Infrastructure/ Platform Architect

The Solution Design Team Infrastructure Architect is a technical leadership position responsible for designing, implementing and managing enterprise-scale infrastructure platforms.The successful candidate will work alongside the customer as a part of their Solution Design Team. The SDT maintains the end-to-end Solution Architecture top level design document and supports the management of the SAFe development roadmap, and programme integration, testing and support of the end-to-end solution.

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure, including enterprise-scale architecture and design leadership.

• Proven expertise in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments (AWS, Azure or equivalent).

• Strong background in virtualisation, storage, networking and high-availability platform design.

• Experience delivering infrastructure transformation, modernisation and migration programmes.

• Knowledge of infrastructure architecture frameworks, governance and best practices.

• Familiarity with VMware, containerisation, Kubernetes and modern infrastructure technologies.

• Understanding of disaster recovery, business continuity and resilient infrastructure design.

• Experience working within secure, regulated or defence-related environments.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and technical leadership skills.

• Experience working with TOGAF, ArchiMate and Agile delivery methodologies (SAFe preferred).

Desirable

• Experience working within secure on-premises environments.

• Background in defence, aerospace or government technology programmes.

• Knowledge of defence security policies, standards and compliance requirements.

• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect.

• TOGAF certification or wider Enterprise Architecture experience.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps practices.

• Understanding of ITAR and export control regulations.

If you meet some, but not all of the requirements, we would still like to hear from you as we are recruiting similar roles in the Infrastructure/Platform engineering capability.

Due to the nature of the work and the customers we support, the successful candidate must be eligible to meet UK Government and contractual personnel security requirements, including the applicable residency requirements for the role, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Some roles may also be subject to nationality requirements where these are necessary to meet UK Government or contractual security obligations.

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

• Hybrid working

• Employer pension contributions

• Group Life Insurance

• Health & Dental Cashback Plans

• Wellbeing support, including GP and physiotherapy services

• Thorn Wellbeing Support Contribution

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Employee Referral Scheme

• On-site parking

• Training and professional development opportunities

Thorn SDS is a specialist Managed Service Provider supporting organisations and professionals across the Space, Defence and Security sectors.