Descripción de la oferta
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), headquartered in Madrid (Spain), is part of General Dynamics and brings together more than 3,000 professionals across five countries.
Our purpose is to deliver military mobility solutions that include armored vehicles, amphibious bridges, and artillery systems.
An environment that fosters collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement-where every voice matters, and every idea can become a real breakthrough.
The IT Architect is responsible for defining, designing, and governing robust, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure solutions across hybrid environments. This role ensures that architecture aligns with business strategy, cybersecurity frameworks, enterprise standards, and technology roadmaps. The IT Architect serves as the design authority for mission‑critical platforms, enabling modernization, operational excellence, and long‑term scalability.
Design and implement end to end IT infrastructure solutions aligned with business requirements, enterprise architecture, and security standards:
Conduct detailed business and technical analysis to define infrastructure requirements and translate them into architectural designs (HLD/LLD).
Develop and maintain IT infrastructure architecture standards, patterns, and guidelines across all technology domains.
Evaluate and recommend new infrastructure technologies to drive performance, resilience, and efficiency.
Ensure alignment with global GDELS architecture, cybersecurity, and compliance frameworks.
Collaborate with network, security, cloud, workplace, and operations teams to ensure architectural integrity and successful implementation.
Support project delivery as design authority, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices.
Participate in or lead architecture review boards and design governance processes.
Essential Infrastructure Architecture Domains:
Compute Architecture
Windows/Linux server architecture, OS standards, CIS hardening, golden image strategy.
VMware vSphere, resource pools, HA/DRS design, template management.
Storage & Backup/Recovery Architecture
SAN/NAS, backup policies, immutable backups, DR runbooks, RPO/RTO planning.
Hybrid Cloud & Azure Architecture
Landing zones, identity integration, governance, cost control, network connectivity, policy-as-code.
Network & Connectivity Foundations
Monitoring & Observability
Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Servers and operating systems
Networks and connectivity
Databases
VMware vSphere and/or Citrix virtualization
Azure or AWS cloud environments (Azure preferred)
Network fundamentals and secure connectivity
Experience with architecture frameworks such as TOGAF.
Strong documentation, modeling, and architecture design skills.
IT certifications (e.g., TOGAF, Cisco CCNP, VMware VCP) desired
Advanced English written and spoken, Spanish and/or German is a plus
Participate in major national and international projects.
Join a highly qualified team where you can develop a solid professional career.
Flexible compensation package, with benefits such as childcare, transportation, or training.
Hybrid remote working model.
