Infrastructure Architecture Lead - Hybrid London Contract

Experis; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Experis in London is seeking an Infrastructure Architecture Lead to drive end-to-end infrastructure architecture across compute, storage, cloud, and network domains. You will provide architectural leadership and oversee security, monitoring, and governance while aligning solutions with business goals.

The role requires guiding multi-disciplinary teams, translating business needs into pragmatic technical designs, and working with stakeholders across delivery, engineering, and client teams.

Qualifications

• Strong infrastructure architecture experience across enterprise environments.
• Broad knowledge of cloud platforms, data centres, networking, and infrastructure operations.
• Experience of cyber security principles including Zero Trust, identity, segmentation, and infrastructure security.
• Understanding of monitoring, observability, event management, and operational tooling.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary technical teams and complex transformation programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate business requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the infrastructure architecture roadmap and target-state designs.
• Lead architecture activities across compute, storage, cloud, network, workplace, and platform services.
• Provide oversight and governance for Cyber Security, Network, and Monitoring workstreams.
• Ensure solutions meet security, resilience, operational, and compliance requirements.
• Define infrastructure standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Work closely with delivery, engineering, security, and client stakeholders to drive architectural decisions.
• Review and approve high-level and low-level solution designs.
• Support risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical assurance activities.
• Provide leadership to architects and technical SMEs across the programme.

Skills

Infrastructure architecture experience

Cloud platforms

Data centres

Networking

Infrastructure operations

Cyber security principles

Observability/Monitoring

Operational tooling

Leading multi-disciplinary teams

Stakeholder management

Translating business requirements

Job description

Experis in London is seeking an Infrastructure Architecture Lead to drive end-to-end infrastructure architecture across compute, storage, cloud, and network domains. You will provide architectural leadership and oversee security, monitoring, and governance while aligning solutions with business goals.

The role requires guiding multi-disciplinary teams, translating business needs into pragmatic technical designs, and working with stakeholders across delivery, engineering, and client teams.