Virtualisation and Storage Infrastructure Architect

Version 1; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Greater London is seeking a candidate with proven infrastructure architecture and design experience. The successful applicant will support multiple clients across various technologies, mentor junior team members, and work within a structured ITIL environment. A strong focus on customer service and excellent knowledge in technical networking and security are essential. This full-time role offers career progression, flexible working, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme

Strong Career Progression

Flexible / remote working

Financial Wellbeing initiatives

Employee Wellbeing schemes

Qualifications

• Proven infrastructure architecture and design experience.
• Strong communication and customer service focus.
• Excellent knowledge in technical network and security.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple clients across multiple technologies.
• Mentor junior team members.
• Consult with customers in a cross-team environment.
• Document designs processes and procedures.

Skills

Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture & Design

Virtualization Technologies

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Storage & Backup Solutions

Network Architecture & Security

Technical Leadership

Tools

VMware vSphere

ServiceNow

DataDog

GitHub

Job description

This is a technical position that requires proven infrastructure architecture and design experience. The successful candidate will have strong communication and customer service focus as well as excellent technical network and security knowledge.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support multiple clients across multiple technologies
• Mentoring of junior team members.
• Consult with customers and across a cross-team environment.
• Documentation and development of designs processes and procedures.
• Work within a structured ITIL / ISO20000 IT Service Management environment.
• Works directly with client to gather requirements design solutions build proof of concepts and implement solutions
• Excellent presentation and reporting skills arising from customer facing and on-site experience
• Very strong verbal presentation and interpersonal skills are required
• Escalation point for major incidents / investigations

Qualifications

• Core Competencies Required
• Enterprise Infrastructure Architecture & Design Skilled in developing and implementing scalable secure and compliant infrastructure solutions across on-premises cloud and hybrid environments.
• Virtualization Technologies Deep expertise in VMware vSphere / ESXi Hyper-V KVM and virtualization strategies for consolidation optimization and disaster recovery.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Strong knowledge of DR planning replication technologies (VMware SRM Pure Storage) and aligning RTO / RPO objectives with business needs.
• Storage & Backup Solutions Proficient in SAN / NAS design Fibre Channel networking and enterprise backup / recovery platforms (Veritas NetBackup Veeam LTO libraries).
• Data Centre Modernization & Migration Experienced in large-scale data centre migrations infrastructure refreshes workload consolidation and cross-platform integration (Linux Windows).
• Network Architecture & Security Skilled in network design firewall rule flow VLANs VPNs Cisco infrastructure and secure access architecture.
• Identity & Access Management Knowledgeable in Active Directory Okta Microsoft PKI and certificate lifecycle management.
• Technical Leadership Proven ability to lead complex projects resolve technical challenges under pressure and deliver on deadline-driven objectives.
• Documentation & Solution Design Experienced in producing high-quality technical design documentation to support infrastructure projects and operations.
• Regulated Environments Demonstrated success designing and operating infrastructure in highly regulated security-conscious environments.

Desirable skills

• Familiar with enterprise level ITSM tool e.g. ServiceNow
• Experience working across multiple customers with complex IT estates
• NextGen monitoring experience would be valuable e.g. DataDog NewRelic etc
• GitHub experience
• Project management certifications e.g. Prince2
• ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

Additional Information

Why Version 1

At Version 1 we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing professional growth and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme where employees collectively benefit from a share of our companys profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible / remote working Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and peoples individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension Private Healthcare Cover Life Assurance Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts Bike to Work Fitness classes Mindfulness Workshops Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance enhanced maternity / paternity leave marriage / civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance incentivised certifications and accreditations including AWS Microsoft Oracle and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1s Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out platform.
• Environment Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Ruby,Disaster Recovery,Active Directory,SOA,Cloud,IaaS,PowerShell,AWS,Infrastructure,Linux,VPN,Hyper-V,VM,IP,Identity

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1