Infrastructure Architect

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Proven experience working as an Infrastructure Architect on complex IT programmes.
• Strong networking architecture experience, including enterprise network design and connectivity.
• Broad infrastructure knowledge across compute, storage, virtualisation and enterprise platforms.
• Experience designing secure, resilient and highly available infrastructure environments.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure security principles and operational support models.
• Ability to produce detailed technical architecture documentation and communicate designs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing contingency, disaster recovery or business continuity environments.
• Exposure to cloud migration programmes, particularly AWS.
• Knowledge of hybrid infrastructure and transitional hosting environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks or recognised architecture methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Produce end-to-end infrastructure architecture and technical design documentation.
• Design resilient infrastructure, network and security solutions for a contingency hosting environment.
• Define operational models, support processes and implementation approaches.
• Collaborate with technical stakeholders to validate designs and ensure alignment across infrastructure domains.
• Identify technical risks and recommend pragmatic mitigation strategies.
• Provide architectural guidance throughout the design phase.

Technologies

• AWS
• Architect
• Cloud
• Support
• Network
• Security

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We are supporting a client looking for an experienced Infrastructure Architect to design a resilient contingency hosting environment. This is a hands-on architecture role focused on defining an interim infrastructure solution that supports business continuity while a wider cloud migration programme progresses. You will work alongside technical and delivery teams to lead the architecture of a temporary hosting platform, with strong emphasis on networking, security, and clear technical documentation. This is a contract role, outside IR35, fully remote, with a 6-month initial term and a day rate of £500.

last updated 27 week of 2026