IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect with AWS

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect with AWSFull-timeCompany DescriptionEurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.  Job DescriptionIn a nutshellWe are looking for an Infrastructure Solutions Architect to provide architecture leadership for cloud hosting capabilities, with a primary focus on AWS and strong, practical knowledge of Azure. The role ensures that infrastructure designs for new and existing initiatives align with Eurofins policies, security requirements, and established design patterns defined at enterprise level by the Global Architecture Office. This position covers the full lifecycle: requirements gathering (functional and non-functional), solution design, architecture approval, transition to operations, and Business-as-Usual (BAU) support. The architect actively participates in incident/problem management and is expected to join the out-of-hours manager pool for major incidents.You will join an Infrastructure Support Crew and collaborate closely with other experienced Infrastructure Architects to ensure consistency and quality across designs and initiatives.The team operates within enterprise architecture governance and follows direction, standards, and policies defined by the Eurofins Architecture Office.Key Focus AreasArchitecture/design authority (~95%) with limited hands-on engineering (~5%)Design approver: validate that application/infrastructure designs comply with Eurofins policies and approved patternsInfluence AWS landing zone architecture including segmentation and connectivity patterns (standardised hub-and-spoke)Enable and support deployment, hosting, maintenance, and management of solutions in AWS, aligned with enterprise identity hosted in AzureKubernetes-enabled platforms: strong knowledge of Kubernetes from infrastructure and networking perspectivesC4 model diagramming as the standard for architecture communicationDevOps mindset required; Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) understanding is a plusProvide additional architecture support for enterprise networking across office sites (physical LAN/WAN/Wi‑Fi) and cloud networking in AWS and Azure, including segmentation and hybrid connectivity.ResponsibilitiesA) Architecture & Design AuthorityLead infrastructure solution design for AWS-hosted workloadApprove designs and ensure alignment with enterprise policies and reference architectures; collaborate with application architects to ensure end-to-end coherenceEnsure designs incorporate identity and access integration with enterprise identity hosted in Azure (e.g., single sign-on/federation concepts)Create and maintain architecture artifacts using the C4 model and supporting HLD/LLD documentationEmbed and enforce Zero Trust access concepts into infrastructure and platform designs by defining secure access patterns in coordination with SecurityB) Kubernetes & Platform ArchitectureDesign and govern Kubernetes-based hosting platforms and workloads, including cluster architecture, networking (ingress/egress), segmentation, and connectivity patternsDefine operational requirements for Kubernetes environments: observability, upgrade strategy, capacity, resilience, and security baselinesC) BAU, Incident/Problem Management &...