Infrastructure Architect - For a London Based Consulting Company

Position Summary: As an Infrastructure Architect you will play a crucial role in driving the transformation of mission-critical Legacy systems for large-scale organizations. Your expertise in defining target architectures, roadmaps, and providing innovative solutions to complex problems will be instrumental in the success of our projects. You will be expected to lead by example, working hands-on in a variety of environments including cloud-hosted and data centre hosted, leveraging your deep knowledge in modern architectural patterns and cloud technologies to deliver robust, scalable, and efficient infrastructure solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architectural Leadership: Define and implement target architectures and roadmaps for transforming mission-critical Legacy systems in large-scale organizations, focusing on modernization and efficiency.

• Solution Provisioning: Tackle complex issues arising in programs and projects, offering viable, innovative solutions that align with the client's strategic goals.

• DevOps and Continuous Improvement: Review and improve DevOps practices to enhance the ways of working, ensuring a smooth, continuous delivery pipeline and a robust dev-ops culture.

• Cloud and Data Centre Expertise: Utilize your extensive experience in both cloud-hosted and data centre environments to architect and deploy scalable, resilient infrastructures, Cloud, H/W and Azure Stack Hub technologies, and containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes.

• Networking and Security: Apply in-depth experience in defining Non-Functional requirements and utilize expertise in CISCO Firewalls to ensure robust, secure infrastructure solutions.

• API and Integration Mastery: Design and implement robust APIs and data applications using Azure, with a strong grasp on API design principles, interface documentation, protocols, data exchange methods, and automated deployments using Azure DevOps pipelines.

• Infrastructure as Code ( IaaC ): Apply hands-on experience in IaaC to manage and automate cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalable and manageable cloud solutions.

• Agile and DevOps Culture: Promote an agile environment with a focus on continual delivery techniques and a strong dev-ops culture, while being flexible and ready to work hands-on in projects.

• Business Growth and Innovation: Support business growth by setting up a Center of Excellence ( CoE ) for Azure Stack Hub and Data Centre Infrastructure Architecture, hiring and mentoring junior members/apprentices, fostering a culture of innovation, and developing pre-sales and marketing content.

• Client Project Delivery: Deliver customer-specific projects with precision and a client-first approach, ensuring the highest standards of quality and service.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven experience in architecture roles, with a focus on mission-critical Legacy transformation projects in large-scale organizations.

• Strong background in Infrastructure solution architecture using cloud and data centre technologies, particularly Azure/Azure Stack Hub, with additional experience in AWS being preferred.

• Comprehensive knowledge of DevOps practices, cloud-hosted and data centre environments, EDA, Microservice Architecture, IaaC, and containerization technologies.

• Excellent API design skills and experience in building data applications and automated deployments.

• Previous experience in designing and delivering systems based on IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings.

• In-depth experience in agile environments, continual delivery techniques, and a strong dev-ops culture.

• Must be flexible to travel to London twice a week post-Covid.

• Leadership skills with the ability to set up a CoE, mentor junior team members, and drive innovation within the company.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively across various teams and with clients.

Location: Position may require flexibility in location, with a need to travel to London twice a week post-Covid.

Commitment to Excellence: In this role, you will not only be responsible for technical architecture but also for contributing to the growth and innovation of our company. Your work will directly impact the success of our projects and the satisfaction of our clients, making you a key player in our team.