Enterprise Services Principal Administrator

Stott and May

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

4 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Wireless LAN

Microsoft Active Directory

Azure

Ubuntu (Operating System)

Cloud Computing

Data Centers

Linux

Identity and Access Management

Intrusion Detection Systems

Routing

Red Hat Enterprise Linux - RHEL

Ansible

Zero Trust Network Access

VCloud

Wide Area Networks

Load Balancing

In-Plane Switching (IPS)

Docker Swarm

Firewalls (Computer Science)

Gitlab

Tanzu

Kubernetes

Terraform

Cisco networks

VMware

Job description

Our client is undergoing a multi-year transformation to deliver a modern, resilient, and evergreen hybrid infrastructure, built on cloud-native and software-defined data centre principles. The Enterprise Services Principal Administrator owns the end-to-end physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructure platforms. The role is responsible for shaping and delivering the infrastructure strategy, defining clear roadmaps, principles, and guardrails, and ensuring the platform is secure, scalable, and optimised.

This role is central to the next 3-5 years of infrastructure transformation, combining strategic leadership with hands-on expertise, and working closely with Infrastructure, Application, Architecture, and Security teams.

Key Responsibilities

Own and deliver the hybrid infrastructure strategy and 3-5 year roadmap.
Define current and future-state infrastructure landscapes.
Lead cloud adoption and modernisation across the organisation.
Establish and govern infrastructure standards, policies, and best practices.
Provide technical leadership across on-prem, virtualised, and cloud platforms.
Advise stakeholders on solution options, risks, costs, and benefits.
Identify and mitigate infrastructure risks while maintaining architectural integrity.
Drive continuous improvement, quality, and consistency across platforms.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, PMO, and delivery teams.
Participate in the on-call rota.

Key Technologies & Experience

VMware VCF (NSX-T, Avi, Tanzu)
Cloud & IaC: Azure, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab
Containers: Kubernetes, Docker Swarm
Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu)
Infrastructure: VMware, HPE, Cisco
Networking: WAN/LAN/WLAN, Routing, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Load Balancing, ZTNA
Security & Identity: PAM, IAM, Active Directory, Entra ID

Requirements

Skills: Azure, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Azure Hybrid Services Must have designed a resilient hybrid data centre for a large enterprise Location: Hybrid - onsite 2-3 days per week - West London