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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Solution Architect - **Company:** ECS - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £195,000.0 - £208,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Disaster Recovery, Information Lifecycle Management, Storage Area Network (SAN), OpenShift, Performance Tuning, Prism (Software), Virtualization Technology, Software Vulnerability Management, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, HybridCloud, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Data Management, Hardware Asset Management, Nutanix - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/solution-architect/ecs-job108001310 ## About the Role * Experience in a Solution Architect role delivering projects and technical solutions * Experience with enterprise strategies covering capacity planning, performance optimisation, data lifecycle management, tiering and storage governance. * Experience operating within mature architecture governance functions. * Experience working within global and highly regulated organisations. * Financial Services experience is desirable but not essential. Technical Expertise * Technical expertise in Nutanix technologies including AHV, Prism Central, lifecycle management, automation, resilience and disaster recovery. * Technical expertise in Dell enterprise storage platforms, including PowerStore, PowerScale, PowerMax, ECS and associated storage networking technologies. * Strong knowledge of enterprise compute platforms including x86 server infrastructure, hyperconverged infrastructure, virtualisation, hardware lifecycle management and workload placement strategies. * Knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift and container platform architectures, including Kubernetes, container orchestration, platform operations, workload placement, application hosting, infrastructure integration, resilience, observability and hybrid cloud deployment models. * Experience with backup, recovery, cyber resilience and business continuity strategies, including immutable storage, replication, ransomware recovery and disaster recovery architectures. Experience working with Rubrik is an advantage. * Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, orchestration and management tooling, including APIs, Infrastructure as Code, configuration management and platform observability. * Knowledge of hybrid cloud integration and workload mobility across on-premises and public cloud environments. * Experience designing highly available and resilient infrastructure architectures, including fault domain design, operational support models and recovery objectives. * Strong understanding of infrastructure security principles including segmentation, encryption, privileged access controls, vulnerability management and secure-by-design architecture practices. Leadership & Influence * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. * Ability to drive consensus across diverse stakeholder groups., * Professional or academic qualifications in a technology-related discipline * Enterprise Architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF®, Open CA, BCS Enterprise & Solution Architecture, or equivalent). * Cloud, Security, Architecture, or Microsoft certifications ## Related Videos - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [This Is Not Your Father's .NET](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/967-this-is-not-your-father-s-net) - [Building Well-Architected applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/691-building-well-architected-applications) - [From Zero to Hero: Launch & Manage Your Cloud Apps with Free OpenShift & Red Hat Developer Hub](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1023-from-zero-to-hero-launch-manage-your-cloud-apps-with-free-openshift-red-hat-developer-hub) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Instant KAI Sandboxes with vCluster: Multi-Tenant, Multi-Scheduler GPU Sharing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100333-instant-kai-sandboxes-with-vcluster-multi-tenant-multi-scheduler-gpu-sharing) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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