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# Infrastructure Architect (DV Security Clearance)

- **Company:** CGI Group Inc.
- **Location:** Chippenham, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Monitoring of Systems, Ansible, IT Architecture, Multi-Cloud, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes, Information Technology
- **Published:** July 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.free-work.com/en-gb/tech-it/job-mission/other/infrastructure-architect-dv-security-clearance-1

## About the Role

You should bring strong experience in infrastructure architecture across cloud and on-premises environments, with the ability to design scalable, resilient systems and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. A solid understanding of governance, performance management, and modern infrastructure tooling is essential.

 * Proven experience designing and maintaining infrastructure architecture

 * Strong ability to produce high-quality architecture documentation

 * Experience with scalable, highly available system design

 * Ability to manage infrastructure performance, capacity, and availability

 * Strong stakeholder communication and decision-making skills

 * Experience with Kubernetes (including VKS)

 * Familiarity with security, compliance, and governance frameworks

Desirable:

 * Experience within Defence environments

 * Exposure to hybrid or multi-cloud architectures

 * Participation in architecture boards or governance forums

 * Cloud certifications

 * Automation experience using Ansible

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## Description

In this role, you will design, build, and maintain end-to-end infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with business and technical requirements. You will take ownership of architecture design models, guiding delivery teams through implementation while ensuring consistency with enterprise standards and best practices.

You will also play a key role in maintaining infrastructure performance and stability, proactively monitoring systems, supporting incident resolution, and contributing to continuous improvement. Working closely with stakeholders, you will provide technical assurance, participate in governance processes, and ensure all designs reflect current and target state environments.

 * Lead & design end-to-end infrastructure architecture for cloud and hybrid systems

 * Produce & maintain high- and low-level design documentation

 * Guide & support infrastructure build, provisioning, and configuration activities

 * Enable & promote Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices

 * Monitor & optimise infrastructure performance, capacity, and availability

 * Maintain & update architecture diagrams and design artefacts

 * Support & resolve incidents, including root cause analysis

 * Ensure & uphold security, compliance, and governance standards

 * Contribute to architecture reviews, decision-making, and change control


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