Senior IT Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities

• Technical support and consulting for data center modernization and migration
• Analysis and evaluation of the existing on-premise infrastructure and target architecture
• Consulting on architectural decisions in the areas of compute, storage, virtualization, firewall, and network
• Evaluation of existing architectures and development of optimization proposals
• Identification of technical risks, dependencies, and critical issues
• Technical interface communication and consulting between architecture, business departments, and service providers

Requirements

For our client, we are looking for a Senior IT Infrastructure Architect for an extensive modernization project.

• Many years of experience as an IT Infrastructure / Data Center Architect
• Sound knowledge of enterprise data centers and on-premise infrastructures
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure / data center migrations
• Sound knowledge of compute, storage, virtualization, firewalls, and network segmentation
• Experience in the technical management of system houses / service providers
• Ability to critically evaluate architectural concepts and identify technical risks early on
• Very good communication skills at technical and professional levels
• Fluent German language skills

Project details

November 2026

Duration/Option for extension: 3 months with option for extension

Utilization: 50 - 80 %

Location/Remote: 99% remote and 1-2 times on-site in the NRW region

Language: German

• Start: flexible
• Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, DE
• Rate: 100-138 EUR/h
• Languages: German