Summary: The Infrastructure Architect role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing VMware-based environments, ensuring high performance and security. The position requires leading technical solution delivery from design to implementation, utilizing advanced virtualization and storage technologies. A valid DV clearance is mandatory for this role. Candidates should have a proven track record in delivering complex infrastructure solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• VMware Architecture & Implementation - Design and optimise VMware vSphere environments (6.7/7), ensuring performance and scalability.
• Technical Design & Documentation - Create High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), Bills of Materials (BOMs), and support documentation.
• Solution Delivery Leadership - Oversee the design, build, and deployment phases, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Performance & Troubleshooting - Identify and resolve ESX performance issues to maintain system efficiency.
• Storage & Backup Solutions - Work with Veeam, NetApp, iSCSI, FC, NFS, and preferably Eternus storage solutions.
• Microsoft Infrastructure Integration - Ensure seamless integration with Windows Server 2019, including troubleshooting and optimisation.

Key Skills:

• Valid DV Clearance
• Extensive VMware experience, including vSphere 6.7/7 and VCP-DCV 2019+ certification (or VCP5/6 equivalent).
• Deep understanding of virtualisation challenges and best practices for optimising VMware environments.
• Experience with ESX performance analysis and fault resolution.
• Storage solutions, including Veeam, NetApp, and various protocols (iSCSI, FC, NFS).
• Strong Microsoft infrastructure experience, including Windows Server 2019 troubleshooting.
• ISODE messaging products, including MBOX, MSWITCH, MVAULT, and HARRIER Web Client.
• SQL database management and optimisation.
• Network Data Diode solutions.
• Splunk for monitoring and analysis.
• MCSE or equivalent experience.

Salary (Rate): 650

City: Basingstoke

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT