Technical Architect with Disaster Recovery expertise to join my client, an internationally renowned high-technology group. As the Technical Architect, you will help with designing the organisation's technical infrastructure on premise and cloud computing architecture and strategy, as well as contributing to the Enterprise Architecture strategy and serving as a domain lead for SLS hosting and technical infrastructure environment.
Technical Architect Responsibilities:
1. Innovate infrastructure, edge, and cloud solutions and design technical blueprints - Schema - High-level - Low Level Designs.
2. Lead teams as SME for Technical Architecture and participate in Agile Squads.
3. Partner with Operations and Information Security and Compliance to assess ROI and cost forecasting and management in designs.
4. Expertise in Cybersecurity frameworks and policy (e.g., NIST, ANSSI, Defence Cyber Protection Partnership) and familiarity with Ministry of Defence guidelines would be an asset.
5. Bridge business requirements and needs with IS/IT Architecture solutions.
6. Translate technical information and communicate it to non-technical stakeholders.
7. Manage multiple projects in parallel.
Essential Skills Required:
1. Experience with edge computing and hybrid cloud and on-premise design to accelerate cloud adoption and reduce on-premise infrastructure needs.
2. Expert experience in Disaster Recovery solutions and architecting highly available solutions on premise and in the cloud.
3. Monitor and evaluate the performance, scalability, security, and reliability of the IT solutions, and recommend improvements or enhancements as needed.
4. Stay updated on the latest trends and developments in the IT industry and identify opportunities for innovation and improvement.
5. Strong knowledge of modern security architectures including SD-WAN, CASB, SASE, and other Firewall technologies.
6. Experience with Agile project management methodology including JIRA Kanban.
7. Strong technical acumen in operating systems, data centre, edge computing, IaaC, networking, and cybersecurity.
8. Experience with or comprehension of legacy IT systems to design the blueprint for transforming the legacy system to the cloud, including cloud security expertise.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
1. Experience in a large Manufacturing organization.
2. 5 years'+ experience as Technical/Cloud Architect focusing on AWS solutions.
Training and Certification:
1. Enterprise Architecture certification is required - TOGAF Foundations training is preferred.
2. Mandatory Certifications: one of the following - Networking (e.g., Cisco), Next Generation Firewall, VMWare, or other Hypervisor certificates.
3. Preferred certifications: CISSP, CEH, AWS Solutions Architect Professional or Associate, Storage on Dell or NetApp, NG Firewall, and advanced Networking (e.g., CCNP).
Please get in touch in the first instance with your CV and stating rate expectation for more information on this superb position.
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