IT Infra Architect

IT Infra Architect at Vanderlande

Shaping the Future of Airports together with Vanderlande!

Are you passionate about designing the foundation of tomorrow’s technology? Do you thrive on designing state-of-the-art IT Solutions and deploying them globally? If you love traveling, meeting diverse cultures, and exploring new places, join us as an IT Infrastructure Architect and help us revolutionize airport logistics!

About Vanderlande
Vanderlande is the global leader in future-proof logistic process automation in the airport market. We also excel in providing innovative process automation solutions for warehouses and distribution. Our systems seamlessly integrate cutting-edge technology, intelligent software, and life-cycle services.

At Vanderlande, you can develop your career, satisfy your ambitions, aspire to new heights, while enjoying personal growth and thriving on achievement.

Your Role
As an IT Infra Architect you will be responsible for the design and delivery of the IT infrastructure for a customer system, participating from Sales to Service Take Over. You will play a crucial role in aligning on requirements with customer peer architects in the project team, creating a suitable design and guiding the engineering team in realizing it. You will be collaborating with enthusiastic colleagues all over the world to create infrastructure solutions that exceed customer expectations.

Your department
You will be part of the IT Infra department, which is responsible to design and deliver IT infrastructure as part of our customer solution delivery. Our department is the IT Infra capability centre that supports all airport projects globally. Our delivery forms an integral part of the automated material handling systems that we install for our customers and is based on Microsoft/Linux standards, VMware, Kubernetes, Cisco, Siemens, Lenovo, Fortinet and HPE hardware.

Your tasks and responsibilities

• You take the technical responsibility for the IT Infrastructure delivery as part of our airport solutions.
• You work alongside the product development team to improve our IT Infra products and prepare them for the future.
• You carry out, as an expert, the requirements analysis in close coordination with the Solution Architect and plan the network and server landscape in detail.
• You add enablers for remote access, security, operation systems, virtualization, etc.
• You analyse the system structures according to the project requirements and coordinate the infrastructure changes or system adaptations.
• You, as an advisor, support projects during execution and you support our sales team in the offer phase.

Your Profile

• You have a Bachelor/master level in a relevant field, e.g. Computer Science or Information Technology.
• You have 10 years of work experience in industrial IT infrastructure implementations. Having Airport Baggage Handling knowledge is an advantage.
• You have experience in designing complex server / client structures based on current Windows / Linux systems and virtualization and/or containerization technology.
• You have experience with security standards.
• You have knowledge of cloud technology (Azure) and containerization using CNAP, Docker, Kubernetes and Helm are an advantage.
• Having hardware knowledge of HPE, Fortinet and Cisco is an advantage.
• Have a positive, hands on and can-do attitude.
• Be fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Be willing to travel worldwide (indication: 5% of the time).
• Be able to work with Agile teams.
• Be a team player.
• Be a natural technical leader with strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.

What we offer
In the challenging and responsible position of IT Infra Architect you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.

This position offers a competitive salary range of €5449 to €7396 gross per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale.

On top of your fixed salary, you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.