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Infrastructure Architect- Security
Canary Wharf, UK
Hybrid (2 days a week)
Inside IR35 contract (6+ Months)
Job purpose - Major duties and responsibilities of the job
Our Architecture practice establishes and maintains the architectural framework to support the technology strategy within which IT solutions can be delivered. It is responsible for ensuring we continue to deliver reliable, resilient, cost-beneficial business service solutions (current, planned and speculated) through the formulation of the enterprise strategy and architecture framework for the our IT Systems, underpinned by the technical governance and compliance of IT Systems designs.
To act as an Infrastructure Architect on a variety of internal and external IT delivery projects, key responsibilities include:
* Produce high-quality High Level Design documentation describing technical systems solutions, providing overall design direction and recommendations for resolution of complex technical issues.
* Analyze existing Design documents, find recommended options in the market, produce presentations to the Architect team with options and reasoning and later proceed with Design documents.
* Provide technical leadership and direction to the IT engineering, delivery and test teams throughout implementation phases.
* Support the Enterprise Architects in the development of infrastructure road maps to support the evolution of the technical and digital portfolios from current to future state.
* Act as a liaison between Architecture and Engineering and direct the development of technical standards and platforms, quality, and best practices.
Knowledge, skills and abilities - competencies required for successful job performance
* Solid background and understanding of products like End Point Security, SIEM, DLP etc
* Solid understanding and design capability across multiple infrastructure domains such as networks, compute, storage, database, backups, virtualization, cloud, data center, collaboration and end user.
* Technical knowledge across several infrastructure disciplines, e.g. Microsoft Technologies, Red Hat/Linux, VMWare, ESX, vSphere, Citrix, IBM Websphere MQ, DB2, LAN/WAN/MAN, Routing, Firewall, Wireless, IDS/IPS, WAN optimization, Proxy, VPN services, Load Balancing and IT Security.
* Experience designing, documenting, integrating, and managing complex infrastructure solutions.
Additionally, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following personal characteristics:
* Proactive self-starter able to learn quickly and work/deliver independently.
* Be able to multi-task as several projects and initiatives may be active at the same time.
* Possess strong interpersonal and influencing skills with good stakeholder management, both internal and external.
* Excellent analytical and communication skills.
* Ability to work on complex projects with globally distributed teams and tight timelines.
Qualifications / certifications
* Bachelor and/or Master’s Degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
* Relevant IT Architecture certification (TOGAF, CITA, RHCA etc.) or technical accreditations (VMWare, Cisco or Juniper) beneficial.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Contract
Job function
* Industries
Investment Banking
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