Infrastructure Solutions Architect

Overview

As Infrastructure Solutions Architect, you will own and shape secure, scalable infrastructure solutions for mission-critical environments within the ADS sector. You will work with cross-functional teams to translate architecture into practical designs, guiding delivery and governance. This role focuses on expanding a highly secure collaboration platform and maintaining robust data centres and core services. You will engage with hardware vendors and security specialists to ensure resilient, future-proof infrastructure. The position offers hybrid work with security clearance requirements, enabling you to influence technology roadmaps in a critical government-facing context.

Pay / Benefits

• £5,400 car allowance (cash option)
• 25 days holiday + up to 10 extra days
• AXA medical insurance
• 6% pension contribution
• life assurance at 4x salary

Responsibilities

• Own and develop infrastructure architecture across data centres, servers, storage, virtualization, VDI and Microsoft core services
• Create and maintain high/low-level designs and technical documentation, identifying improvement opportunities
• Shape technology roadmaps to ensure secure, scalable, and resilient solutions aligned with customer needs
• Collaborate with Engineering, Security and Service teams to translate designs into practical solutions and provide technical direction
• Lead solutions through architecture and security governance, managing technical risks
• Oversee hardware design, specification and procurement with vendors such as Dell, HP and Cisco

Key requirements

• Strong background in Infrastructure, Technical or Solution Architecture with the ability to own complex solutions
• Knowledge of VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware virtualization, VDI and VMware Horizon
• Strong technical knowledge of Windows Server, RHEL, AD DS and other on-prem Microsoft infrastructure technologies
• Experience with enterprise data centre infrastructure, including physical servers, SANs and hardware lifecycle management
• Ability to produce HLDs/LLDs and technical designs, progress through governance, and collaborate with engineering teams
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and technical leadership to influence decisions and deliver secure, scalable solutions

• Strong communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Technical leadership
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• VMware virtualization technologies
• VDI and VMware Horizon

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