Storage/Backup Engineer

Expanding steadily since its launch in 2003, the ACENSI group is an IT consultancy firm, well known for their technical and functional know-how, who specialize in Telecommunications, Media and Financial Markets, as well as in the Energy industry. ACENSI guides businesses in evolutionary IT projects from the initial strategies through to their realization (Management and Project management, Development, Design and Implementation, Infrastructure). From its original focus on technical engineering and Business Analysis, ACENSI has developed new areas of expertise in Human Resource Management Systems, Business Intelligence, e-learning and Client Relationship Management. Dynamism, enthusiasm and social development are all valued at ACENSI, allowing our clients to benefit from consultants with a true blend of talents.

ACENSI BELGIUM is looking for his client a Storage/Backup Engineer (F/M/X)

As System Architect for IaaS Compute & Storage within Group Data Centers (GDC), you define and guard the end to end architecture of our client's on premise infrastructure platforms. You translate strategic direction, risk constraints and operational needs into clear architectural choices for compute and storage services that underpin critical banking workloads. You work at the intersection of engineering, product management and governance. Beyond designing target architectures, you ensure they are buildable, operable and compliant, guiding teams through lifecycle changes, platform evolution, and large transformation programs (e.g. datacenter renewal, resilience improvements, automation). You are a trusted technical authority who brings clarity, makes trade offs explicit and keeps the long term architecture coherent.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the system architecture for IaaS compute and storage platforms (e.g. virtualization, cluster design, SAN/NAS, DRP constructs, zoning and segregation).
• Define and maintain as is and to be architectures, including architectural principles, guardrails and standards aligned with the Enterprise Architecture and Assurance expectations.
• Create and evolve the architectural runway: enable upcoming platform capabilities while managing technical debt and lifecycle constraints.
• Guide and challenge solution designs proposed by teams, vendors and integrators; ensure consistency across datacenters and environments.
• Lead architectural decisions around availability, resilience, performance, scalability, recoverability and security, balancing cost and risk.
• Act as architectural counterpart in major initiatives (e.g. NewDC, DRP redesign, storage evolution, hypervisor lifecycle, automation initiatives).
• Bring architectural topics to the appropriate architecture boards and governance forums; clearly document decisions and rationale.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, SDO, Risk and Security to ensure architectures are operationally sound and auditable.
• Mentor engineers by explaining architectural intent and promoting systems thinking across the teams.