Principal IT Strategy Consultant (Network Infrastructure)

Project overview

Westhouse is one of the leading recruitment companies for the placement of highly qualified specialists from the entire IT lifecycle and engineering sector.

We are currently looking for a

Principal IT Strategy Consultant (Network Infrastructure)

Framework Information

Reference:180777

Responsibilities

Interested?

Interested? We look forward to receiving your comprehensive CV in electronic form.

Your contact person:

Mark Plewe

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• Conduct a structured analysis of the 'as-is' situation and develop and document target, solution, and implementation scenarios in the context of the client's IT landscape, with a focus on passive infrastructure
• Collect, structure, and qualify the client's technical and business requirements
• Analyze problems and requirements, and develop and document action options, including strategic assessment and recommendation, with a focus on passive infrastructure
• Create, evaluate, and document strategies, target architectures, and solution concepts for passive infrastructure and their integration into the future network platform.
• Provide technical consulting on the development and implementation of IT guidelines and procedures. Evaluate and recommend new technology solutions (hardware, platforms, and software) considering economic efficiency, security, and strategic and architectural suitability.
• Provide technical consulting regarding the evaluation of compliance with digitalization and IT strategy, the target IT picture, architectural specifications, and application scope.
• Analyze and document relevant technical, legal, and organizational framework conditions (e.g., data protection, interfaces).
• Create, update, and coordinate roadmaps and target architectures for the further development of passive infrastructure.
• Identify and evaluate technology-related risks and develop and document business measures for risk minimization.
• Enable the client team to independently continue working on the project based on developed templates. Analyze existing infrastructure sites and develop business recommendations for enhancing passive infrastructure, considering technical, economic, and organizational framework conditions.

Requirements

• Sound experience in the analysis, design, and implementation of IT operating models with specific reference to IT networks
• Minimum 3 references
• Sound experience in the design and implementation of IT strategy projects with relevant reference to change processes in the context of technology, processes, organization
• Demonstrable experience in conducting structured 'as-is' analyses to evaluate (passive) network infrastructure and derive target business scenarios in the context of complex IT landscapes
• Minimum 7 years
• Demonstrable responsibility for the development of strategic solution options for the further development of infrastructure or network domains
• Sound experience in the design and implementation of product portfolio development projects with relevant reference to change processes in the context of technology, processes, organization
• Demonstrable experience in the creation and updating of roadmaps for the implementation of infrastructural transformation projects
• Demonstrable experience in knowledge transfer through the creation of business templates and working documents for the independent continuation of analysis and conception tasks
• Demonstrable experience in developing business recommendations for the enhancement of existing infrastructure sites based on analyzed initial situations
• Demonstrable knowledge from change projects for the introduction of new operating models with a focus on technological product portfolio (3 reference projects from two different industries)
• Demonstrable experience in the creation of decision-making bases for the selection of infrastructural solution variants
• Demonstrable experience in the management and communication of stakeholders, particularly at management level, e.g., CIO; Management; COO, other C-level

Project details

Remote (Onshore from Germany), Frankfurt am Main

Start Date:16.11.2026

Working Hours:Full-time 220 PT/year (20 PT onsite of which)

31.12.2028

Languages:German (C2/Native level), English (B2)

Your Qualifications

• Please only apply if ALL MUST requirements are met
• Start: 2026-11
• Duration: 25 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Remote (Onshore aus D.), Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German