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

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

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

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:

Strong skills in Infrastructure domain (Storage, Backup, Data mngt, Virtualization, and security constraints)

            Storage : (DAS / NAS / SAN / HCI / SDS) :

Mass Storage Units : Block and File-Services oriented units.Data storage structuration : Gold / Bronze data storage services.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.Deduplication mass storage units and long distance data replication.HCI / SDS Storage infrastructures.Object Storage : S3/S3+ data storage ( ECS / Scality / CEPH )Usual vendors technology  skills required : Dell/EMC / HPE / Brocade / Nutanix / VMware / …

            Backup / DRP  : (Physical / Virtual / End users PC) :

Backup infrastructure architecture for Physical servers.Backup infrastructure architecture for Virtual servers.Backup infrastructure architecture for End users laptop.Data archiving and long term data retention architecture, including data availability over media generation lifecycles..Backup knowledge on physical and virtual Tapes and Tapes-Drives, physical and virtual Robotic libraries. FC SAN topology for Tape-Drives.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.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.

Legacy servers architecture and sizingHCI virtualization (Nutanix / VSAN) architecture and sizingLegacy Virtualization ESXi node sizing

Virtualization :  VMware full stack

Legacy VMware vSPHERE cluster architecture.HCI VMware vSAN architectureHCI Nutanix architectureVMware NSX architecture & security features.VMware vREALIZE automation suite

            BigData Infrastructure :

Skills on Docker / Kubernetes architecture requirements.Skills on network overlays : VLAN, VxLAN, Flanel, Calicot, GENEVESkills on stateless / persistent architectures and storage impact (PV, PVC).Skills on Rancher / Ansible / Terraform / Packer / GoVC requirements and architectureSkills on Elastic Search / Influxdb requirements and architectureBackup and recovery for metadata and data….

            Datacenter Architecture and Servitudes specifications :

Energy and Thermal constraints / specifications.Electrical power balancing architecture and rules.Equipment location definition to increase service availability.Data room architecture document redaction.

Desirable architecture & technology certifications

TOGAFVMware Certified Professional/Advanced ProfessionalNetwork Virtualization (VCP-NV)Datacenter (VCP-DCV)Cloud Management & Automation (VCP-CMA)Security (VCP-Security)Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect ExpertGoogle Professional Cloud Network Engineer or Professional Cloud ArchitectAWS Certified Solutions Architect – ProfessionalCisco CCNP Enterprise

Managerial and behavioral skills

Excellent communication skillsAbility to build good relationship with clients/operational managers and colleaguesAbility to gather and assimilate informationProblem-solving aptitudeOrganizational and leadership skillsAssist with solving technical problems when they ariseEnsure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructureAddress technical concerns, ideas and suggestions

Languages

ItalianEnglishAbility 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.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 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!