Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Architect, Hybrid Cloud / Data Center / Factory IT & OT

Project overview

Short Description

For an internationally active industrial group in electronics manufacturing, we are looking for an experienced Lead Architect to technically manage the global infrastructure architecture. The focus is on establishing and enforcing architecture governance across a team of experienced domain architects, including coordination between IT, OT, information security, and engineering at manufacturing sites in Europe and Asia.

Framework Data

• Start: short notice
• Duration: 6 months, extension desired
• Utilization: Full-time
• Location: Styria (Austria), partially remote
• Languages: German fluent, English business fluent

Responsibilities

• Technical management of the global Infrastructure Architecture team (Cloud, Data Center, Network, Workplace, Storage, Factory IT/OT, Security)
• Establishment or further development of architecture governance: principles, standards, review and decision processes, exception management
• Creation of technology roadmaps, reference architectures, and reusable building blocks
• Prioritization of architecture demand and allocation of architecture capacity to strategic programs
• Ensuring security, compliance, operational, and lifecycle requirements in architecture decisions
• Coordination and conflict resolution between infrastructure domains as well as with Enterprise Architecture, OT, and Information Security
• Establishing transparency on architecture decisions, risks, and dependencies
• Participation in technology evaluations and supplier selection

Requirements

• Several years of experience as an Enterprise, Infrastructure, or Lead Architect in international corporate environments
• Demonstrable experience in the technical management or coordination of architects or senior specialists
• Establishment and operation of architecture governance (Architecture Board, Design Reviews, Standards)
• Broad knowledge of Hybrid Cloud, Data Center, Network, Workplace, Storage, and Cybersecurity
• Experience in manufacturing environments with IT/OT interfaces
• TOGAF or comparable architecture frameworks
• German fluent, English business fluent, willingness to travel
• Experience in semiconductor, electronics, or similarly regulated high-tech manufacturing
• OT Security Standards (e.g., IEC 62443) and NIS2 context
• Experience with global locations, especially in Asia

Project details

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 6 Monate
• Remote: remote
• Location: Steiermark, Österreich, AT
• Languages: German