Description
The European Public Prosecutor's Office, the independent public prosecution office of the European Union, is seeking applications for the position of Senior IT Officer – Infrastructure Architect.
As a member of Digital Ecosystems Support Sector (DESS) within the Digital Services Unit, you will play a key role in consolidating and enhancing the existing infrastructure, while leading initiatives aimed at developing new services and fostering innovation.
Reporting to the Head of DESS, you, as Senior IT Officer – Infrastructure Architect, will be in close contact with the business representatives and user groups, collecting requests and translating them into infrastructure requirement statements and design. Additionally, you will take part in the maintenance, improvement and lifecycle planning of the overall infrastructure.
Your tasks will include, but not be limited to, the following:
Infrastructure assessment and architecture design:
a. Assess infrastructure and operational needs and recommend appropriate architecture solutions;
b. Conduct and lead infrastructure design, evaluation, selection and implementation of software and hardware components of infrastructure including security requirements;
c. Ensure that documentation of the overall EPPO infrastructure is up to date and plan its required evolution (including capacity and performance evaluation and planning).
Operational efficiency and innovation:
d. Steer infrastructure operations and development towards efficiency (cost, resources and time) by regularly recommending and implementing process changes to improve infrastructure management and architecture practices;
e. Foster innovation by evaluating new technologies and integrating them in the existing infrastructure.
Technical leadership:
f. Define and elaborate technical requirements and specifications;
g. Operate EPPO IT services according to agreed service levels, ITSM best practices, internal policies and procedures;
h. Submit proposals to initiate technical infrastructure projects and be the subject matter expert in those projects where required;
i. Provide 3rd level of support, where required.
j. Participate in on-call standby shifts outside standard working hours according to the schedule.
Stakeholder Coordination
k. Engage with business representatives and user groups to gather functional requirements and translate them into infrastructure design statements;
l. Coordinate with external suppliers and service providers for planning