Infrastructure Architect

Role summary:

This role requires a talented and detail oriented Technical Infrastructure Architect (TA) who has experience in designing complex infrastructure (servers, networks, storage, cloud) and in assessment and deployment of COTS applications into a complex environment.

Working closely with IT colleagues on varying project sizes, and in a time sensitive environment, the TA should be keen to utilise their technical skills and experience to design robust and innovative implementation plans to deploy the applications in-scope, whilst remaining within the Group IT strategy.

The role may require some travel.

Core Duties/Responsibilities:

Maintaining an awareness of the wider Equiniti environment by creating and communicating standards, governance processes, approved architecture models, systems and technologies deployed and corporate and IT strategies.

• Acting as a key resource in the project lifecycle, from driving the initiation and infrastructure design, to overseeing implementation.
• Producing high level and detailed technical designs and documentation for complex technical solutions. Mapping requirements onto practical, maintainable solutions, taking into account cost, quality and complexity.
• Creating and maintaining a repository for infrastructure artefacts covering the infrastructure architecture continuum.
• Participate in Architecture design reviews and other technical governance forums across the organisation representing the infrastructure team across multiple projects.
• Assisting in defining and maintaining architectural, security and technical standards, reflecting evolving technology and emerging best practice.
• Providing ongoing mentoring to others in IT, including support teams.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Sound understanding of broader Data Centre technologies (Server, Storage, Networks, Server Virtualisation etc.)
• Experience of designing and deploying applications for Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)
• Design and deliver multi-tiered application infrastructure, including designing changes to existing services.
• Understand and apply IT security best practice, principles and accreditations (ISO27001) to create high level and low-level design elements as per project requirements.
• Understand complex networking topologies and technologies.
• Strong communicator, capable of understanding business requirements and translating them into IT approaches.
• Create relevant build and design standards which promote re-use and also shorten the delivery lifecycle of infrastructure assets. Participate in architecture design reviews and provide appropriate architecture governance.
• Track record of successfully achieving project deadlines, budgets and quality standard.
• Industry certification and knowledge of architecture and delivery frameworks a distinct advantage (MCSE, CCNA, TOGAF, Prince2).

Technical Ability:

In depth experience of designing, securing, implementing and supporting enterprise solutions in a primarily Microsoft Windows environment, utilising:

• Microsoft Active Directory spanning multiple forests and sites.
• Core Microsoft technologies e.g. SQL Server, Exchange, SharePoint.
• Deployment, configuration management and monitoring systems, such as Microsoft System Centre and New Relic
• Virtualisation of servers & desktops utilising VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager.
• High availability and load balancing including Microsoft clustering and hardware load balancers.
• SAN storage solutions
• Microsoft 365 Services and Solutions
• Infrastructure security platforms and tooling
• Secure File Transfer Platforms – Progress MoveIT