Infrastructure Architect

• We will design and govern enterprise infrastructure across on-prem data centres and AWS cloud.
• We will ensure scalability, resilience, security, and performance optimization across compute, storage, and network layers.
• We will support hybrid transformation by integrating legacy systems with cloud-native architectures.
• We will lead architecture and design activities.
• We will carry out capacity and performance engineering.
• We will design and support AWS cloud architecture.
• We will drive DevOps and automation initiatives.
• We will oversee security and compliance considerations.
• We will manage operations and governance.
• We will provide stakeholder and delivery leadership.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• CloudWatch
• Cisco
• DevOps
• Docker
• Dynatrace
• EC2
• Git
• Grafana
• IAM
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Network
• Prometheus
• Python
• RHEL
• Security
• Terraform
• VPN
• VMware
• WAF
• Windows

• We need experience designing and governing enterprise infrastructure across on-prem data centres and AWS cloud.
• We need strong knowledge of on-prem infrastructure, including AIX, Linux (RHEL), Windows, VMware (ESXi, vCenter), SAN/NAS, backup solutions, Cisco routing and switching, and load balancers such as NetScaler.
• We need experience with AWS core services including EC2, VPC, S3, RDS, and IAM.
• We need experience with AWS networking and security, including Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, IAM, WAF, and Shield.
• We need experience designing high availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• We need experience with hybrid architecture, including site-to-site VPN, Direct Connect, multi-data-centre and cloud DR strategy, data migration, and modernization.
• We need DevOps and automation experience, including Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or CloudFormation, scripting with Python or Bash, CI/CD with Jenkins or Git pipelines, and containers such as Docker and Kubernetes, with EKS preferred.
• We need monitoring and observability experience with CloudWatch, Grafana, Prometheus, and enterprise tools such as Dynatrace or AppDynamics.
• We need experience in security, compliance, operations, governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery leadership.

We are hiring an Infrastructure Architect for a hybrid role based in Warwick, with one day working from the office each week. This is a 3-month contract with the possibility of extension to 1 year or more, offered at a rate of £375 per day inside IR35. The role sits at the centre of our hybrid transformation programme, where we are integrating legacy systems with cloud-native architectures across our enterprise infrastructure.