Infrastructure and Cloud Architect

Infrastructure and Cloud Architect

DGH Recruitment are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading client in the Professional Services industry who require a Infrastructure and Cloud Architect to join the firm in London.

Please note: This role can be performed on a fully remote basis.

You should have in-depth experience architecting, implementing, optimizing and troubleshooting enterprise scale server environments including cloud based, hybrid and on-prem deployments. This involves all aspects of architecting the environment; sizing, stability, resiliency, security, growth planning, monitoring, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Research, evaluate, and recommend technical solutions to address business challenges.
• Architect, engineer, and deploy to production technical solutions, including detailed architectural design documentation, standards, and reference architectures.
• Transition systems from engineering to operations by providing documentation and training to technical staff.
• Lead technical projects and sub projects across the department.
• Serve as subject matter expert and internal consultant to other technical staff and groups.
• Be the top level responsible party for escalated support, working directly with external vendors and consultants to resolve issues.
• Observe confidentiality of all Firm and client matters.
• Perform any other responsibilities or special projects as assigned by management.

Required Technical Expertise:

• Expert understanding of virtualization/hyperconverged technologies, specifically Nutanix
• Expert understanding of implementing proper health/status monitoring for mission critical systems
• Expert understanding of networking (routing and switching) including the ability to analyze a packet trace
• Expert understanding of encryption and security best practices and methods
• Solid understanding of NAS/SAN technologies and virtualized storage
• Solid understanding of PowerShell and general scripting
• Expert understanding of cloud architecture and design across Azure and AWS, including IAM, landing zones, and hybrid connectivity
• Ability to define cross-domain reference architectures, technical standards, and technology roadmaps that guide engineering teams
• Ability to lead technology selection and vendor evaluation, balancing technical, security, and business requirements

Infrastructure and Cloud Architect