Infrastructure / Platform Architect (Solution Design Team)

DXC Technology Company; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Enhanced pension

Private medical insurance

Flexible working

Training support

Job summary

DXC Technology is seeking an Infrastructure / Platform Architect to lead enterprise infrastructure architecture across compute, storage, networking and virtualization for on‑prem and cloud environments. The role focuses on cloud/hybrid strategies, security alignment and major migration programmes.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineering teams and act as a trusted advisor to executives, translating complex technical concepts into business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure, including enterprise‑scale architecture and design leadership.
• Proven expertise in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments (AWS, Azure or equivalent).
• Strong background in virtualization, storage, networking and high‑availability platform design.
• Experience delivering infrastructure transformation, modernisation and migration programmes.
• Knowledge of infrastructure architecture frameworks, governance and best practices.
• Familiarity with VMware, containerisation, Kubernetes and modern infrastructure technologies.
• Understanding of disaster recovery, business continuity and resilient infrastructure design.
• Experience working within secure, regulated or defence‑related environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and technical leadership skills.
• Experience working with TOGAF, ArchiMate and Agile delivery methodologies (SAFe preferred).

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver enterprise infrastructure architecture across compute, storage, networking and virtualisation platforms.
• Develop cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategies aligned to defence security requirements.
• Lead infrastructure modernisation, cloud adoption, system migrations and technology refresh programmes.
• Design resilient, secure and scalable platforms supporting mission‑critical services.
• Establish infrastructure standards, design patterns and governance frameworks.
• Drive technical decision‑making through architecture reviews and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, defence standards and industry regulations.
• Lead capacity planning, performance optimisation and operational resilience initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers and senior stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, security hardening and incident response planning.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve capability, security and efficiency.

Skills

Enterprise IT infrastructure

Cloud & hybrid infra

Virtualisation & storage & networking

Migration programmes

Architecture frameworks

TOGAF/ArchiMate/SAFe

Security & governance

Stakeholder management

Architectural leadership

Tools

VMware

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.

Infrastructure / Platform Architect (Solution Design Team)

Location: Farnborough (onsite 5 days per week)

Due to the nature of the work and the customers we support, the successful candidate must be eligible to meet UK Government and contractual personnel security requirements, including the applicable residency requirements for the role, and have the right to work in the United Kingdom. Some roles may also be subject to nationality requirements where these are necessary to meet UK Government or contractual security obligations.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver enterprise infrastructure architecture across compute, storage, networking and virtualisation platforms.
• Develop cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategies aligned to defence security requirements.
• Lead infrastructure modernisation, cloud adoption, system migrations and technology refresh programmes.
• Design resilient, secure and scalable platforms supporting mission‑critical services.
• Establish infrastructure standards, design patterns and governance frameworks.
• Drive technical decision-making through architecture reviews and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, defence standards and industry regulations.
• Lead capacity planning, performance optimisation and operational resilience initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and architectural guidance to engineering teams.
• Act as a trusted advisor to customers and senior stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into business outcomes.
• Support disaster recovery, business continuity, security hardening and incident response planning.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve capability, security and efficiency.

Requirements

Essential

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure, including enterprise‑scale architecture and design leadership.
• Proven expertise in cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments (AWS, Azure or equivalent).
• Strong background in virtualisation, storage, networking and high‑availability platform design.
• Experience delivering infrastructure transformation, modernisation and migration programmes.
• Knowledge of infrastructure architecture frameworks, governance and best practices.
• Familiarity with VMware, containerisation, Kubernetes and modern infrastructure technologies.
• Understanding of disaster recovery, business continuity and resilient infrastructure design.
• Experience working within secure, regulated or defence‑related environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and technical leadership skills.
• Experience working with TOGAF, ArchiMate and Agile delivery methodologies (SAFe preferred).

Desirable

• Experience working within secure on‑premise environments.
• Background in defence, aerospace or government technology programmes.
• Knowledge of defence security policies, standards and compliance requirements.
• Cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect.
• TOGAF certification or wider Enterprise Architecture experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of ITAR and export control regulations.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Private medical insurance and comprehensive health benefits
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development and training support
• Opportunity to architect mission‑critical infrastru