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Data Centre Architect
£41,600 - 41,600
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Festival Way, Whitechapel
£41,600 - 41,600
Requirements
Must:
- At least 10 years of experience in Data Centre architectural design and specification, including a minimum of 2 years in designing solutions.
- Expert-level skills in Data Centre architecture and design.
- Strong understanding of converting service and operating models into technical capabilities and requirements.
- Proven experience in leading the development and design of Data Centres and supporting infrastructure.
- Comprehensive knowledge of Data Centre power and cooling, structured cabling and networking, space and volumetrics, physical security, and fallback & recovery requirements.
- Familiarity with physical, private, and cloud-based Data Centre architectures and technologies, including virtualization, microservices, and containerization.
- Experience in developing and producing large outcome-based RFPs.
- Strong capability in writing use cases and requirements elicitation, definition, and management.
- Understanding of automated process asset and technology asset management.
- Strategic thinking ability to convert physical and environmental requirements into RFPs and design packages.
- Methodical and logical problem-solving approach in a large organization.
- Excellent communication skills to interact with stakeholders using both business services and process terminology.
Responsibilities
- Define and develop a Data Centre and operational environment strategy and roadmap.
- Identify scalability and functional requirements for immediate and long-term Data Centre and operational center capabilities.
- Establish operational business continuity and resilience requirements.
- Evaluate physical and security considerations for national-level cyber capabilities and define all necessary networking and connectivity requirements.
- Create RFPs and implementation roadmaps for Data Centres and operational environments, locations, and rooms.
- Ensure industry standards and best practices are applied to Data Centre and operational environment architecture.
- Translate strategic and business requirements into functional and non-functional requirements across people, processes, and technology.
- Provide input into the operational cost model for service delivery.
- Define Data Centre build and transition roadmaps to implement operational and technical capabilities.
- Perform gap analysis between the proposed roadmap and current capabilities.
- Identify opportunities for reuse, simplification, and productization within the technology architecture stack.
Description
This role is based in the UK with flexible international travel, particularly to Riyadh, KSA. The duration of the position is until November 30, 2025, and falls within the IR35 INSIDE category. We are proud to be LA International, a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy with a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Our award-winning consultancy has received numerous accolades, including Best IT Recruitment Company and the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade. We welcome applications from individuals of diverse experiences and backgrounds for all types of positions.
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