Infrastructure Architect
Canary Wharf, UK
Contract (6+ Months)
Hybrid (2 days a week)
Job Overview:
The Infrastructure Architect plays a key role in our possessing broad knowledge in Data Centre, Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms, with a focus on capability enhancements and continuous improvement. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, providing technical leadership, and ensuring the design meet our architectural principles and security standards.
Key Responsibilities:
* Author High Level Solution Design, Solutions Overview and Conceptual Architectures.
* Design and architect solutions based on technical and business requirements.
* Develop and document architecture blueprints and best practices.
* Act as a lead Architecture on projects
* Contribute to the development & management of Infrastructure Strategy
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of Architecture within the org.
* Contribute to product roadmaps & reference architectures
Key Competencies
* Experience in Architecture
* Strong Experience in Cloud platforms, Data Centre and hosting technologies
* Ability to communicate solutions to other stakeholders
* Broad knowledge of Networks & Security
* Good knowledge of Risk management
* Work closely with other architecture disciplines including Enterprise, Application and Security, as well Engineering and Operations
* Provide technical guidance to team members and stakeholders.
* Identify & recommend opportunities for efficiency.
* Stay updated on new features and capabilities & best practices.
* Ability to deal with ambiguity and manage diversity.
* Share knowledge with the team and contribute to the organization's learning culture.
Qualifications:
* Proven experience Architecting Infrastructure solutions.
* Industry recognised certifications (such as Togaf, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) in conjunction with application in previous roles are highly desirable.
* Strong understanding of infrastructure concepts, principles and best practices.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Preferred Skills:
* Experience in IaC (nice to have)
* Knowledge of Compute virtualization and hypervisors.
* Knowledge of Operating systems (Windows and Linux) & Database Technologies
* Knowledge of networking design and principles in both public cloud and traditional data center
* Knowledge of hybrid cloud architectures.
* Ability to assess and recommend third-party tools and services to complement AWS offerings.
* Knowledge of 3rd party storage and firewall desired.
* Stakeholder management.
* Knowledge of cloud security.