Secure Infrastructure Solutions Architect (SC/DV Eligible)

Sopra Steria Ltd; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

25 days holiday

AXA medical insurance

6% pension contribution

Life assurance at 4x salary

Job summary

Sopra Steria Ltd in Farnborough is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Solutions Architect to own and evolve the infrastructure architecture for mission-critical environments. The role focuses on secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across data centres, servers, storage, and VDI, with close collaboration across engineering, security and service teams.

The candidate will drive architectural governance, create high/low-level designs, and oversee hardware procurement with major vendors, all

Qualifications

• Experience in infrastructure and solution architecture.
• Experience with VMware and VDI technologies.
• Knowledge of Windows Server and RHEL.
• Ability to produce HLDs/LLDs and design documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop infrastructure architecture across key technology domains (data centres, servers, storage, virtualization, VDI, Microsoft core services).
• Maintain and enhance existing infrastructure designs; produce/HLDs/LLDs and technical docs; identify improvement opportunities.
• Shape infrastructure roadmaps to ensure secure, scalable and resilient solutions.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Security and Service teams to translate designs into practical solutions.
• Lead architecture and security governance; manage technical risks; oversee hardware design and procurement with vendors (Dell, HP, Cisco).

Skills

Infrastructure Architecture

VMware Horizon

VCF

VDI

Windows Server

RHEL

AD DS

Governance

Tools

Dell

HP

Cisco

Job description

Sopra Steria Ltd in Farnborough is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Solutions Architect to own and evolve the infrastructure architecture for mission-critical environments. The role focuses on secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across data centres, servers, storage, and VDI, with close collaboration across engineering, security and service teams.

The candidate will drive architectural governance, create high/low-level designs, and oversee hardware procurement with major vendors, all