Infrastructure Architect (AD7), Europol/2016/TA/AD7/241

Job listing: Infrastructure Architect (AD7), within the ICT Business Area, Architecture Team of Europol, Europol/2016/TA/AD7/241

At Europol, we are devoted to making Europe a safer place for all its citizens.

Europol is the European law enforcement agency. Europol supports law enforcement authorities in Europe and throughout the world in preventing and combating serious international crime and terrorism. We are contributing to a safer Europe through exchange and analysis of criminal intelligence. Europol applies a policy of equal opportunity for men and women. Working for an organisation with a mission as such as Europol is both challenging and rewarding, making you a real agent for change. If you are looking for a fulfilling career in a fast-paced dynamic environment, join us to make Europe safer. Europol applies a policy of equal opportunity for men and women. Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged.

The ICT Business Area has the mission of providing advanced high-security information management and communication capabilities that enable the mission of Europol against serious, organised and cybercrime. The selected candidate will work in a team that reports to the Head of ICT, with architects predominantly focused on the specific architecture domain area for which they are most competent, but all closely cooperating as an enterprise level team.

The main responsibilities may include:

· Define the Enterprise Infrastructure architecture in accordance with the business continuity plans of the organisation, developing and maintaining the architecture for business continuity and Disaster Recovery;

· Devise, evolve and maintain the architecture of the core ICT infrastructure services, including the ICT storage infrastructure, virtualisation solutions, including client and server virtualisation, and operating systems;

· Devise, evolve and maintain the baseline network and communications architecture, including telephony, WAN, connectivity services, network management, physical facilities hosting the infrastructure, hardware, networking systems software;

· Assume solution design roles in ICT development projects, as needed; assume quality assurance roles in ICT development projects

· Perform any other related tasks, as assigned by the line manager.

Your profile:

We are looking for Senior Specialists from all EU Member States, who have Enterprise architecture experience: professional experience in the processes and methods of an established enterprise architecture function, involved in architecture definition, specification, change management and in providing architecture supervision and support to ICT delivery projects; professional experience in standard architecture frameworks (such as The Open Group Architecture Framework or Zachman Architecture Framework); etc.

Monthly salary: EUR 4,647.09 (net without allowance) and approx. EUR 6,595.90 (net with allowances – if applicable[1])

In addition, if applicable, allowances such as expatriation allowance, household allowance, dependent child allowance and education may be granted. Europol also offers a comprehensive welfare package.

For a full description of the tasks and responsibilities, of the eligibility criteria and of the selection criteria (professional experience, professional knowledge, technical and social skills and competencies) and of the conditions of employment, please refer to the Vacancy Notice Ref. No. Europol/2016/TA/AD7/241 on Europol’s website.

How to apply

Please refer to the EUROPOL RECRUITMENT GUIDELINES available on Europol’s website www.europol.europa.eu for further details on the application process and the selection procedure. You can apply until 30 June 2016.


[1] This indicative salary calculation took into account the expatriation, household and 1 dependent child allowance.

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