Compute & Storage Architect

6 month initial, Inside IR35
Immediate start
Flexible Hybrid - London, Bristol, Edinburgh

We're looking for an experienced Compute & Storage Solution Architect to support a major infrastructure transformation and modernisation programme for a leading global organisation. The role will focus on designing and shaping the future of the organisation's on-premise compute and storage environment, working closely with engineering teams to turn architecture into delivery.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop High Level Designs, reference architectures, standards and technical roadmaps.
• Design enterprise compute, storage, virtualisation and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions.
• Provide architectural expertise across Nutanix AHV, Prism Central and Dell enterprise storage.
• Design highly available, resilient and recoverable infrastructure, including backup, DR and cyber resilience.
• Support OpenShift/Kubernetes and hybrid cloud infrastructure architectures.
• Identify opportunities for automation, Infrastructure as Code and platform optimisation.

• Strong Nutanix experience, ideally including AHV and Prism Central.
• Enterprise Dell Storage experience - PowerStore, PowerScale, PowerMax or ECS.
• Strong understanding of compute, virtualisation, HCI and enterprise infrastructure.
• Experience across DR, backup, resilience and high-availability architectures.
• Knowledge of OpenShift/Kubernetes and hybrid cloud environments.
• Experience within large, complex or highly regulated organisations is highly desirable.