Infrastructure Lead Architect (m/f/d) Semiconductor Fab Expansion, OT/IT

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Contact person: Alen Arnautovic
Kulim,  Malaysia
On-siteFreelanceasapDuration 12 months100% workload
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Description

Project
Our client, an international high-tech manufacturer, is massively expanding a semiconductor production site: several new buildings, multiple new production lines, two new high-availability server rooms and the integration of 1,000+ manufacturing tools. A strategic supplier delivers turnkey solution packages. We are looking for a senior Lead Architect on the client side who acts as technical design authority and challenges the supplier's solutions, working in tandem with an Infrastructure Project Manager.

Key facts
  • Start: ASAP
  • Duration: 12 to 18 months, extension likely
  • Workload: full-time
  • Location: 100% onsite in Kulim, Malaysia, local residence or relocation required (no weekly commuting)
  • Language: English (business fluent)
  • Contract: freelance or via your consultancy, time and material, monthly timesheet billing

Tasks
  • Technical design authority for the full infrastructure scope: blueprint, design baseline, HLD and LLD, work packages and acceptance criteria
  • Architecture across compute, OpenShift (HA), storage, backup, network, OT connectivity, identity, monitoring, automation and security
  • Integration architecture and onboarding standards for 1,000+ production, engineering, automation, lab and facility tools (OT landscape from legacy systems up to Windows 11)
  • Design assurance of supplier solutions regarding security, resilience, performance, capacity, lifecycle and cost
  • Technical workshops, options assessments, design reviews and architecture decisions
  • Support of procurement, testing, commissioning, acceptance and operational handover

Profile
  • Substantial infrastructure or solution architecture experience in industrial or mission-critical environments
  • Proven designs covering data centre, network, platforms, storage, backup, security and OT/IT integration at large scale
  • Zero Trust and Zero Downtime principles (24/7 operation without regular maintenance windows)
  • All production systems on-prem, hybrid cloud knowledge a plus
  • TOGAF or comparable senior architecture certification (e.g. Red Hat Certified Architect, Cisco CCDE/CCIE, AWS/Azure Solutions Architect Expert, SABSA) or equivalent experience, ISA/IEC 62443 strongly advantageous
  • Vendor flexibility: solid fundamentals count more than experience with one specific vendor
  • Senior personality who keeps up with a very high pace, decides onsite and thinks out of the box
  • Semiconductor background (AMHS, fault-tolerant systems) a plus, not a must

Interested? Please send your CV, availability and hourly rate. Interviews are planned at short notice.

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