Senior infrastructure cloud architect datacenter transformation

Gramian Consulting; Italia; In loco; EUR 100.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Gramian Consulting is seeking a senior infrastructure architect to assess and redesign datacenter and cloud landscapes. You will shape architecture principles, evaluate hybrid and multi‑cloud models, and lead large migrations with a focus on governance and cost optimization.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, design end‑to‑end target architectures, and define migration roadmaps while ensuring security and resilience throughout the transformation.

Competenze

• Minimum 10 years of experience in infrastructure, cloud systems or enterprise architecture.
• Strong end‑to‑end knowledge of datacenter architecture (compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, DR, monitoring).
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure (landing zones, networking, security, storage, monitoring, cost optimisation).
• Experience designing and evaluating on‑premises, hybrid‑cloud and public‑cloud environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise virtualization and VDI (VMware, Hyper‑V, Citrix).
• Proven experience leading large‑scale datacenter or cloud migrations.
• Understanding of infrastructure as code, FinOps, DevSecOps and operational governance.
• Excellent English (written and spoken) and ability to advise senior stakeholders.

Mansioni

• Assess the existing datacenter infrastructure, technology landscape and dependencies.
• Consolidate business, security, operational and resilience requirements into architecture principles.
• Design target architectures covering compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, DR and automation.
• Evaluate on‑premises, hybrid‑cloud and externally managed infrastructure models.
• Compare technology platforms and vendors using objective technical criteria.
• Develop architecture scenarios and assess feasibility, compatibility, risks and long‑term suitability.
• Define high‑level migration roadmaps, including dependencies and risks.
• Provide technical inputs for licensing, sizing, migration effort and total cost of ownership.
• Present architecture recommendations and decision materials to senior stakeholders.

Conoscenze

Datacenter architecture

Azure architecture

Cloud migrations

VMware

Hyper‑V

Citrix

VDI

Infrastructure as Code

FinOps

DevSecOps

Governance

Stakeholder advisory

Strumenti

VMware

Hyper‑V

Citrix

Microsoft Azure

Descrizione del lavoro

Key responsibilities

• assess the existing datacenter infrastructure, technology landscape and dependencies.
• consolidate business, security, operational and resilience requirements into architecture principles.
• design target architectures covering compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, disaster recovery and automation.
• evaluate on‑premises, hybrid‑cloud and externally managed infrastructure models.
• compare technology platforms and vendors using objective technical criteria.
• develop architecture scenarios and assess feasibility, compatibility, risks and long‑term suitability.
• define high‑level migration road‑maps, including dependencies and risks.
• provide technical inputs for licensing, sizing, migration effort and total cost of ownership.
• present architecture recommendations and decision materials to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

• minimum 10 years of experience in infrastructure, cloud systems or enterprise architecture, including complex transformation projects.
• strong end‑to‑end knowledge of datacenter architecture (compute, storage, networking, virtualization, backup, dr, monitoring).
• advanced experience with microsoft azure (landing zones, networking, security, storage, monitoring, cost optimisation).
• experience designing and evaluating on‑premises, hybrid‑cloud and public‑cloud environments.
• strong knowledge of enterprise virtualization and vdi (vmware, hyper‑v, citrix).
• proven experience leading large‑scale datacenter or cloud migrations.
• understanding of infrastructure as code, finops, devsecops and operational governance.
• excellent english (written and spoken) and ability to advise senior stakeholders.