Infrastructure Technical Architect - Data Centre

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is hiring an Infrastructure Technical Architect for a contract role in London. The candidate will lead the design and delivery of a data centre migration project, necessitating strong technical expertise and active SC clearance. This pivotal role involves ensuring robust migration and compliance with enterprise standards, requiring proven experience and excellent stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Infrastructure Architect or Senior Engineer.
• Deep understanding of on-premise infrastructure: compute, networking, storage.
• Must hold active SC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end infrastructure architecture for data centre migration.
• Design migration strategies including tooling and rollback.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure compliance standards.

Skills

Data Centre Migrations

Infrastructure Architecture

Stakeholder Engagement

Technical Documentation

Communication Skills

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Active Directory

Job description

Job Description

Infrastructure Technical Architect - Data Centre

*applicants must hold an active SC clearance*

Start: ASAP

Location: onsite in central London 2-3 days per week

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Architect to lead the technical design and delivery of a major on-premise data centre migration for a UK government client. This is a contract role requiring deep infrastructure expertise and strong stakeholder engagement, with a focus on robust, secure, and disruption-free migration.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end infrastructure architecture for the target data centre
• Conduct assessments of existing environments, dependencies, and workloads
• Design migration strategies covering tooling, sequencing, rollback, and DR
• Produce HLDs/LLDs across compute, storage, networking, and security domains
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and compliance standards
• Collaborate with project managers, technical teams, and vendors
• Maintain comprehensive design documentation and architectural records
• Architect solutions for high availability, resilience, and scalability
• Support engineering teams during implementation and act as a technical escalation point

Essential Skills:

• Proven experience in data centre migrations as an Infrastructure Architect or Senior Engineer
• Deep understanding of on-premise infrastructure, including:
• Compute (Windows/Linux, VMware, Hyper-V)
• Storage (SAN/NAS, backup, replication)
• Networking (LAN/WAN, firewalls, load balancers)
• IAM (Active Directory, DNS, DHCP)
• Skilled in designing HA/DR enterprise solutions
• Experience with discovery tools, CMDB, orchestration, and automation
• Familiar with ITSM and service transition practices
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to varied audiences
• Candidates must hold an active SC Clearance*

Desirable Skills:

• Certifications: VMware VCAP/VCIX, Cisco CCNP/CCIE, Microsoft, TOGAF, ITIL
• Experience in regulated sectors (defence, healthcare, finance)
• Knowledge of hybrid infrastructure and cloud readiness