Infrastructure Architect

Job summary

The Cloud and Infrastructure Architect shapes target-state architecture and cloud roadmaps for a large retail and hospitality technology environment. The role designs resilient solutions across Azure, Google Cloud Platform, on-premises systems, and enterprise networks; produces HLD, DLD, and LLD artefacts; and guides proposals through architecture governance. It also develops infrastructure standards and guardrails and evaluates cost, risk, feasibility, and technical dependencies.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience developing infrastructure architectures in large, complex enterprise environments
• Knowledge of Azure services, GCP, and IaC using Terraform or ARM templates
• Understanding of compute, storage, and enterprise networking, including LAN, WAN, and SD-WAN
• IT qualification or relevant cloud architecture certification
• Strong communication and advisory skills for explaining technical designs to commercial stakeholders
• Experience preparing materials for or presenting to architecture governance bodies
• Retail, FMCG, or customer-facing commercial architecture experience is highly regarded

Responsibilities

• Design resilient infrastructure and network solutions across Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments
• Produce high-level, detailed-level, and low-level design artefacts
• Present proposals and options papers to architecture governance forums
• Develop infrastructure guidelines, target patterns, and guardrails
• Evaluate commercial viability, cost, risk, and technical dependencies
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, network, and risk teams
• Record risks in delivery registers
• Resolve architectural bottlenecks and deviations from standards

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Industry

Relocation