Enterprise Architect

Sanderson Recruitment Plc; Scotland; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Recruitment Plc are partnering with a fast-growing Scottish technology business to appoint an Enterprise Infrastructure Architect. The role is to own a large, complex customer estate and lead a multi-year infrastructure modernisation programme, setting the target state and roadmap while guiding migration and delivery.

You will produce high- and low-level designs for engineering teams and push Infrastructure as Code and platform automation with a senior customer-facing stance across

Qualifications

• Experience taking end-to-end ownership of a large customer estate.
• Background in major infrastructure transformation, migration or data centre programmes.
• Deep technical knowledge across core infrastructure technologies.
• Strong customer-facing skills with the confidence to defend architectural decisions at a senior level.
• Experience with IaC, automation, cost modelling and technical governance.

Responsibilities

• Owning the architecture across compute, storage, networking, backup, DR and security.
• Setting the target architecture and roadmap for a large-scale infrastructure modernisation.
• Leading migration waves, platform modernisation, decommissioning and service cutovers.
• Producing HLDs and LLDs that engineering teams can genuinely build from.
• Driving Infrastructure as Code and platform automation.
• Acting as the senior technical voice with the customer across architecture boards, CABs and design forums.

Skills

End-to-end ownership

Infrastructure transformation

Hybrid/cloud architecture

IaC & automation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

TOGAF certification

Bachelor's in CS or related field

Tools

TOGAF

Job description

We're working with one of Scotland's fastest-growing technology businesses as they invest heavily in the next stage of their cloud and infrastructure capability.

They're looking for an experienced Enterprise Infrastructure Architect to take technical ownership of a large, complex customer estate and lead a multi-year infrastructure modernisation programme.

This is a senior, hands-on architecture role where you'll set the target state, define the roadmap and remain accountable for the technical direction through migration and delivery.

What you’ll be doing

• Owning the architecture across compute, storage, networking, backup, DR and security.
• Setting the target architecture and roadmap for a large-scale infrastructure modernisation.
• Leading migration waves, platform modernisation, decommissioning and service cutovers.
• Producing HLDs and LLDs that engineering teams can genuinely build from.
• Driving Infrastructure as Code and platform automation.
• Acting as the senior technical voice with the customer across architecture boards, CABs and design forums.

What we're looking for

• Experience taking end-to-end ownership of a large customer estate.
• A background in major infrastructure transformation, migration or data centre programmes.
• Deep technical knowledge across core infrastructure technologies.
• Strong customer-facing skills with the confidence to defend architectural decisions at a senior level.
• Experience with IaC, automation, cost modelling and technical governance.
• Public sector, regulated environment, TOGAF and hybrid/cloud experience would be beneficial.

This is a great opportunity for someone who still enjoys being close to the technology but wants genuine architectural ownership rather than sitting purely at strategy level.

Reasonable Adjustments:

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