Storage & Infrastructure Architect — Enterprise Multi-Vendor Estate

Storage & Infrastructure Architect — Enterprise Multi-Vendor Estate

Location

United Kingdom

• Hybrid

Contract / Day-rate

Inside IR35 — rate TBC on application

Right to work

UK PR / British Citizen / ILR only — sponsorship not available

Experience

8–10+ years minimum

Sector

Financial services / large enterprise

ABOUT THE ROLE

A leading enterprise infrastructure transformation programme is hiring a hands-on Storage & Infrastructure Architect to own the design, implementation and migration of a multi-vendor storage and backup estate. The role spans current-state consolidation, target-state architecture, and the data-migration runway behind it.

You will own technical architecture end-to-end (HLD, LLD, SOPs), engage vendors to shape strategy against the architecture roadmap, and partner with Windows, Networks, Security and Operations teams to build the services that sit on top.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Design and implement

Networks / Firewalls / Service design / DR / Automation / Monitoring / Security / Auditing.

• Prepare HLD, LLD and SOPs. Run POCs and validate technology against business requirements.
• Gather current production performance data, identify gaps, design out remediation in the new solution.
• Define strategy and coordinate across stakeholders and vendors.
• Tune systems for high performance against business demand.
• Consolidate technologies in line with the architecture roadmap.
• Plan large-data migration strategy using native tools / Datadobi.
• Engage with Windows, Networks, Security and Operations teams to build services and capabilities.

Requirements

TECHNICAL STACK

Storage & Backup (must have hands-on with the majority):

EMC

Centera, Celerra, VNX, Unity, Symmetrix DMX, VMAX, VMAX3, RecoverPoint, RecoverPoint for VM, VPlex, XtremIO, PowerScale (Isilon), Data Domain, Avamar

HP

EVA 4000/8000, XP 12K/24K, 3PAR F-Series / T400 / 10800 / 8510

IBM

XIV, DS4K, DS8K

• NetApp FAS
• Veeam

Object storage

Cloudian, NetApp FAS, Dell EMC ECS

Cloud

• AWS and Azure

Switching / SAN fabric

• Cisco Nexus
• Cisco MDS Director Class series
• Brocade switches and DCX Directors

Migration tooling

• Native tools and Datadobi

NICE TO HAVE

• UK security clearance (SC / NPPV3 / DV) already in place
• Experience operating in regulated financial services
• Vendor accreditations across Dell EMC, NetApp, Cisco, Brocade
• Experience in service-design and ITIL-aligned operations transition

WHAT YOU BRING

• 8–10+ years across enterprise storage architecture and infrastructure engineering, with at least one full large-scale migration delivered end-to-end.
• Demonstrable HLD / LLD ownership across multi-vendor environments.
• Track record of consolidating heterogeneous storage estates against a target architecture.
• Strong stakeholder and vendor management.
• Ability to work onsite in the UK as required and to hold or obtain UK security clearance.

HOW TO APPLY

Send latest CV, current day-rate expectation, notice / earliest start and confirmation of UK right to work. Shortlist runs this week.