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Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Infrastructure and Virtualization Architect

DevOps & InfrastructureConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÉlancourt, FranceNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bac+5 qualification in computer science, information systems, engineering, or an equivalent field, with significant experience in IT infrastructure architecture and engineering.
  • Strong knowledge of information-system architecture principles and technical infrastructures.
  • Experience with virtualization environments and data center infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of virtualized platforms, networks, storage, resilience solutions, middleware, and VMware, NSX, KVM, Kubernetes, or cloud environments.
  • Ability to understand business needs, analyze operational constraints, and design solutions aligned with performance, service quality, and cost-control objectives.
  • Ability to develop an overall view of technical and business issues, justify architectural choices, conduct comparative analyses, and support stakeholder decision-making.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication abilities to facilitate discussions with varied stakeholders, defend technical directions, and work collaboratively.
  • Strong writing skills to produce quality documentation.
  • Autonomy, rigor, organization, proactivity, and technological curiosity.

Responsibilities

  • Define and design technical architectures for virtualized infrastructures, translating business and functional needs into robust, secure, and scalable solutions.
  • Prepare architecture documentation, technical specifications, and implementation plans that account for performance, resilience, storage, networking, and cybersecurity.
  • Lead or contribute to transformation and modernization projects for shared data center platforms, ensuring solutions meet operational needs.
  • Conduct feasibility studies, comparative solution analyses, and proof-of-concept work to guide technology choices and ecosystem evolution.
  • Coordinate participants involved in infrastructure deployment, track schedules and budgets, and ensure implementations conform to defined architectures.
  • Monitor technology developments, contribute to standards evolution, participate in supplier consultations, and support investment decisions.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of architecture, modeling, experimentation, and simulation practices; co-engineering approaches; Agile methods; and integration, verification, validation, and qualification activities.

About the Company

Thales

Global defense and aerospace electronics

Thales designs and delivers critical technology for aerospace, defense, and digital security. Its products include electronics, software, and data-security systems that power air travel, payments, and modern military platforms, by integrating hardware and software to build systems such as avionics, radar, cybersecurity, and secure communications that collect sensor data and protect networks. It stands out through deep industrial experience, end-to-end solutions across defense, aerospace, and cybersecurity, and a focus on AI and quantum tech, aided by strategic acquisitions and partial state ownership. Its goal is to provide reliable, secure, and connected technologies that support national security, public safety, and everyday life by solving complex security and connectivity challenges.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Meudon, France
Founded
1893

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