avacone Switzerland

Infrastructure Solutions Architect

avacone Switzerland  •  Basel, CH (Hybrid)  •  14 hours ago
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Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Solutions Architect to join our Infrastructure & Operations organization. In this strategic role, you will design, govern, and drive the implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise infrastructure solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.

As a trusted technical advisor, you will translate business requirements into robust technology solutions while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, cybersecurity requirements, operational excellence objectives, and long-term technology roadmaps.

This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, strong stakeholder management skills, and hands-on architectural leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture & Solution Design

  • Design scalable, secure, highly available infrastructure solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
  • Develop and maintain enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures, design principles, and governance frameworks.
  • Produce high-quality architecture documentation, including solution designs, system diagrams, integration patterns, and technical specifications.
  • Ensure infrastructure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend innovative solutions that improve operational efficiency, resilience, and business value.


Strategic Technology Planning

  • Collaborate with Infrastructure & Operations leadership to define and evolve the enterprise infrastructure roadmap.
  • Translate business strategies into scalable technical architectures and implementation plans.
  • Perform technology assessments, feasibility studies, and cost-benefit analyses.
  • Identify opportunities for automation, platform modernization, consolidation, and operational optimization.


Technical Leadership

  • Provide technical leadership across infrastructure programmes and strategic initiatives.
  • Lead Proof of Concept (PoC) activities and technology evaluations.
  • Review and approve solution designs created by engineering teams.
  • Act as the highest technical escalation point for complex infrastructure challenges.
  • Mentor engineers and promote architectural best practices across the organization.


Stakeholder Management

  • Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Engineering, Security, Application Development, Operations, and business stakeholders.
  • Present architectural recommendations and investment proposals to senior leadership.
  • Facilitate architecture review boards, technical workshops, and governance meetings.
  • Build strong relationships across technical and business teams to ensure successful project delivery.


Continuous Improvement

  • Oversee the successful implementation of approved infrastructure solutions.
  • Drive automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reliability.
  • Support disaster recovery, business continuity, resilience, and high availability planning.
  • Monitor industry trends and identify opportunities to enhance infrastructure capabilities.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
  • Relevant industry certifications are considered a strong advantage.

Professional Experience

  • Minimum 7 years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Operations, or similar technical roles.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Solutions Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, or Technical Architecture within enterprise environments.
  • Proven track record of designing and implementing enterprise-scale infrastructure solutions in complex enterprise environments.
  • Experience working in highly regulated and security-conscious organizations is an advantage.

Technical Skills

Required

  • Deep expertise in enterprise infrastructure architecture across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments.
  • Strong knowledge of virtualization technologies, particularly VMware
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration platforms, especially Kubernetes
  • Solid understanding of enterprise networking, including routing, switching, firewalls, DNS, load balancing, and software-defined networking.
  • Strong knowledge of enterprise storage technologies, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability architectures.
  • Deep expertise with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure and/or Google Cloud) and cloud-native architectures.
  • Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps methodologies, automation frameworks, and monitoring/observability platforms.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security principles, infrastructure governance, and architectural best practices.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience with enterprise automation and orchestration platforms.
  • Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture and modern cybersecurity frameworks.
  • Experience designing multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams and influence strategic technology decisions.

What We Offer

  • Challenging enterprise-scale projects within international environments.
  • Opportunity to influence strategic technology decisions.
  • Flexible hybrid working model.
  • Collaborative and highly skilled technical teams.
  • Professional development and certification support.
  • Competitive compensation and attractive benefits package.
avacone Switzerland

About avacone Switzerland

Avacone AG is a Swiss service provider delivering specialised solutions across IT and non IT environments, covering both regulated and non regulated industries.

We support organisations in the pharmaceutical, chemical, medical technology and IT system engineering sectors with a strong focus on reliability, technical expertise and sustainable delivery.

Headquartered in Switzerland, with offices in Spain, Romania, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada and India, Avacone delivers services and projects worldwide through an international and highly connected operating model.

Our strength lies in combining deep business understanding with the ability to translate technological developments into practical, scalable and industry relevant solutions.

We work as an integrated partner to our customers, aligned with their vision, strategy and operational priorities.

Our services are structured around two core pillars:

• Pharmaceutical Engineering

• IT System Support and Engineering

Our expertise includes:

• Pharmaceutical processes and clinical studies

• Project management and business analysis

• Quality and compliance management

• GMP in regulated and non regulated environments

• Laboratory operations and IT laboratory infrastructure

• Laboratory application management

• IT infrastructure management

• Infrastructure services including system engineering, IT support, consulting, storage, converged technologies, VMware and Citrix

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Sissach, CH
Year Founded
2014
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