**Job title:** **Architect - IT Platforms** **Your responsibilities:** + Leads IT & Services architecture development with HW/SW/IT/Cloud architects and partners + Performs IT & Services technology assessments and develops the technology roadmap with the Architects team + Translates User Requirements and Market needs into System Requirements and System Designs + Designs, Develops and Documents IT & Services solutions, including interfaces & security aspects + Effectively presents IT platform solutions to development managers, project leaders, development teams and customers. + Hardware Strategy & Standardization: Define, implement, and optimize hardware architectures, including servers, storage arrays, networking components, and data center infrastructure, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices + Performance & Capacity Planning: Assess and optimize system performance, scalability, and capacity planning across compute, storage, and network layers to meet business and workload demands + Teams up with Product Management, Service, Supply Chain and Implementation to maximize value creation of IT & Services to our customers + Assists the project leader in a work breakdown and drafting realistic schedules + Contributes to the department process improvement activities **We are looking for:** + BTech/ BSc / MTech/ MSc in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related technical education + Overall 10+ Years of experience + A minimum of 5 years of experience as a IT Architect or IT Designer + Experience in the Healthcare industry is a plus + Deep understanding, incl. hands-on experience, in IT &S Services architecture, design and development of modular IT platforms and Services + Strong conceptual and analytical skills to find solutions to complex problems + Experienced in working in multi-disciplinary teams + Deep understanding of IT & Services technologies, including **Compute, Storage, Networking, Virtualization, Cloud services and Service delivery (Monitoring, Update, Recovery)** + Excellent written and verbal (technical) communication in the English language and interpersonal skills + Strong architecture design and modeling competencies + Supportive attitude to help pre-sales solution architects with in-depth knowledge + Problem Solving and decisive **How we work together** We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. Indicate if this role is an office/field/onsite role. **About Philips** We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. * Learn more about our business. * Discover our rich and exciting history. * Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.