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, Recover. Point, Recover. Point for VM, VPlex, XtremIO, Power. Scale (Isilon), Data Domain, Avamar
• HP: EVA 4000/8000, XP 12K/24K, 3PAR F-Series / T400 / 10800 / 8510
• IBM: XIV, DS4K, DS8K
• Net. App FAS
• Veeam
• Object storage: Cloudian, Net. App 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, Net. App, 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.