Senior Professional Architectural Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly motivated Professional Architectural Engineer to join their team in Milton Keynes. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, focusing on innovative architectural solutions that enhance client engagement. You'll collaborate closely with solution architects, leveraging your expertise in Linux and VMware to design scalable systems and transition legacy platforms to cloud architectures. The company promotes a vibrant culture of inclusion and continuous growth, ensuring that your contributions will directly impact the business and your professional development. If you're passionate about technology and eager to tackle complex challenges, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Private Health Insurance

Childcare Vouchers

Gym Membership

Discounts on Technology

Discounts on Groceries

Discounts on Travel

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in engineering with a focus on Linux or VMware.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement innovative solutions with the Account Solution Architect.
• Support engineers in building and developing POCs.

Skills

Linux System Administration

VMware

Virtualisation

Cloud Architecture

Infrastructure as Code

Network Design

Client Engagement

Time Management

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

AWS

Azure

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Senior Professional Architectural Engineer, Milton Keynes

Client: 0201 CSC Computer Sciences Ltd

Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Job Category: -

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 64fa3c296df5

Job Views: 3

Posted: 02.05.2025

Expiry Date: 16.06.2025

Job Description:

Job Description:

At DXC Technology, delivering excellence for our customers and colleagues is more than just a motto, it’s something we strive towards constantly through our work. Every day we deliver mission critical services in a secure environment whilst promoting our people first agenda, a real sense of community and a healthy work-life balance. Our consistently positive customer feedback and continuous growth helps us cement our place as one of the world’s leading IT solutions enterprises, helping us deliver services and solutions in both challenging and exciting situations.

We believe that hiring a diverse team is crucial to our success and our recruiting decisions are based on your skills and experience as an individual. We actively encourage consistent growth on our journey towards a culture of inclusion and recognise that the people we employ are vital to providing a great customer experience. As such, we have a variety of training, support, and tools available to aid in your continual personal and professional development. Our ongoing goal is to drive innovation and modernise operations across the board, which includes furthering the skills of our colleagues. At DXC, building a better you, builds a better us.

At DXC, our platinum account has an opening for a hybrid working Professional Architectural Engineer. The successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter who will have proven hands-on experience in an engineering background specialising in either VMWare and Virtualisation or Linux. The candidate should also be passionate about conceptualising, designing, and resolving architectural problems and be able to switch between system design/architecture, hands on development, implementation, and client engagement activities.

Role responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Account Solution Architect to design, and implement innovative approaches to their problems and challenges
• Have a deep technical understanding and to support engineers in the build and development of POC’s and have a hands-on approach to designing and implementing solutions which have high availability, achieve performance metrics and are scalable
• Helping to shape, evolve and document the architecture that underpins the existing platforms and services and lead their on-going transition from legacy systems to cloud based architectures.
• Interacting with project roles as required, to gain an understanding of the complex business environment, technical context, end client requirements and organisational strategic direction.
• Advising our customer on the latest technologies and methodologies

What you will bring to the team:

• Enthusiasm for collaboration and excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• An interest in keeping up with emerging tools, techniques, and technologies
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• A flexible and Agile way of working within a fast paced and everchanging environment.
• Attention to detail with a pragmatic and enthusiastic attitude to work
• Demonstrates a high level of energy, enthusiasm, and tenacity to achieve a positive result
• Is a self-starter, overcomes obstacles and is driven to succeed
• Works well under pressure to meet deadlines
• Rapid adaptability in terms of technology and approach are key

Desirable Skills and Technologies:

• Either strong Linux sys admin and KVM skills or VMware - ESX, vCentre, Clustering, HA, DRS, vRealize, Update Manager, hardening, storage integration, deep trouble shooting
• A proven track record in technical computing-based environments
• A deep understanding of Linux and its broader eco system
• Deployment automation technologies
• The ability to code, especially Infrastructure as code
• Network design, implementation, and administration
• A track record in the design and application of systems, leveraging automation technologies
• A deep understanding of Virtualisation and Container technologies
• Design of large, complex systems including practical experimentation and development skills
• Has both technical breadth and depth and great client engagement skills
• Knowledge or appreciation of some the listed technologies; Foreman; Puppet; Satellite; Ansible; Nagios; AI/ML; Big Data; Elastic Search; IaaS; PaaS; HPC; DevOps; AWS; Azure; Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift; Linux based applications

What we will do for you:

• Competitive compensation
• DXC Select – Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more)
• Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more)