Robert Walters is working in partnership with a UK leading utility infrastructure services provider. A multibillion turnover over business, specialising in providing services across water, energy, transport, and telecoms. Due to continued growth, they are keen to expand their technology and architecture practice.

As such, they are keen to appoint a Technical Architect, you will define and deliver innovative, cost effective and efficient technical solutions. Working with the EA you will consult and contribute on the design, delivery and deployment of technical solutions. In addition, you will take ownership for the evolution of the technical architecture, analyse technical issues, business problems, develop designs and govern the solution design.

The permanent opportunity for a Technical Architect, will pay a salary range of £60,000 to £75,000 plus car cash allowance and bonus with a hybrid working model.

Infrastructure Architect: Duties

• Develop technical solutions to meet agreed business requirements
• Ensure the most effective use of the available technologies from Group
• Represent technical change through corporate governance processes
• Elaborate risks, dependencies, scope, and scale of technical changes
• Advise on the viability of technical solutions
• Act as a single point of contact for technical aspects
• Contribute to the coordination of third parties
• Develop and maintain a level of technical expertise
• Knowledge of current best practice and industry trends
• Contribute to the overall IT strategy and proactively identifying continuous improvement
• Manage communication up to MD level across business and technical areas
• Ensure technical ideas and solutions are effectively translated into the real world.
• Provide key stake holders at a senior level the right information

Infrastructure Architect: Experience

• Communicate complex issues
• Produce high quality technical documentation and design specifications.
• Project management, business analysis and critical thinking skills
• Strong Technical Architecture background
• Track record of leading, influencing and creating architecture standards

Infrastructure Architect: Technical Background

• Modern Workplace Technologies (M365, Power Platform, Azure)
• Microsoft Enterprise Mobility and Security + Wider Security & Compliance experience
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft 365 design and deployments
• Office 365 product suite (SharePoint/OneDrive/Exchange/Teams)
• Intune Product family (SCCM, Intune, MDT, MDM, Autopilot)
• Mobility/BYO devices and services such as Android and iOS.
• Microsoft certifications in M365, Power Platform, and Azure desirable
• Management of third-party delivery agencies to scope, refine, and produce deliverables.
• Gathering and managing non-functional requirements for infrastructure and technical services
• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
• Designing secure technical solutions - networks, storage, cloud (Microsoft Azure), Servers and third-party data centres
• Implementing security solutions that are compliant to DPA/GDPR, cyber essentials, ISO 27001 within large enterprises.

The permanent opportunity for a Infrastructure Architect will pay a salary range of £60,000 to £75,000 plus car cash allowance and bonus with a hybrid working model. This is an opportunity to join a UK market leader, that has grown year on year.

For further information, please apply with an updated CV and contact Ajay Hayre on (see below)

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