Role description: Solution IT Architect (Systems Infrastructure)
You will join the Solution
Architecture team within the Service Center HIP (Hybrid Infrastructure Platforms), playing a key role in shaping and governing the enterprise.
infrastructure landscape. The team is responsible for building and evolving
infrastructure and application platforms that align with Enterprise
Architecture standards and reference architectures.
As an IT Infrastructure Architect, you will design scalable, secure, resilient,
and cost-effective infrastructure solutions supporting business-critical
applications across on-premise and hybrid cloud environments. You will
collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, and enterprise
architects to define future-state architectures and guide implementation
programs.
• Design infrastructure solutions
that meet functional and non-functional requirements while aligning with
Enterprise IT Architecture and reference standards.
• Define and maintain infrastructure
blueprints, standards, patterns, and reference architectures.
• Architect enterprise platforms
across compute, storage, networking, security, virtualization, backup, disaster
recovery, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Evaluate technology options,
identify risks, and provide recommendations to business and IT stakeholders.
• Support infrastructure
modernization, cloud adoption, and technology lifecycle management initiatives.
• Partner with engineering teams to
ensure architecture compliance throughout project delivery.
• Document architecture decisions,
technical standards, and solution designs.
Participate in architecture governance boards, technology reviews, and
strategic planning activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor for
infrastructure strategy, resilience, security, scalability, and operational
excellence.
RequirementsMandatory Technical Skills & Expertise
• Enterprise Infrastructure
Architecture
• Data Center Architecture
• VMware / Virtualization Platforms
• Windows & Linux Infrastructure
• Storage, Backup & Disaster
Recovery
• Enterprise Networking
(LAN/WAN/SD-WAN)
• Infrastructure Security &
Identity Access Management (IAM)
• Hybrid Cloud Architecture
(Azure/AWS + On-Prem)
• Infrastructure Automation
(PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform)
• Monitoring & Observability
Platforms
• Architecture Governance (TOGAF,
ArchiMate)
• Business Continuity & High
Availability Design
• Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Software Defined Data Center
(SDDC)
• VMware Cloud Foundation
• Platform Engineering
• DevOps Integration
• FinOps and Infrastructure Cost
Optimization
• AI Infrastructure Platforms and
GPU-Based Environments
• Infrastructure Modernization and
Cloud Migration Programs
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on
experience in Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering, Systems Engineering, or
Infrastructure Operations.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in
Infrastructure Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Enterprise Architecture
roles.
• Strong experience designing and
governing large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments.
• Knowledge of Enterprise
Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and modeling languages such as ArchiMate.
• Experience working within complex,
multi-vendor, hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in
computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Strategic and conceptual thinking
• Strong stakeholder management and
consulting skills
• Customer-focused decision making
• Excellent communication and
presentation skills
• Risk assessment and
problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to influence technical and
business stakeholders
• Leadership and governance mindset
Location: Colruyt Group India, Hyderabad / Coimbatore
Language Requirements:
• Fluent English communication
skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to collaborate effectively
with teams across India and Belgium.
Skills Required
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, systems engineering, or infrastructure operations
- Minimum 4 years of experience in infrastructure architecture, solution architecture, or enterprise architecture roles
- Enterprise infrastructure architecture experience
- Data center architecture experience
- VMware or virtualization platforms experience
- Windows and Linux infrastructure experience
- Storage, backup, and disaster recovery experience
- Enterprise networking experience including LAN, WAN, or SD-WAN
- Infrastructure security and identity access management experience
- Hybrid cloud architecture experience with Azure or AWS and on-premises environments
- Infrastructure automation experience with PowerShell, Ansible, or Terraform
- Monitoring and observability platform experience
- Architecture governance experience using TOGAF or ArchiMate
- Business continuity and high availability design experience
- Experience designing and governing large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments
- Experience working within complex, multi-vendor, hybrid infrastructure environments
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline
- Fluent English communication skills, verbal and written
- Kubernetes or OpenShift experience
- Software Defined Data Center or VMware Cloud Foundation experience
- Platform engineering or DevOps integration experience
- FinOps and infrastructure cost optimization experience
- AI infrastructure platforms and GPU-based environments experience
- Infrastructure modernization and cloud migration program experience
What We Do
Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with more than 700 own stores and over 1.000 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt Lowest Prices, Okay, Comarkt, Bio-Planet, Cru, Bike Republic, Zeb, PointCarré, The Fashion Store and the affiliated stores Spar and PointCarré. In France, in addition to Colruyt stores and DATS 24 filling stations, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, Coccimarket, Panier Sympa, Épi Service, VivÉco and PointCarré stores. Jims operates fitness clubs in Belgium and Luxembourg. Newpharma is the Belgian online pharmacy of Colruyt Group. Solucious and Culinoa deliver foodservice and retail products to professional customers in Belgium (hospitals, SMEs, hospitality industry, etc). The activities of Colruyt Group also comprise printing and document management solutions (Symeta Hybrid). Colruyt Group also holds interests, including in Virya Energy (to which DATS 24 belongs since June 2023), Dreamland and Smartmat (known from Foodbag). The group employs more than 33.000 employees and recorded a EUR 10,8 billion revenue in 2023/24. Colruyt Group NV is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852. Company No. 0880.364.278 [email protected]






