAF
39. VMware Certified Professional/Advanced ProfessionalNetwork Virtualization (VCP-NV)Datacenter (VCP-DCV)Cloud Management & Automation (VCP-CMA)Security (VCP-Security)
40. Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
41. Google Professional Cloud Network Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect
42. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
43. Cisco CCNP Enterprise
Managerial and behavioral skills
44. Excellent communication skills
45. Ability to build good relationship with clients/operational managers and colleagues
46. Ability to gather and assimilate information
47. Problem-solving aptitude
48. Organizational and leadership skills
49. Assist with solving technical problems when they arise
50. Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
51. Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions
Languages
52. Italian
53. EnglishAbility to write IT documents and to attend or manage a meeting in Italian and/or in English. The language for all architectures studies in English.
54. French [Nice to have]
Experience
55. Proven experience as a Senior Architect (minimum 5 years)
At Thales Alenia Space we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales Alenia Space employing around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and 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!