Description
Job Title: Storage and Compute Architect
Type: Full-Time - Hybrid
£600 - £800 per day (inside IR35)
Start Date - May 2024
Location - London (Hybrid)
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Storage & Compute Architect has a primary objective to support Infrastructure Services by maintaining a high level of technical expertise in Storage & Compute Architecture, supporting delivery teams and engineers in the deployment of services, and serving as an escalation point for delivery engineers. You will also be responsible for assisting with introducing new services, including developing and documenting deployment methodologies, and working with delivery teams to develop those capabilities in the field.
RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPERIENCE:
- Expert in design, implementation, and management of physical and virtual environments including VMware, Hyper-V, KVM and Nutanix.
- Build and administer storage solutions, including direct attached, SAN, NAS, and cloud storage, ensuring data availability and integrity.
- Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure efficient operation of compute and storage resources.
- Conduct capacity planning and provide recommendations for infrastructure enhancements.
- Design and implement advanced functions related to compute resources (Servers, virtual machines, containers)
- Be proficient in storage systems including file, object storage, block and databases.
- Optimise data storage and retrieval mechanisms for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
- Drive architecture discussions related to cloud security, privacy, and compliance.
- Consider scalability, performance, agility, and high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR) aspects.
- Strong knowledge of server hardware, virtualisation platforms, and storage technologies.
- Experience with cloud computing services (eg AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) is advantageous
- Certifications in relevant technologies are highly desirable.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, with a knack for breaking down complex situations into manageable components, facilitating clear decision-making processes and action plans.
- Expertise in aligning technical solutions with business objectives, demonstrating a deep understanding of how technology can drive efficiency, growth, and competitive advantage.
- Minimum five years (5) of industry experience in IT infrastructure architecture development and technology consulting, advisory, or professional services.
- Extensive large scale and high-performance computing experience required
- Highly Skilled in at least one (1) of the following with more being preferred: Nvidia GPU/DGX computing and/or other similar solutions, InfiniBand networking, Red Hat or other Linux distributions, infrastructure automation solutions.
- Experience with Kubernetes or other containerisation solutions
- Experience with automation using Ansible, Terraform or other orchestration tools.
- Working knowledge of cloud inter connectivity or multi-cloud technologies (Equinix, Megaport, Aviatrix etc) is advantageous.
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