Senior Solution Architect

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.  We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you. BACKGROUND: eu-LISA is the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) manages large-scale IT systems to support the implementation of asylum, border management and migration policies in the European Union (EU). The Agency is also a front-runner for the digitalisation efforts of the EU's Justice and Home Affairs domain, building a new information architecture and contributing to the development of a new security ecosystem. Since the Agency's beginnings in 2012, eu-LISA has become the digital engine of the Schengen Area. With its activities and tasks, the Agency adds value to the EU Member States by supporting their efforts towards justice, security and freedom. TASK DESCRIPTION:          * Assist in the design, architecture, implementation, security and support of data center environments and solutions * Assist with development of future state Data Center systems and designs * Perform capacity planning (power, cooling, rack spacing) * Assist in the implementation of industry best practices for data center engagements * Act as an expert for data center projects * Execute industry best practices in data center deployments, integration, testing, and packaging of infrastructure documentation and application solutions * Maintain awareness of new and emerging technologies and the potential application on service offerings and products provided by IT EDUCATION:        * Minimum 4 years of relevant education (master or equivalent) after the secondary school MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: * Minimum 9 years of relevant professional experience * Minimum 3 years of experience in building and supporting mission critical infrastructure for critical applications, running in a highly distributed manner ADDITIONAL NEEDED QUALIFICATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:          * Experience working extensively with different Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) such as Cisco, Brocade, Checkpoint, IBM, EMC, HP, Bull, NetApp, and Dell in implementing Solutions for Networks, Security, Storage, Backup and Compute Infrastructure * Comprehensive knowledge and hands-on-experience related to Data Centres. * In depth knowledge of technologies related to racks, business continuity/disaster recovery. * In depth knowledge of capacity planning (power, cooling, rack spacing) practices * In depth knowledge of patching and cabling installations. * Familiar with infrastructure implementation/management, service/operations management, etc. * Experience with UNIX/Linux/Windows virtualisation and "Infrastructure As A Service" architecture * Experience facilitating meetings with multiple customers and technical staff, including building consensus and mediating compromises when necessary * Experience in project and task planning * Familiarity with various requirements gathering techniques We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you, please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.

Spektrum have a wide range of exciting opportunities in several global locations.  We are always looking to add great new talent to our team and look forward to hearing from you. BACKGROUND: eu-LISA is the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) manages large-scale IT systems to support the implementation of asylum, border management and migration policies in the European Union (EU). The Agency is also a front-runner for the digitalisation efforts of the EU's Justice and Home Affairs domain, building a new information architecture and contributing to the development of a new security ecosystem. Since the Agency's beginnings in 2012, eu-LISA has become the digital engine of the Schengen Area. With its activities and tasks, the Agency adds value to the EU Member States by supporting their efforts towards justice, security and freedom. TASK DESCRIPTION:          * Design and development of online analytical data processing (OLAP) solutions * Creation and maintenance of a data warehouse * Gather business requirements * Development of data mining solutions * Knowledge of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes * Data modelling * Design and development of reporting applications * Physical Database (DB) design * DB performance analysis * Elaboration of test programs * Writing of technical documentation * Assistance with deployment and configuration of the system * Participation in meetings with the project teams EDUCATION:        * Minimum 4 years of relevant education (master or equivalent) after the secondary school MINIMUM EXPERIENCE: * Minimum 9 years of IT professional experience. * Minimum 3 years of experience with Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) * Minimum 3 years of experience in Data Warehousing ADDITIONAL NEEDED QUALIFICATION, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:          * Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools * Experience with ETL tools * Experience with online analytical processing and data mining * In-depth knowledge of data warehouse architecture * In-depth knowledge of relational database systems principles applied to data warehouse * In depth knowledge of Structured Query Languages (SQL) * In depth knowledge of business intelligence reporting tools * Good knowledge of ETL tools * Good knowledge of modelling tools * Good knowledge of online analytical data processing (OLAP) and data mining tools * Ability to cope with fast changing technologies used in application developments * Ability to participate in multi-lingual meetings, ease of communication. * Capability of integration in an international/multicultural environment, rapid self-starting capability and experience in working in team. We never know what new opportunities might be just over the horizon. If this opportunity isn't for you, please feel free to send us your resume anyway and be the first to know if something suitable for your skills and experience comes up.