Lead Solution Architect
Summary: The Lead Solutions Architect is responsible for designing and implementing various technical solutions, including networks, firewalls, and automation, while ensuring alignment with business requirements and architecture roadmap. This role involves collaborating with vendors, preparing documentation, and tuning systems for high performance. The position requires extensive experience in managing and consolidating technologies to meet business demands. The role is hybrid, requiring two days a week in the office, and is contracted for 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement networks, firewalls, service design, disaster recovery, automation, monitoring, security, and auditing.
- Work with vendors to define strategy based on business requirements and architecture roadmap.
- Prepare high-level designs (HLD), low-level designs (LLD), and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Provide proof of concept (POC) to the business and ensure technology aligns with business requirements.
- Gather current production performance data, identify gaps, and address them in new solutions.
- Define strategy and coordinate with stakeholders.
- Tune systems to deliver high performance to meet business demands.
- Consolidate technologies in line with the architecture roadmap.
- Plan migration strategy for large data using native tools and Datadobi.
- Collaborate with Windows, Networks, Security, and Operations teams to build various services and technical capabilities.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in relevant fields.
- Technical abilities in storage and backup technologies (e.g., EMC Centera, VNX, Unity, etc.).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and Azure).
- Knowledge of networking equipment (Cisco Nexus, Brocade Switches, etc.).
- Familiarity with software tools (e.g., Splunk, Icinga, etc.).
- Proficiency in various platforms (Windows Servers, ESXi, VMware, Linux, Unix).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Title: Lead Solutions Architect
Work mode: Hybrid
Number of days a week worked in the office: 2
Contract duration: 12 months
Location: London
Minimum years of experience: 8-10
Detailed Job Description: Design and implement – Networks / Firewalls / Service design / DR / Automation / Monitoring / Securities / Auditing so on. Work with vendors to understand and define strategy based on business requirements and architecture roadmap. Prepare HLD, LLD & SOPs. Provide POC to business and make sure technology is in line with business requirements. Gather current production performance data, identify gaps, and close them in new solution. Define strategy and coordinate with stakeholders. Tune the systems to deliver high performance to meet business demands. Consolidate technologies to be inline with architecture roadmap Plan migration strategy for large data with tools native /Datadobi Work with Windows/Networks/Security/Operation teams to build different services and to build different services and technical capabilities.
Technical abilities: Storage & Backup, EMC Centera, Celerra, VNX, Unity, Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, VMAX3, RecoverPoint, RecoverPoint for VM, Vplex, XtremIO, Power Scale/Isilon Data Domain, Avamar, HP EVA 4000 & 8000 Series, XP 12K & 24K, 3PAR F Series, T400, 10800 & 8510, IBM XIV, DS4k, DS8k, NetApp FAS, Veeam, NetApp FAS & Object Storage, Cloudian Object Storage, DellEMC ECS Object Storage • Cloud Platform • AWS and Azure • Switches • Cisco Nexus, MDS Director Class series, Brocade Switches and DCX Directors • Storage & Software Tools • Solution Enabler, Unisphere Manager, Power Path, HP PA, HP Command View, HP BNA, CMCNE, DCNM, DCFM, ViPR SRM, DobiMiner (DataDobi), EMcopy, Splunk, Icinga, Superna Eyeglass • Platforms • Windows Servers, ESXi, VMware, Linux, Unix, Linux
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