Pauwels Consulting
EN
Junior Network & Infrastructure Architect
Brussels-Capital
Digital - Architecture
Work experience: 0-3
Reference number: 90287

As a Network & Infrastructure Architect, you play a key role in designing, documenting, and optimizing secure and scalable network environments across on-premise, private, and public cloud infrastructures. You’ll help define the technical backbone for automation, security, and innovation initiatives — ensuring the network architecture evolves in line with enterprise ambitions.

You’ll collaborate closely with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams to ensure consistency across environments, provide architectural guidance, and support implementation projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and document secure, scalable, and high-performance network architectures.
  • Translate business and technical requirements into network designs and implementation blueprints.
  • Manage and optimize firewalls, VPNs, SD-WAN, web proxy, leased lines, DNS, and routing configurations.
  • Oversee and maintain IP Address Management (IPAM).
  • Contribute to capacity planning and network automation initiatives.
  • Manage and optimize office and corporate networks.
  • Coordinate and monitor the performance of external service providers.
  • Provide 2nd line technical support and expert advice for incident resolution.
  • Coach and support network engineers.
  • Ensure clear documentation of network topology, configurations, and changes.

What are we looking for?

Must-Have Skills

  • Proven experience as an Infrastructure or Network Architect.
  • Hands-on experience as a Network Engineer (min. 3 years).
  • Strong knowledge of modeling techniques and tools (Archimate, TOGAF, UML, Sparx EA).
  • Proficient in DNS, routing protocols, subnetting.
  • Experience with firewalls, web proxies, and VPN technologies.
  • Strong communication skills in Dutch or French (C1 level)

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Familiarity with network and infrastructure solutions in Microsoft Azure.
  • Relevant certifications (e.g. Microsoft Azure, CCNA, CCNP).

What do we offer?

Location: Brussels (Hybrid)

Start Date: 17 November 2025

End Date: 30 October 2026 (extension possible)

Contract Type: Freelance or Permanent

Workload: Full-time (100%)

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