Design, build and service ownership of the infrastructure and tools used within our global data centre & cloud locations
Provide thought leadership across the technology spectrum
Work closely with application teams, DevOps, and security teams to deliver integrated solutions
Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to infrastructure engineers
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend adoption where beneficial
Drive automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency
Drive technology improvements and consolidations
Generate technology roadmaps and drive team projects to complete on time
Create and peer review design documentation for our solutions and services

Proven experience in large scale data centre infrastructure architecture (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and cloud technologies (preferably AWS)
Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach
Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform/Ansible), with familiarity of DevOps practices and deployment pipelines
Experience of CIS standards for Operating System images and infrastructure. Security is at our core
Experience of infrastructure audits. Provide and maintain collateral & evidence generation to support ISO27001/SOC1/SOC2 audit processes
Experience of Operating systems. Management, hardening and ownership of Golden Images (Windows & Linux in DCs and cloud, AIX and IBMi in DCs)
Have experience of diverse Operating environments, functionality & tooling: Microsoft RDS, Active Directory, OS patching and config management, system logging
Be comfortable debating technologies and processes, with the ultimate goal of harmonising to a single set of strategies and tech stacks
As well as being task driven, you have extensive experience of being accountable for project delivery. Working across multiple stakeholders to unblock initiatives and ensuring initiatives are delivered on time and to budget

We promote an inclusive culture within our business
We believe people should be paid based on their performance so our pay and benefits reflect this
Investment in their development
An inclusive environment to thrive
Encourage collaboration and unbridled collaboration

Principal Infrastructure Architect – Cloud, Windows, AIX, Linux, VMware

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