Lead Architect

Fujitsu; Bracknell; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 Days annual leave + 3 flexible

Pension – Double matching up to 10%

Life assurance

Perks at work – employee discounts

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Fujitsu in Bracknell is seeking a Lead Architect to deliver in the infrastructure domain, working hybrid with office and home-based arrangements. The candidate will drive architectural delivery, collaborate with customers and third parties, and mentor delivery specialists across multiple change initiatives.

Key focus areas include producing high-level and detailed design documents, aligning with IT strategies, and presenting complex options up to CxO level.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering infrastructure solutions across complex environments.
• Ability to produce infrastructure/solution documents (IA, HLD, LLD, build documents, test plans).
• Excellent presentation skills with experience presenting up to CxO level.
• Able to liaise with customers to understand business strategy and propose technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Author or peer-review technical content for complex solution developments, including risks and remedies.
• Ensure all testable requirements are identified and captured for testing.
• Develop IT strategies and secure architecture solutions for significant business areas.
• Create technology roadmaps and blueprints to meet customer objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, teams, customers, suppliers, and third parties to define infrastructure.

Skills

Presentation skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder management

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

vSphere

Omnissa Horizon

M365 Cloud services

Active Directory

Certificate Services

Windows Server 2019+

Exchange Server 2019

SharePoint Server 2019

SQL Server 2019+

Trelix Endpoint Protect

Trend Micro Apex One Security

Nextcloud

Veeam Backup

Job description

Lead Architect

Location: Bracknell Hybrid role - Office and Home Based. Expected to visit the main customer (DC & DR) sites in central London & Aldershot when required.

We are looking for an experienced and well-rounded Senior Domain Architect who is looking for experience delivering in the infrastructure fields covering any number of the technologies listed below. You will be joining a team of diversely skilled likeminded engineers. You are expected to work collaboratively in delivering multiple change requirements within a shared service and project environment. Your role will involve design and delivery of refresh or new capabilities, including when required, leading project technical support specialists, liaise with third parties and other project architects, service and project managers.

• Author or critically peer/quality review technical content of proposals and design documents for complex solution developments, incorporating strategic level risks and remedies.
• Ensure all testable requirements (functional, non-functional, derived) are identified captured in a RCTM/VVCM and are suitable for passing into the test function.
• Develop IT strategies and secure, highly resilient architecture solutions for significant areas of the customers’ business, can work with customers to understand their business strategy and propose technology solutions to meet those business objectives.
• Development of technological roadmaps, proving technical thought leadership to the customer and deriving technology blueprints and solution options to help the customer meet their objectives, achieve desired outcomes or realise intended benefits.
• Collaborates closely with business stakeholders, teams, customer, suppliers, and third-party stakeholders in defining the technology infrastructure, decomposing solutions and systems into components and subsystems.
• Excellent presentation skills with experience presenting up to CxO level.
• Deliver solutions to the time, cost and quality specifications whilst meeting the Customer’s requirements. Ensure solutions meet the defined acceptance criteria or documented handover criteria.
• Provides technical leadership of system delivery by providing, communicating, and evolving the broader technology and architectural view of systems.
• Produce infrastructure/solution technical documents & diagrams (e.g. IA, HLD, LLD, build documents, formal work instructions and test plans) for system change requirements.
• Analyse defects and issues using a structured approach for problems with high to medium complexity.
• Give clear and concise instructions and guidance to others.
• Communicate and manage issues in a timely manner.
• Work with other team architects to reduce risks and improve service.
• Adhere to corporate and local methodologies and processes as appropriate.
• Keep abreast of technology developments within their own specialism.

Experience with some or all the below:

• Broadcom vMware vSphere /Omnissa Horizon /Microsoft technologies:
• M365 Cloud services
• Active Directory and Group Policy
• Certificate Services
• Windows Server 2019 and above
• Windows 10 Enterprise Desktop and above
• Exchange Server 2019
• SharePoint Server 2019
• SQL Server 2019 and above
• Skype for Business 2019
• Key Management Server and Active Directory Activation
• Distributed File System and Replication
• File Services
• Domain Naming System Server
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
• Network Policy Server
• Configuration Manager
• System Center Service Manager
• System Center Operations Manager
• Trelix Endpoint Protect /Trend Micro Apex One Security /Nextcloud /Cireson Asset Management /ManageEngine Log360 SIEM /IRIS CACADE /Veeam Backup and Restore/Solutions Factory Symphony

Desirable Qualifications:

• TOGAF - The Open Group Architecture Framework
• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• CISM - Certified Information Security Manager
• AWS or MS Azure - Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure cloud computing
• Strong knowledge of Agile, ITIL, and security frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, GDPR)

Please note:It’s still worth applying even if you do not meet all the requirements above. We are passionate about investing in you and your career and if you have the transferable skills/ background in this project this could be the next opportunity for you.

Your benefits:

• 26 Days annual leave plus public holidays (3 flexible)
• Pension – Double matching contributions of up to 10%
• Life assurance
• Companywide incentive plans
• Your choices (Flexible benefits such as increased holidays/ travel/ dental critical illness and more)
• Perks at work – employee discounts
• Employee assistance programme/ virtual GP
• Role dependent benefits: Private medical / company car or car allowance.

Recruitment process

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Email [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

Achieve together

Not only are we a certified Disability Confident Leader,a Times Top 50 employer for Gender Equality, a Top 75 employer for Social Mobility, accredited with the Living Wage Foundation and a signatory for the Race at Work Charter, but we are also committed to the United Nations standards for LGBTI+ and a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.

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