Contractor job Infrastructure Architect

Job Description

Brief overview on the role/project: As an infrastructure architect you will be expected to provide architectural leadership for end-to-end solutions as part of the project, ensuring seamless integration or project activities with existing running services. The architect will be instrumental in design development, troubleshooting, and validating change impacts within live service environments. You will lead solution architecture across full implementation lifecycle as well as validate and assess changes against in-service systems to prevent unauthorised implementations. You will be expected to conduct deep-dive investigations and own remediations.

Mandatory skills: End to end solution architecture (troubleshooting and developing designs whilst whole solution impacting within the design/implementation). Wintel generalist with application architecture knowledge. Good understanding of Linux systems (automation an advantage). Familiarity with virtualisation platforms (VMware preferred, others acceptable). NetApp storage experience: SAN/NAS, snapshots, replication. Good understanding of networking and firewalls. Ability to deep-dive on investigations to steer remediations.


Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.

Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.