IT Enterprise Architect – Lead

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🌐 Portugal, Spain, +2 more countries – Remote

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🟠 Senior

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HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2019

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

HBK - Hottinger Brüel & Kjær is a prominent company formed in 2019 through the merger of HBM and Brüel & Kjær, two organizations with over 80 years of experience in precision test and measurement technology. HBK delivers innovative solutions across multiple domains including mechanical, sound and vibration, and electrical testing. The company provides a wide range of products and services such as data acquisition systems, electroacoustic setups, vibration testing equipment, and custom sensor assemblies. HBK caters to diverse industries such as aerospace, automotive, and energy, focusing on quality, reliability, and sustainability in all offerings. The company's mission is to empower innovators by providing exceptional sensing and insights, thus contributing to a cleaner, healthier, and more productive world.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor and develop an international team of Architects across Cloud, Network, Modern Workplace, Microsoft Server & Infrastructure, Microsoft Collaboration and Linux/Open-Source • Establish enterprise architecture as an organizational discipline and governance practice • Introduce architecture frameworks, roles, review processes and stakeholder buy-in • Set objectives, conduct performance and development reviews, and support career growth and certification paths • Foster collaboration across geographies, time zones and cultural backgrounds through regular syncs and knowledge-sharing sessions • Act as escalation point and coach for complex technical and stakeholder challenges • Maintain an overview of HBK’s global IT landscape and ensure architectural consistency across domains • Evaluate business requirements and convert them into project requests and architectural decisions • Review and approve designs and standards; chair the architecture review board • Define and maintain infrastructure and cloud architecture roadmaps aligned with business strategy and digital transformation goals • Contribute to technology investment planning, prioritization and enterprise architecture principles • Ensure architecture decisions address security, compliance, resilience and total cost of ownership • Collaborate with FinOps, Asset Lifecycle, Service Management and Procurement to optimize costs and develop TCO/ROI business cases • Steer outsourced managed service providers to ensure standards, security requirements and strategic objectives are implemented • Represent the architecture function to senior stakeholders, business units and external partners • Partner with Service Management and IT FinOps Management to ensure smooth handover from design to operations

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 7–10 years of experience as a technical IT manager, Enterprise/Team Lead Architect or similar senior architecture role • Several years of direct people management experience • Genuine interest in developing people and building a high-performing, engaged team • Broad technical experience across cloud (Azure/AWS), datacenter, network, server (Windows, Linux) and client platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS) • Proven track record leading distributed or international teams across multiple locations and time zones • Strong architectural experience with ability to translate business strategy into technical direction • Experience steering outsourced/managed service providers and holding them accountable to architectural and security standards • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, including budget planning and cost optimization (TCO/ROI) • Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, matrixed, global organization • Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with execution focus and attention to detail • Empathetic and adaptable leadership across culturally diverse, geographically distributed teams • Practical, solution-oriented approach to complex technical and organizational challenges • Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and executives • Fluent written and spoken English (level B2 or equivalent); additional languages are a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Freedom with responsibility framework • Good balance between work and family life • Constant development of professional and personal skills • International and enjoyable working environment