For our central IT team at the Plukon Food Group headquarters in Wezep, we are looking for an IT Technical Architect. In this role, you will translate strategic and technological developments into clear IT principles & standards and ensure these are consistently applied across the organization. You work closely with other IT-professionals and help shape and safeguard the IT infrastructure architecture of Plukon Food Group, one of the largest players in the European poultry market. Do you want to make impact from our headquarters in Wezep and help define the future of IT at Plukon? Apply now and let’s connect!
What you’ll do
As a technical architect, you have to provide the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks required for the development of Plukon’s technical and infrastructure architecture. You have to create deliverables that help develop target-state guidance (standards, guidelines, platforms and configurations) for evolving the technical infrastructure across the Plukon Food Group, in order to enable business strategy and deliver targeted business outcomes.
You enable and orchestrate the delivery of targeted business outcomes through facilitating and making technical decisions. Technologies include data center, infrastructure, cloud, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing and immersive experiences technologies.
The following responsibilities are part of the position:
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement. In addition, leads the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture
Oversees and facilitates the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards, as well as the design of standard configurations
Within your role the main focus areas are, Networking & Infrastructure (IT/OT), WAN & Internet connectivity, DataCenters (Server rooms), Virtualization, Backup & Continuity, Permiter and building security.
Who you’ll work for
Plukon Food Group is a leading European food company with a strong international footprint and a complex, fast‑growing organization. From our headquarters in Wezep, we support operations across multiple countries, production sites and business units.
Our IT landscape plays a crucial role in enabling this growth. It spans corporate IT, production environments (IT/OT), data centers, networks, cloud solutions and security, all within a business that operates 24/7. This makes Plukon an environment where reliability, scalability and clear architectural choices truly matter.
As an IT Technical Architect at Plukon, you work in an enterprise‑level setting where technology directly supports operational excellence, continuity and future growth. You help define standards, guide technical decisions and shape a robust and future‑proof IT foundation across the organization.
