Senior Network & Infrastructure Architect - Team Leader

Swift; Leiden; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Swift is seeking a Senior Network & Infrastructure Architect with leadership responsibilities to drive architectural evolution and technical excellence across our platforms in Leiden. This role blends hands-on architecture (50%) with team leadership and governance (50%), requiring deep technical expertise and the ability to influence in a complex enterprise environment.

You will define high-level architectures, guide modernization initiatives, ensure regulatory and enterprise architecture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years in enterprise IT engineering/architecture roles.
• Hands-on infra/network design in large-scale environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver High-Level Architectures across network, compute, storage, or platform domains.
• Translate requirements into scalable, secure solutions and lead end-to-end architectural activities.
• Lead cross-functional transformation initiatives and promote automation-first approaches.
• Engage stakeholders and contribute to enterprise architecture governance and risk management.
• Mentor engineers and architects, ensuring delivery outcomes and accountability.

Skills

Infrastructure platforms

Virtualization

Cloud-native

Python

Ansible

Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

LeanIX

ITIL

Job description

Swift is seeking a Senior Network & Infrastructure Architect with leadership responsibilities to drive architectural evolution and technical excellence across our platforms in Leiden. This role blends hands-on architecture (50%) with team leadership and governance (50%), requiring deep technical expertise and the ability to influence in a complex enterprise environment.

You will define high-level architectures, guide modernization initiatives, ensure regulatory and enterprise architecture