Infrastructure Architect in Glasgow

Energy Jobline CVL; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Jobline CVL in Glasgow is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect on a 6-month contract to design and deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions across global offices.

The role involves producing high- and low-level designs, ensuring integration across international environments, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Onsite in Glasgow 2 days a week is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Architect in a global enterprise
• Strong experience in servers, networking, cloud and virtualization
• Proven end-to-end infrastructure delivery across regions
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure projects and office moves
• Ability to produce and maintain HLD and LLD documentation
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of infrastructure across global locations
• Own HLD and LLD design artifacts
• Support office move and infrastructure projects worldwide
• Review and update architecture documentation as required
• Ensure consistency, scalability and compliance across deployments
• Collaborate with infrastructure, networking, security and workplace tech specialists
• Provide governance and align with enterprise architecture standards
• There might be some early/late calls to cover Asia/US markets

Skills

Infrastructure design

HLD & LLD documentation

Stakeholder management

Cloud & virtualization

Office move projects

Global delivery

Networking & servers

Security awareness

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

MS Visio

Enterprise Architecture Tools

Job description

Infrastructure Architect – 6-month contract – Glasgow

Our longstanding customer in the legal sector is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to join their IT team. This role focuses on designing and delivering end-to-end infrastructure solutions, with involvement across global system delivery and office move projects (over 50 offices globally) running until 2030.

The successful Infrastructure Architect will play a key role in shaping infrastructure solutions, producing high- and low-level designs, and ensuring seamless integration of systems across international environments.

Skills & Experience Required from the Infrastructure Architect:

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Architect / Infrastructure Solutions Architect within a global enterprise environment
• Strong general infrastructure and systems experience, ideally across areas such as servers, networking, cloud, virtualisation and systems integration
• Strong track record in end-to-end infrastructure delivery across multiple regions
• Experience designing and delivering solutions as part of large-scale infrastructure, transformation or office move projects
• Strong expertise in producing and maintaining HLD and LLD documentation
• Solid understanding of enterprise infrastructure and systems
• Experience working with wider workplace technologies would be beneficial, but is not essential
• Familiarity with collaboration tools, AV, NAC, CCTV and global printing solutions would be advantageous
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Key Responsibilities of the Infrastructure Architect:

• Lead the design and delivery of infrastructure solutions across global office locations
• Own and produce High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD)
• Support the architecture and delivery of global office move and infrastructure projects
• Take ownership of existing systems, reviewing and updating architecture documentation as required
• Ensure consistency, scalability and compliance across global deployments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including infrastructure, networking, security and workplace technology specialists
• Support the project lifecycle from concept through to delivery and continuous improvement
• Provide technical governance and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards
• There might be some early/late calls to cover Asia/US markets
• The Infrastructure Architect is required to be onsite 2 days a week in Glasgow.