IT Infrastructure Solutions Architect

Salary: £45,000 - 85,000 per year

Requirements:

• At least 12 years of infrastructure/platform engineering experience, including architecture ownership and hands-on delivery.
• Expert-level, hands-on experience with virtualization/private cloud capability, with VMware/VCF strongly preferred.
• Experience deploying and operating Horizon, Workspace ONE, or RDS at enterprise scale preferred.
• Strong expertise in storage architecture, including SAN (Fibre Channel and/or iSCSI), vSAN, NAS, and software-defined storage concepts.
• Experience or exposure to infrastructure as code.
• Proven capability to architect and operationalize enterprise monitoring/observability standards, including LogicMonitor and Aria Operations.
• Proven capability to architect, govern, and troubleshoot provisioning automation, including VCF Automation.
• Proven backup/recovery architecture and operational assurance experience, including Veeam/Data Domain patterns and DR test strategy.
• Hybrid cloud engineering and operations knowledge across Azure and AWS preferred.
• Strong Windows Server and Linux engineering expertise, with ability to define standards and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Experience operating in global enterprise environments with audit/compliance expectations.
• Strong security-by-design mindset and stakeholder management skills, with ability to lead through influence as an individual contributor.
• VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCP/VCAP), VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX), or equivalent VCF-level certification preferred.
• Hands-on experience operating VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 in a production environment preferred.
• Higher education in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture, design, and strategic evolution of our hybrid infrastructure platforms, driving automation.
• Act as a senior technical authority for our on-premises data center platforms, virtualization, storage, and broader hybrid infrastructure.
• Translate business requirements and technology trends into scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions.
• Define standards, lead design decisions, govern technical quality, and guide the team through complex infrastructure programmes.
• Ensure operational platforms remain current, performant, and aligned to the strategic roadmap.
• Define and maintain reference architectures and target-state designs for VMware VCF 9.0 platform architecture and lifecycle patterns.
• Define our Aria Operations observability strategy, including telemetry standards, alert philosophy, capacity/performance governance, and service reporting, and ensure operational adoption.
• Define our VCF Automation platform approach, including catalog/service design, templates and guardrails, governance, and the operational model, and guide implementation and sustainment.
• Define backup and recovery architecture using Veeam and Data Domain, including recoverability assurance and DR readiness patterns.
• Define hybrid cloud architecture and operating model across Azure and AWS, including connectivity, identity and access concepts, monitoring and logging, and backup/security baselines.
• Define VDI/RDS architecture and standards for Omnissa Horizon, Workspace ONE, and Microsoft RDS, including availability, scalability, security controls, patch and lifecycle strategy, monitoring, and DR considerations.
• Define enterprise image/template strategy, including repeatable build pipelines with Packer, template/content distribution using VMware Content Library, validation gates, versioning, rollback, and security hardening baselines.
• Lead solution design and implementation for major infrastructure programmes, migrations, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Serve as escalation point for the most complex cross-domain incidents and systemic problem elimination, ensuring strong problem records and post-incident outputs in ServiceNow.
• Establish engineering standards for automation and configuration management.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and vendor solutions, produce technology assessments, proof-of-concept outcomes, and formal recommendations to IT leadership.
• Mentor and coach infrastructure engineers, raising engineering standards, sharing architectural knowledge, and supporting professional development.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• Linux
• Security
• ServiceNow
• VMware
• Veeam
• Windows
• Support

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We are AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our software is trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies and helps enterprises deliver essential services such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals safely, efficiently, and more sustainably. This is a full-time hybrid role based in Cambridge or London, with most roles at AVEVA requiring on-site presence for 50% of working hours, though the arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process. We offer a comprehensive UK benefits package including a flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, and an education assistance program. We are committed to sustainability, inclusion, and an equal opportunity workplace, and we provide reasonable accommodation where appropriate.

last updated 35 week of 2026