Senior Technical Architect
Business Director - Morgan Philips Specialist Recruitment (formerly Hudson). Based full-time onsite in Northamptonshire; in the office five days a week.
Responsibilities
* Design and architect new technologies that support a best‑in‑breed mentality.
* Deliver new innovations to question conventional thinking and improve the IT department’s capabilities.
* Provide visionary roadmaps on IT infrastructure for future years.
* Lead as a senior technical escalation point for a broad range of IT support topics.
* Manage stakeholders within IT and the business while delivering complex projects.
* Troubleshoot, problem solve and conduct root‑cause analysis.
* Apply excellent research and analytic skills.
* Prioritise and self‑manage tasks effectively.
* Strategic planning and architectural design of key IT systems and business technologies.
* Adapt quickly to change in a fast‑paced environment.
Qualifications & Experience
* Operational support at a senior technical level within a medium to large enterprise.
* Planning, organising, leading and delivering complex, fast‑moving workloads with internal and external third‑party resources.
* Experience with recognised methodologies (ITIL, Agile).
* A broad range of technical experience in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
* Design, manage and implement enterprise WAN and LAN networks and communications.
* Support junior colleagues via mentoring, training and documentation.
* Demonstrated knowledge of enterprise application architecture, middleware and infrastructure technologies.
* Financial planning and cost management for IT infrastructure and projects.
* Manage and deploy to cloud platforms.
* Database support, administration and optimisation.
* Experience with scripting, orchestration and automation.
* Capacity, performance, and availability monitoring.
* Security, vulnerability and malware threat prevention.
* Experience in racing or Formula 1/2 or equivalent business (desirable).
* Testbed and simulation platforms (desirable).
Required “Hold” Qualifications
* Degree or relevant qualifications in a technology or science subject.
* CCNP certification (essential).
Personal Traits & Requirements
* Diligent with strong attention to detail.
* Passionate about infrastructure.
* Growth mindset.
* Flexible and open.
* Team player.
* Success‑driven and capable under pressure.
* Target and deadline‑driven.
* Able to support race weekends dependent on business requirements.
* Occasional out‑of‑hours maintenance and support on a best‑efforts basis.
Success Key Deliverables
* See the big picture while engaging in technical hands‑on deliverables.
* Project‑manage multiple concurrent projects and stakeholder communications.
* Deliver operational and project‑based tasks against demanding Service Level Agreements and challenging deadlines.
* Deliver quality without compromising performance.
* Act as strong point of escalation, finding solutions swiftly and efficiently.
* Encourage teamwork and knowledge sharing to develop yourself and colleagues.
Seniority Level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Information Technology
Industries
Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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