Infrastructure Architect - Data Centre

Infrastructure Architect - Data Centre

Posted 4 days ago by Stott and May

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£875 Per day
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Onsite
London, UK
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Summary: The Infrastructure Architect - Data Centre role involves leading the technical design and delivery of a significant on-premise data centre migration for a UK government client. The position requires extensive infrastructure expertise, strong stakeholder engagement, and a focus on secure and disruption-free migration. Applicants must hold an active SC clearance and be prepared to work onsite in central London 2-3 days per week. This contract role is ideal for experienced professionals in data centre migrations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead the end-to-end infrastructure architecture for the target data centre
  • Conduct assessments of existing environments, dependencies, and workloads
  • Design migration strategies covering tooling, sequencing, rollback, and DR
  • Produce HLDs/LLDs across compute, storage, networking, and security domains
  • Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and compliance standards
  • Collaborate with project managers, technical teams, and vendors
  • Maintain comprehensive design documentation and architectural records
  • Architect solutions for high availability, resilience, and scalability
  • Support engineering teams during implementation and act as a technical escalation point

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience in data centre migrations as an Infrastructure Architect or Senior Engineer
  • Deep understanding of on-premise infrastructure, including:
  • Compute (Windows/Linux, VMware, Hyper-V)
  • Storage (SAN/NAS, backup, replication)
  • Networking (LAN/WAN, Firewalls, load balancers)
  • IAM (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP)
  • Skilled in designing HA/DR enterprise solutions
  • Experience with discovery tools, CMDB, orchestration, and automation
  • Familiar with ITSM and service transition practices
  • Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to varied audiences
  • Candidates must hold an active SC Clearance

Salary (Rate): £875 per day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Infrastructure Architect - Data Centre

*applicants must hold an active SC clearance*

Start: ASAP
Location: onsite in central London 2-3 days per week

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to lead the technical design and delivery of a major on-premise data centre migration for a UK government client. This is a contract role requiring deep infrastructure expertise and strong stakeholder engagement, with a focus on robust, secure, and disruption-free migration.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end infrastructure architecture for the target data centre
- Conduct assessments of existing environments, dependencies, and workloads
- Design migration strategies covering tooling, sequencing, rollback, and DR
- Produce HLDs/LLDs across compute, storage, networking, and security domains
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and compliance standards
- Collaborate with project managers, technical teams, and vendors
- Maintain comprehensive design documentation and architectural records
- Architect solutions for high availability, resilience, and scalability
- Support engineering teams during implementation and act as a technical escalation point

Essential Skills:
- Proven experience in data centre migrations as an Infrastructure Architect or Senior Engineer
- Deep understanding of on-premise infrastructure, including:
- Compute (Windows/Linux, VMware, Hyper-V)
- Storage (SAN/NAS, backup, replication)
- Networking (LAN/WAN, Firewalls, load balancers)
- IAM (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP)
- Skilled in designing HA/DR enterprise solutions
- Experience with discovery tools, CMDB, orchestration, and automation
- Familiar with ITSM and service transition practices
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to varied audiences
- Candidates must hold an active SC Clearance*

Desirable Skills:
- Certifications: VMware VCAP/VCIX, Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Microsoft, TOGAF, ITIL
- Experience in regulated sectors (defence, healthcare, finance)
- Knowledge of hybrid infrastructure and cloud readiness

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