DDI Architect
Posted Today by Whitehall Resources
Negotiable
Inside
Undetermined
South Yorkshire
Summary: The DDI Architect role at Whitehall Resources is a contract position based in South Yorkshire, requiring a highly skilled expert in DDI technologies (DNS, DHCP, IPAM). The candidate will be responsible for planning, implementing, and supporting large-scale DDI infrastructure projects, as well as ensuring effective communication and collaboration across teams. The position is classified as inside IR35, indicating specific tax implications for contractors. The ideal candidate should have extensive technical expertise and experience in project management methodologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Projects: Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and supporting large-scale DDI infrastructure projects, including both physical and logical upgrades and migrations.
- Design and Deployment: Expertise in designing, deploying, and operationalizing DDI infrastructure across new environments.
- Risk Management: Solid understanding of risk assessment and management, addressing challenges and assessing impacts.
- Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for collaborative work across teams and time zones.
- Project Management: Understanding of project management methodologies, with a proven track record of managing infrastructure project implementations.
- Technical Expertise: Expert-level engineering experience with DDI technologies such as Cygna VitalQIP, EfficientIP, Infoblox, and F5 BIG-IP DNS.
- Network Protocols: Experience with network protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, and DNS.
- Automation and Scripting: Familiarity with automation and scripting languages is advantageous.
- Agile Experience: Experience working in an Agile team and knowledge of JIRA is beneficial.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience in DDI technologies (DNS, DHCP, IPAM).
- Strong project management skills and understanding of methodologies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Expert-level engineering experience with specific DDI technologies.
- Knowledge of network protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS).
- Familiarity with automation and scripting languages.
- Experience in Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: South Yorkshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
DDI Architect
Whitehall Resources are currently looking for Firewall Engineer based in South Yorkshire for an initial 6 -month contract.
Job Spec:
We are seeking a highly skilled DDI (DNS, DHCP & IPAM) subject matter expert with extensive experience in the DDI technology space. The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and skills:
***INSIDE IR35***
Main responsibilities:
* Infrastructure Projects: Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and supporting large-scale DDI infrastructure projects, including both physical (servers, appliances) and logical (software versions, product changes, data migrations) upgrades and migrations.
* Design and Deployment: Expertise in designing, deploying, and operationalizing DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) infrastructure across new environments, ensuring a consumable and scalable service for internal stakeholders.
* Risk Management: Solid understanding of risk assessment and management, including the ability to address headwind challenges and assess downstream user or service impacts.
* Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work constructively and collaboratively within a team as well as independently, across time zones, geographies, and languages. Proficiency in English is essential.
* Project Management: Understanding of industry-standard project management methodologies, tooling, and governance, with a proven track record of planning, documenting, and managing infrastructure project implementations.
* Technical Expertise: Must have expert-level engineering experience with DDI technologies such as Cygna VitalQIP, AMS & AMM’s, EfficientIP, Infoblox, and F5 BIG-IP DNS.
* Network Protocols: Experience with network protocols including TCP/IP, UDP, and DNS.
* Automation and Scripting: Familiarity with automation and scripting languages (shell, Ansible, VBA, Python, JavaScript, JSON, API integration or development) is advantageous but not mandatory.
* Agile Experience: Experience working in an Agile team, participating in agile ceremonies, and a working knowledge of JIRA is beneficial.
All of our opportunities require that applicants are eligible to work in the specified country/location, unless otherwise stated in the job description.
Whitehall Resources are an equal opportunities employer who value a diverse and inclusive working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.