Senior Datacenter Architect: IaaS, Storage & Backup Lead

Inetum

Vlaams-Brabant

Hybrid

EUR 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Long-term engagement

Strategic architecture role

Collaboration with experienced teams

Flexible working setup

Job summary

SmartRecruiters, Inc. is seeking a Senior Datacenter Architect for a freelance engagement focused on IaaS, storage and backup & recovery.

The role shapes architecture and governance across enterprise compute and storage platforms within a complex infra, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security. You will define architecture, establish principles, drive platform modernization, review designs, lead availability and recoverability decisions, and collaborate with engineering and business

Qualifications

Extensive experience as a Datacenter/Infrastructure/System Architect.
Deep expertise in IaaS, storage, backup and recovery.
Familiarity with Agile, CI/CD practices.
Experience with High-Performance Computing (HPC) is a plus.

Responsibilities

Define and govern the architecture of IaaS compute and storage platforms.
Establish and maintain architectural principles, standards, and guidelines.
Drive platform modernization, lifecycle management, and infrastructure evolution initiatives.
Review, challenge, and guide solution designs across multiple technical domains.
Lead architectural decisions related to availability, performance, resilience, security, and recoverability.
Collaborate with engineering teams, architects, and business stakeholders.
Maintain a consistent end-to-end architectural vision across platforms and environments.