Data Centre Infrastructure Architect

Xcede Recruitment Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Data Centre Infrastructure Architect role in London for a leading global technology services organisation. Hybrid working arrangement in London with a six-month initial contract, likely to extend, paying £550-£650 per day inside IR35.

You will govern large-scale data centre estates, set architectural standards and roadmaps, and guide engineering and project teams on compute, virtualization and storage platforms.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data centre infrastructure architecture.
• Ability to define and govern infrastructure standards and roadmaps.
• Experience reviewing and approving infrastructure designs and solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical assurance across multiple infrastructure projects.
• Define and maintain infrastructure architecture standards and roadmaps.
• Review and approve infrastructure designs and solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure architectural best practices.
• Support transition and evolution of a complex enterprise data centre environment.

Tools

Nutanix

VMware

Linux

Kubernetes

HPE server technologies

HPE storage platforms

Job description

Data Centre Infrastructure Architect

Contract: Initial 6 Months (Highly Likely to Extend)

Location: Hybrid - London

Rate: £550-£650 per day (Inside IR35) – Flexible for the right candidate

We're supporting a leading global technology services organisation in the search for an experienced Data Centre Infrastructure Architect to join a major programme for one of the UK's most recognisable critical national infrastructure organisations.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in maintaining and evolving a large-scale enterprise data centre estate, providing architectural governance, technical assurance and strategic direction across multiple infrastructure initiatives.

You'll act as the technical authority across a portfolio of infrastructure projects, ensuring solutions align with architectural standards and long-term technology roadmaps. Working alongside engineering and project teams, you'll provide guidance on infrastructure design, technical decision‑making and best practice while helping shape the future direction of the organisation's core data centre technologies.

This is a hands‑on infrastructure architecture role focused on enterprise compute, virtualisation and storage platforms—not a traditional enterprise or solutions architecture position.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical assurance across multiple infrastructure projects.
• Define and maintain infrastructure architecture standards and technology roadmaps.
• Review and approve infrastructure designs and technical solutions.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure architectural best practice.
• Support the transition and ongoing evolution of a complex enterprise data centre environment.
• Act as the subject matter expert for core server, storage and virtualisation technologies.

Required Experience

We're looking for an experienced Data Centre Infrastructure Architect with strong expertise across:

• Nutanix
• VMware (vSphere/ESXi)
• Linux
• Kubernetes
• HPE server technologies
• HPE storage platforms

You’ll ideally have experience designing and governing large-scale enterprise infrastructure environments and be comfortable engaging with both technical teams and senior stakeholders.

If you’re a true Data Centre Infrastructure Architect with deep expertise in enterprise server, storage and virtualisation technologies and are looking for your next contract, I’d be keen to speak with you.