Job Overview
IT Solution Architect – Italy at Thales (Thales Alenia Space joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%)), a global space manufacturer delivering high‑tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures.
Mission
Within the Enterprise Architecture department, the IT Solution Architect participates during the design and build phases of projects to guarantee the global consistency of the enterprise IT technical architecture. The role involves designing solutions that satisfy business needs while assessing the impacts on current systems architecture, ensuring compliance with IT standards, norms and rules, and collaborating with the IT & Security directorate.
Responsibilities

Guarantee consistency of technical architecture
Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture methodology, technical design process, principles & rules, and relevant IT standards & norms.
Promote reuse of architecture components & patterns, favoring cost‑efficient & sustainable designs.
Advocate technical design choices to ensure coherence across Thales Alenia Space countries.
Contribute to knowledge capitalization and sharing (modeling, documentation, communication, training).
Propose updates to the architecture principles & rules repository.
Participate actively in the architecture governance process from demand to delivery.
Advise upon technical architectures & solutions, designing One‑TAS technical architectures in response to projects or change requests.
Analyze technical impacts and ensure coherence with existing architecture elements (As‑Is & To‑Be).
Propose designs that respect contextual constraints (priority, time, resources, organization & data).
Inform stakeholders about issues in the current technical solutions.
Collaborate with IT & Security teams to meet performance, adaptability & interoperability goals.
Facilitate architecture design, risk assessment & security validation; document decisions in the decision log.
Support and verify systems during implementation before production delivery.
Research emerging technologies, identify opportunities, and participate in proof‑of‑concepts.

Technical Skills
Infrastructure Domain (Storage, Backup, Data Management, Virtualization & security)

Storage: DAS/NAS/SAN/HCI/SDS; Block & File services; Gold/ Bronze data storage; FC and iSCSI technologies; FC SAN design & zoning; HA clustering; HCI/SDS storage; Object storage (S3/S3+); vendors (Dell/EMC/HPE/Brocade/Nutanix/VMware).
Backup / DRP: Physical & Virtual server backup infrastructure; end‑user laptop backup; data archiving & long‑term retention; tape & tape‑drive knowledge; DRP architecture for DLO/RTO; vendors (Atempo, Veeam, Avamar).
Servers & Platforms: Dell/EMC/HPE platforms; legacy server architecture; HCI virtualization (Nutanix/VSAN); virtual ESXi node sizing.
Virtualization: VMware vSphere & vSAN, Nutanix, NSX architecture & security, vREALIZE automation suite.
BigData Infrastructure: Docker/Kubernetes, network overlays (VLAN, VxLAN, Flannel, Calico, GENEVE), stateless/persistent architectures, Rancher/Ansible/Terraform/Packer/GoVCR, Elastic Search/InfluxDB.
Data‑Center Architecture: Energy & thermal constraints; power balancing; equipment location; data‑room documentation.

Desired Architecture & Technology Certifications

TOGAF
VMware Certified Professional / Advanced Professional (VCP‑NV, VCP‑DCV, VCP‑CMA, VCP‑Security)
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Google Cloud Network Engineer / Cloud Architect
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Cisco CCNP Enterprise

Managerial & Behavioral Skills

Excellent communication skills
Build good relationships with clients and colleagues
Gather and assimilate information
Problem‑solving aptitude
Organizational & leadership skills
Assist in solving technical problems
Ensure implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure
Address technical concerns, ideas and suggestions

Languages

Italian (required)
English (required)
French (nice to have)

Experience

Proven experience as a Senior Architect (minimum 5 years)

Application Information
Join the network & security squad at Thales Alenia Space and support upcoming business & IT transformations. Apply now!
Equal Opportunity Statement
Thales Alenia Space is an equal opportunity employer and respects diversity. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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