Infrastructure Architect Backup and Restore

Our Client

They are a global leader in the building materials industry, with over 35,000 employees at 200+ locations worldwide, generating an annual turnover of over €10 billion. A family-owned business, they thrive on values of humanity, partnership, commitment, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Their headquartered in Kitzingen, Germany, is a pivotal force behind the Group’s global growth and digital transformation. With 800 experts, they deliver cutting-edge IT solutions and services to their colleagues and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive state-of-the-art infrastructure solutions for over 30,000 users and 200 industrial and office sites worldwide.
• Design effective IT disaster recovery and backup strategies, ensuring robust protection against data loss and timely recovery during disasters.
• Contribute to accelerating hybrid cloud adoption by defining and supporting the target state for data protection and recovery solutions.
• Serve as the technical lead for backup and restore topics, supporting strategy decisions, addressing local/global demands, driving rollouts, and participating in technical discussions with vendors/providers.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors and internal teams for solution designs, project implementations, integrations, and continuous improvement, including advanced troubleshooting.
• Shape target backup solutions aligned with global hybrid cloud architecture, standards, industry best practices, and guiding principles.
• Develop and maintain Backup and Restore architecture artifacts.
• Lead evaluations of technology products and provide insights for decision-making on technology purchases.
• Communicate with management to support decisions regarding next-generation services within your domain.

Requirements

• Proven experience in developing and maintaining IT Backup and Restore strategies and architecture in a large international enterprise, either as an in-house consultant or external advisor.
• Familiarity with backup and restore technologies across platforms/infrastructure, such as VMware, SQL, Azure, SaaS, SAP, etc.
• Strong track record in designing modern infrastructure solutions and hybrid cloud architectures for large global enterprises (experience in an industrial setting is a plus).
• Deep understanding of large-scale, high-availability multi-cloud environments and associated infrastructure services, including backup, restore, and archiving.
• Proficiency in technologies such as Azure, Rubrik, and Dell, supported by relevant certifications.
• Degree in Computer Science or a comparable field.
• Recognized as a proactive team player with a balanced “can-do” and “early adopter” mentality.
• Strong communication and conflict resolution skills across IT and business domains.
• Fluency in English is required; German is a strong advantage.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to Knauf sites across all continents.

Benefits

• Open, dynamic corporate culture with flat hierarchies.
• Independence and creative freedom in your work.
• Competitive remuneration with offers for personalized old-age provision.
• Flexible working hours and the option for home office.
• Ongoing opportunities for personal training and professional development.
• Knowledge-sharing within the IT community.
• State-of-the-art loft office environment.
• Subsidies for fitness activities.
• Relocation support